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Akasa's Enigma case with an Atom CPU - perfect for this Linux media server for my family that I am planning
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ATI's 4870X2. If you think that the 3870X2 outperformed my 8800 Ultra in most games... just look at the 4870 (not the 4870X2) in the following table:
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Just imagine what a 4870X2 will perform like? Imagine what 2 of them will be like? 4800 GFlops?
This is revolutionary performance, not just the same old crap.

Voodoo's Envy 133, but not so much their Omen. Sure it is hugely powerful and has the airflow I have always wanted in a PC case (bottom to top), but it's going to be too expensive.
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Some nice stuff. You think the Envy ISN'T going to be expensive?

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Well, $2100 isn't too bad I guess ;)

And from what Rahul was saying on YouTube, he says the new Omen is like a Blackbird on steroids. And the Blackbird is already overpriced... I'm expecting at the very least $5k for the new Omen.

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Heh, the new Omen is crazy - full custom watercooling built into the case, inbuilt monitor, strangley positioned graphics cards. Heck, tehy even have the option to watercool your PSU.

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True, but you can get some really nice mATX cases with good cooling that are still really small. Heck, the Silverstone SG03 would have fantastic cooling if you put a 12cm fan in the top (except the CPU HS size is limited). Alternatively there's the NXZT (or whatever) Rouge, which is a bit bulky, but has impressive cooling. Heck, you could probably fit good watercooling in some mATX cases, and still be considerabley smaller than most ATX cases. Would take some work, but be well worth it.

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i was hesistant on clicking on this topic.....

obv your lots idea of excitment is very different to mine :P XD

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I hate to tempt fate, but Aaron's "excitement" threads generally refer to cool new stuff in computing, lol. If it was anything else they'd be promptly deleted.

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