And so it begins...again.

[slixx]

I multiboxed DAoC for the last year I played the game (long time ago) and have been wanting to try again in WoW. I am looking to 5 in 1 box and with the circuit city deal on games this week, i could justify the $40 spent on the 4 other accounts. I have been trying to spend my money most wisely in this endeavor. My ultimate goal is to build myself one of the oil-filled aquarium computers, to be as silent as possible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwKzXKgit44
http://www.pugetsystems.com/submerged.php

Where I find most of my "really good deals" - just a FYI for everyone:
http://forums.slickdeals.net/forumdisplay.php?f=9&&s=751db2079f80790ade0cad4cab03a157

I'll go over the list of items I am collecting.
From my previous computer, I have an asus p5ne-sli board. I'm not planning to use sli, just to use multiple cards. I also have 4Gb of ram from that setup.
Today I Bought 2 20" widescreen lcd scpetre moitors at Officemax on clearance - $168 each. (one to appease the non-gaming wife) the second will go next to my 22" monitor to run 4 chars.
I'll be upgrading my old e6700 for a q6600, and my 256Mb gt8800 video card will be replaced by a new 512Mb gt8800.
x-keys pro soon (when its on sale heh)

Anyway, I've been real impressed with most of your setups, and wanted to share my plans. Now debating my character setups.

Slixx

[elo]

x-keys pro soon (when its on sale heh)


It goes on sale?!?!

/ wrists

[Xzin]

I have yet to see it go on sale.

Oil filled sounds great and while it certainly will keep fan noise down.... what exactly do you plan to use to cool the oil with? You need to move the heat away somehow.

Plus swapping out hardware... messy.

[elo]

Hey with oil there's no dust. amirite?

[slixx]

Yes, the guys that made the video and website had attached an external radiator to cool the entire system. They had reached up to 88C in their benchmark testing (12hrs worth). But said under normal operating, it stays within reason. They removed the radiator after a few weeks, and have been operational since then without problems.

I do have a Thermaltake Bigwater system that isn't being used. I could submerge the pump in the oil, and run it to the radiator/fan outside the tank for cooling.
This would help the summertime temps in the computer room stay under 1bajillion degrees (i hope)http://www.bjorn3d.com/Material/ReviewImages/Thermaltake_BigWater/bwcont1%20%28WinCE%29.JPG