I wish HP offered the PC in a mini-tower case.

I wonder if it would make sense to purchase this PC from HP and transplant the guts of the PC to a larger tower case from Antec. How easy/cost-effective would it be?

Tyrven, According to HIS HITECH website, their X1600XT comes with one Dual-link DVI (the other is a single-link dvi) port... I'm curious if you successfully tested both ports with the ACD 30". Dual, Dual-link DVI for $150 is indeed a steal. I'm looking to replace my Zalman cooled nVidia Quadro FX 34...

The new optiplex is not as quiet as I expected. The PSU got real loud once the 6800 GT went in. Also, the 120mm Thermal module fan has an annoying whine to it. My older Optiplex GX260 was quieter. I wish there was a manaul fan speed control available.

Cool. According to the docs on formfactor.org, Dell PSU is ATX standard compliant.

My Dell GX280 PC (BTX tower) is getting really noisy, especially after the recent video card upgrade. The power supply is running hot and the its fan noise is getting loud -- loud enough to negate the recent Zalman VF-700Cu upgrade. I need help in finding compatible replacement PSU. Dell's PSU conne...

I want to share an image of the Zalman VF700-Cu and nVidia 6800 GTO inside Dell Optiplex 280GX case (new BTX form factor): http://img105.exs.cx/img105/8923/btx26bn.jpg http://i134.exs.cx/img134/4443/btx19lf.jpg Note that unlike an ATX mobo, the video card heatsink sits in direct air path of the CPU ...