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Arclight · 03-06-10, 10:55 PM

For me it's mainly about gaming, I'm willing to put up with some fan-noise. But if it's for media-playback, I think watercooling is the way to go, if only to minimize noisy parts.

Might consider a small SSD for the OS and stream media over a network, just use large regular drives in another PC, strategically placed outside the mediaroom. (That's what I do with my second PC in my bedroom... except it doesn't have an SSD and is actually noisier with 1 fan than my gaming PC with 6.

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I think that tower will do fine for cooling without a fan, as long as you don't run a powerhungry CPU and GPU at full tilt for games.

03-06-10, 10:55 PM	#4
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	For me it's mainly about gaming, I'm willing to put up with some fan-noise. But if it's for media-playback, I think watercooling is the way to go, if only to minimize noisy parts. Might consider a small SSD for the OS and stream media over a network, just use large regular drives in another PC, strategically placed outside the mediaroom. (That's what I do with my second PC in my bedroom... except it doesn't have an SSD and is actually noisier with 1 fan than my gaming PC with 6. ) I think that tower will do fine for cooling without a fan, as long as you don't run a powerhungry CPU and GPU at full tilt for games. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.