Silverstone LaScala LC19
While waiting for the Gigabyte MEC we thought there should be something else that looks just as cool and can find its place in your living room and well we think we found it! The Silverstone LaScala LC19 is made out of brushed aluminium and comes in either black or silver versions. It looks every bit as gorgeous as the Gigabyte MEC if not more and it has the extra advantage of not coming with a proprietary motherboard so it is more flexible and it costs definitely less than what the MEC will. That is mainly because the Gigabyte MEC comes with an pre-installed motherboard that only accepts mobile processors as opposed to the normal processors this one can accept.
There is not much to say here but it is worth noting that probably the only two components that are not mainstream are the PSU, which is a specially made 120W fanless job and you can't really change it and also the DVD±RW which has to be a slot loading, slim line. Other than that the processor, memory, hard drive are normal sized although we have kept your options to a minimum to ensure that you do not choose components that will stretch the 120W of power. It does have a PCIe 16x slot but we think there is no point in adding a graphics card. It would take over the PCI slot which is a lot more useful (for a wifi, bluetooth or even better a DVB-T tuner), it would consume probably too much power and it would increase the heat inside case.
What you lose, however, in power you gain in sexiness and quietness. The system is entirely passively cooled so there is absolutely no noise coming from here other than the noise from the hard drive and the DVD±RW. The box is still fully capable of any daily task you through at it, it is perfect for high definition playback and would make for an amazing media centre. You can of course jump to our configurator to customise a Silverstone LaScala LC19 for AMD and Silverstone LaScala LC19 for Intel. Leave a comment and tells us what you think!
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