Originally posted by Gooshin actually with the 4850 video card and no plans to overclock you could potential forgoe all those fans i mentioned, in which case the only thing making noise is going to be the harddrive :/
There's water cooling, too. Vapor phase chill, as well. Dry ice.
Or you could man up and submerge the whole thing into liquid N2. Probably still work out cheaper than a mac. And you could chill that slab of beer for your mate in about .004 seconds with it.
And you won't end up with a slot-loading optical drive, either. Or, as they're technically known, Disk Scratching Devices. Granted, tray-loading drives don't have the highly sought-after ability to leave your disk inaccessible in the event of a power failure, which is important to Apple users.
And if your monitor goes dead on a PC, then you don't get the joy of dragging the whole thing in for service. Instead, you only have to take the monitor in, which leaves you with a still-functioning non-convergent tower you can still use. Drat.
Oh, and if you want a big, decent monitor, there's always
this. Dunno if it's IPS, but at 42" you can't really complain.