Enclosure Vesa mount cases

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Sep 28, 2017
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With raven ridge on the horizon building a compact 1080P gaming HTPC (if willing to wind settings back a bit) is looking like its going to be easier than ever. Quite fancy making something quiet and compact that can fit out of the way on the back of the TV.
Two cases have caught my attention for very different reasons so I figured I'd post here just to see if folks have any experience of them.

First is the more expensive HDplex H1, now first question is, is this actually VESA mountable? Originally I thought not has it seems a fair weight of metal to have hanging off the back, however this page suggests it is https://www.hdplex.com/blog/htpc-ha...computer-case-the-smallest-fanless-htpc-case/ however can't find any mention on the actual specs page so wondering whether this feature carried over to the V2 or not, also does anyone know if the H1 V2 ODD version is VESA mountable?

Second case is the Jou Jye 568i (https://www.scan.co.uk/products/jou...with-250w-flexatx-psu-vesa-mount-not-included) a fair bit cheaper and also has the ability to mount either a single slot or low profile PCI card, obviously not needed if Raven Ridge proves to meet expectations but the possibility of expanding to a gt1030 or gtx 1050ti is quite nice though I'm not sure the case will cope with the thermals of the second card. Wondering in this case what people reckon could be squeezed into this case and if anyone has any experience with how loud it's flex ATX psu is? If it is a bit of a leaf blower what quiet alternatives would people suggest? Also wanted to point this case out as it reminds me of the Inwin Chopin that people have manages to do some interesting mods with, but the expansion slots and ODD bay might make this interesting for folks to tinker with.

Cheers for any advice.
 
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