interesting, just had a very similar setup made for me
the two main differences, for ref:
- 9600 gpu, with zalman cooling, for light gaming and HD movies
- pioneer 202-bk brd, for blu-ray playback
antec case is alot bigger than i imagined (i could have measured, i know) - but does look very well in living room
the volume knob is nice looking, but wasted space with spdif out to sound system
the mini ninja and (for me, zalman on the gpu) are very effective, it's whisper quiet
i'm vista home premium and getting comfortable with the changes from xp and my old mce setup
having moved plugins around on mp and using xface (my current favourite skin), including changing the picture inset for the mypictures logo to a pic of my wife and i, the setup is starting to take shape for wife acceptance
but am not too pleased with the out-of-the-box ir experience, have not yet setup my harmony to work nice with it
using accuratus toughball for keyboard, it's pretty nice with the red trackball in top right, so far am happy
but that's not as wife friendly
will sub this thread and keep an eye on your next move for ideas !! |