I found this vid of some dude making a silent "mac-mini-esque" hackintosh, while keeping it under $1350. It somehow beats even the quad-core mac Pro in geekbench as well. And all this without any fans.
Apple, step up your game. The situation is getting hopelessly ridiculous.
Would take up too much counter space in the apple store. Can't have that now. Too easy to open. Can't have that now. Components are easy to swap. Can't have that now. Not filled proprietary parts. etc... well you get the story.