What Gmat has could be called the light approach. The drawback I found with it are optical drives. In such a system playing or burning a CD would be painful.
My ideal is a heavier solution with a custom made ATX case made of thick MDF board. On the inside all drives are suspended, and optical drives have a tight sealed, auto opening door similar to those on G4 Macs. I’d watercool as much as possible, and one of the case sides will hold a full size external passive radiator. Airflow requirements inside would be low, so there’s only one intake and one outlet, each one seriously muffled. Like I said before, a low spinning centrifugal blower will take care of ventilation.
The backside connectors area is difficult to insulate, so there’s a back “cable chamber”. There, a door with a thick foam edge seals outgoing cables.
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