New computer, recommendations?

[Peter King]

On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 04:46:26PM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 04:32:22PM -0400, Peter King wrote:
> > 
> > Suggestions? What to buy? What to avoid?
> 
> Well I just upgraded my mythtv box.  So far it is running very nicely.
> 
> I got an Asus X79 Sabertooth with an intel core-i7 3820 and a 4x8GB pack
> of Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 ram.  I got a SCBSK-2100 cpu fan since it has
> to fit in an HTPC case and height is a slight problem sometimes.

How is it for heat/noise? I'm perfectly willing to buy a case so if there
is something you like that doesn't fit in an HTPC case...

Oh, and cost (roughly)?

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