I wish the author had made a (edit: more susbtantive) comment about how quiet (or loud) his machine ended up. With all those fans, I'd guess it would sound like a jet, but maybe the case is designed to handle that quietly?
From the end of the article:
Advantages:
* Despite the number of fans, it was quite a bit quieter than I expected.
Yeah, I saw that, but what were his expectations? I mean, how noisy is it?