With Oblivion testing our hardware, there's been a lot of talk about systems for the 'filthy rich'. The reality is that many adults with a little money can put together a FX 60 and a couple of 7900 GTX on a SLI board and watch a 30 inch Dell. We're not in mega-yacht territory. But the real luxury is zero hardware noise, so you can listen to the audio thru your best amplifiers and speakers. And that's where people start spending tons of money on fancy cases and cooling systems, with disapointing results.
My answer : no case at all. For half the price of a FragBox, your friendly carpenter will build you a well ventilated closet on the other side of the wall to your den/computer room, and only connected to that room by a 40 mm diameter hole : Admittedly the layout of your home or appartment must allow the necessary space. That hole will allow you to thread thru DVI cables (the larger plugs you'll deal with) and all the rest, mostly USB's. You can further plug the hole with cotton when all is through. In the closet goes a primitive skeleton from a cheap big old case that carries all the latest hardware with no worries about fan or hard drive noise.
Accross the wall in my den is only the screen, keyboard and mouse, and pure hifi sound. Or pure silence.
My answer : no case at all. For half the price of a FragBox, your friendly carpenter will build you a well ventilated closet on the other side of the wall to your den/computer room, and only connected to that room by a 40 mm diameter hole : Admittedly the layout of your home or appartment must allow the necessary space. That hole will allow you to thread thru DVI cables (the larger plugs you'll deal with) and all the rest, mostly USB's. You can further plug the hole with cotton when all is through. In the closet goes a primitive skeleton from a cheap big old case that carries all the latest hardware with no worries about fan or hard drive noise.
Accross the wall in my den is only the screen, keyboard and mouse, and pure hifi sound. Or pure silence.