Oil Can,

I enjoy building my own computers too and have put quite a few together over the years, having built my first one in 1986. But recently I purchased a refurbished liquid cooled Sony VAIO with Windows Media Center from uBid. I must say, it is a very nice machine and it is quiet. I literally have to put my ear within about 6" of the thing to hear any sound at all coming from it. If you can use a mini-tower in your setup, it makes a very nice HTPC due to its utter silence. It doesn't add any additonal sound to the room.

I was thinking of putting together a 64-bit AMD box, but I think that I'll probably buy a 990 pre/pro instead. smile

Jeff
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HT: Outlaw 975/7125 | Sony 55" SXRD | Roku Ultra | Sony BDP-S790 | Mirage OMD-15 (fronts) and Prestige 4 + Center Channel | Outlaw LFM-2
LR: ARC Reference 1 | Emotiva XPR-2 | Music Hall MMF2.2 | Oppo BDP-83SE | Polk XRt12 XM Receiver | Emotiva XDA-1 DAC | Sony HAP-S1 (digital audio player) | Sansui TU-217 Tuner | Magnepan 3.6R w/Mye-Stands | SVS SB-16 sub | BA VR-M90s | Audio Quest 72db speaker cable
Office: Drobo 5N running as PLEX media server
Closet: too many pieces to put all into place, I need more rooms smile