Tomarni touts nearly-silent gaming desktops

While nearly-silent operation likely isn't a top concern among those in the market for a gaming PC, those that do favor a little peace and quiet during their gaming downtime now have a new option to consider from upstart German company Tomarni, which is touting a new desktop that packs plenty of power with minimal decibels. According to the company, the systems will be configurable with your choice of dual-core or quad-core processors, SLI or Crossfire video cards, and a range of other high-end (and presumably pricey options), not to mention your choice of colors if basic white isn't your thing. No word on pricing or availability just yet, but it seems likely that those in company's home country will be the first to get their hands on 'em.

[Thanks, Thomas]

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 17th 2007 6:49AM]

Hardware was pretty quiet back in the early 90s. Any word on a modern revision that doesn't look like it can only play Commander Keen?

[stridermt2k Posted Oct 17th 2007 6:59AM]

Wow that case looks dated.

-but interior volume will help cooling.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 17th 2007 8:17AM]

..but can it play Crysis (DOOM)?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 17th 2007 8:35AM]

Pricing is available on the german shop page: http://www.tomarni.de/shop/index.php?fly_page=big_system

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 17th 2007 8:46AM]

If you check out the page, its available in a spectrum of custom colors. The case looks very nice in black. Not badly priced either.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 17th 2007 9:06AM]

If you use decent components, near-silent gaming PCs can be done. My PC for example makes far less noise than your average Dell Optiplex work PC, and yet has enough power to play Stalker (Properly, too) - you just need to know what you're doing...

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 17th 2007 9:54AM]

This is nothing special. My gaming PC has been silent for years.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 17th 2007 11:38AM]

If the PC is silent, it will be welcome in the living room, next to the consoles where the big TV's are.

Can be game machines and PVRs- the noise has been keeping them confined to the study for some time.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 17th 2007 12:35PM]

The problem with my machine isn't noise, it's the heat that it pumps out. When you can fix that, I'll be interested.

[Goldaar Posted Oct 17th 2007 12:36PM]

I was looking at that case for a while. It's a unibody silverstone that looks pretty sweet.