Personal computing discussed
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Looking for Knowledge wrote:(coolest thing my wide ever did)
muyuubyou wrote:Unless your wife has a really deep sleep, you'll have to focus on cooling. It ain't going to be easy to have a gaming system in a small case that is quiet enough to sleep near to it.
ZooTech wrote:Looking for Knowledge wrote:(coolest thing my wide ever did)
Is your WIFE aware of your nickname for her?
zerohex wrote:I just messed around on newegg and got the price down to $515 without shipping. I'd suggest playing with a shopping cart 'till you get the price you want
It uses the Nfroce2 built in graphics, which you may not like.
Shuttle SN41G2
512 Crucial memory
2100+ proc
Seagate cuda 80gig HDD
Thermaltake Silent Boost
lex-ington wrote:I just built my sister a micro-ATX comp for her store in the bahamas using these parts. It's not the best you can do but it did cost $385 Canadian.
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I haven't been around laptops much but it is very quiet. It would probably be REALLY quite with just a big Heatsink (if that works)
Looking for Knowledge wrote:In response to muyuubyou's question concerning the size of that system, I'm thinking that I might even look at building a small tower unit. The size I'm looking for doesn't really HAVE to be shuttle size, it could just be a mini-atx with a couple of drives. Would this make things easier to find and price? Even a little desktop, on it's side, might work.
muyuubyou wrote:Check the system I sent you before (this)
This is the quietest desktop I've actually "heard"