Getting ready to build up a new PC sometime around the release of Penryn. I'll have between $2000 and $3000 to spend (not including monitor) and will be looking to update my dated Dell XPS4 3.4 ghz, 2GB, 7800gtx system with something a little more "special" (awww)
My plan is to wait for both Penryn and the new Nvidia 9 series. I'm patient, and not really dying for a new system, but I'm getting edgy.
Anyways, I have been looking at cases and was wondering if there is anything out there that has the noisemaking "guts" of the system, power supply, MB, HDD, etc... that can be kept in a remote location like another room, but allows you to have your monitor, DVD drive, mouse, keyboard, power switch, etc, all in another location? I'm not looking for an extremely long cables + duct tape + MacGuyver solution, but rather something that is designed for and sold with the intention of what I'd like to do.
Basically I'd like to keep all the fan noise in another room. Just me here for now so I don't have to worry about it annoying anyone : P and it'd be great to have a dead silent computer room.
If nothing like this exists, I'd like to pick up a simple but nice looking case that is fairly quiet. The Antec P182SE caught my eye with the silver mirror finish... is this case big enough if I plan to have the system setup with SLI? I'd like to avoid the glowing plastic type cases. I like metal, brushed aluminum, copper (find me a 182SE type case in shiny copper and I'll be extremely happy : ). I'd also like to keep the case under $250.
This will be my first full build of a system... it's like waiting for Christmas to come when I was a little kid ; )
My plan is to wait for both Penryn and the new Nvidia 9 series. I'm patient, and not really dying for a new system, but I'm getting edgy.
Anyways, I have been looking at cases and was wondering if there is anything out there that has the noisemaking "guts" of the system, power supply, MB, HDD, etc... that can be kept in a remote location like another room, but allows you to have your monitor, DVD drive, mouse, keyboard, power switch, etc, all in another location? I'm not looking for an extremely long cables + duct tape + MacGuyver solution, but rather something that is designed for and sold with the intention of what I'd like to do.
Basically I'd like to keep all the fan noise in another room. Just me here for now so I don't have to worry about it annoying anyone : P and it'd be great to have a dead silent computer room.
If nothing like this exists, I'd like to pick up a simple but nice looking case that is fairly quiet. The Antec P182SE caught my eye with the silver mirror finish... is this case big enough if I plan to have the system setup with SLI? I'd like to avoid the glowing plastic type cases. I like metal, brushed aluminum, copper (find me a 182SE type case in shiny copper and I'll be extremely happy : ). I'd also like to keep the case under $250.
This will be my first full build of a system... it's like waiting for Christmas to come when I was a little kid ; )
How's the cooling, is it good enough?
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