Edvalencia wrote:
I just built a new home PC/Gaming rig a few months ago. Not only is it good for playing games like Crysis at full res., but it's awesome for video editing. The big plus is that it's so quiet, you have to look at the power LED to see if it's on.
I know it's possible and I've built a few myself that are fanless

The HTPC in the living room has no fan except for the one in the power supply (and that's because Antec stopped making the excellent Phantom line). The CPU heatsink/heatpipe combo is copper
Silverstone NT01-E, the video card is
MSI fanless N95GT, and I'm running XBMC port for Linux on it at the moment (switching back and forth between mythtv as XBMC/Linux is still an early port effort, but is showing great promise).
I also signed up for boxee pre-alpha and I'm excited on that front too.
The only remaining puzzle that won't be solved any time soon is the encrypted content on cable TV. If everything I paid for (would pay for) is available on cable in unencrypted QAM I'd be in heaven, but no ....
The one I use in the bedroom is EPIA MII 10000 from a few years ago. It's mini-ITX, heatpipe to honking heatsink on the bottom (the entire bottom of the case is actually the heatsink

) and it's got wifi connection to the file server (boots linux from flash<->IDE adapter) so there's no moving part in that case at all. Best part is it uses around 28 watts idle. Not a gaming box though ...
About the games though .. there are games that are exclusive to the consoles and if you happen to be fans of that genre then you have no choice really. The PS3 for example has Gundam Crossfire that aren't available on the PC ... and the PS2 has entire line of the Ultraman Fighting Evolution games ...
