SSD drives killed off Raptors because of higher speeds and low noise.
People used to go to large LAN parties with their rigs and play massive FPS games so they started to show them off. I guess if you spend $5k on computer guts you want other around you to see the insides. I have a couple nice old gamers towers, one of which is a Thermaltake Xaser series with plexiglass on the side and a big Thermaltake logo in front that lights up. Those towers are full of fans (old obsolete 80mm type) that are temp controlled and take E-ATX motherboards (the reason I wanted them).
People used to go to large LAN parties with their rigs and play massive FPS games so they started to show them off. I guess if you spend $5k on computer guts you want other around you to see the insides. I have a couple nice old gamers towers, one of which is a Thermaltake Xaser series with plexiglass on the side and a big Thermaltake logo in front that lights up. Those towers are full of fans (old obsolete 80mm type) that are temp controlled and take E-ATX motherboards (the reason I wanted them).