Hey thanks for the reply,
Yep, mine is like a jet engine. I'm hoping replacing some of the old stock fans with silent ones and replacing near death PSU's will quiet it down. That seems to be the bulk of the noise, but im just getting my feet wet here with the restore.
So the 29'', yes the great idea! I don't have an exact plan yet. But I I think it has been done with drillng new mounting points into the frame and new monitor bezel's.
It seems someone has done this already over on arcade controls, trying to open a line of communication with him but so far no dice. I believe this is a 29'' nanao frame mounted into an american version that typically takes the 26''. He loosely mentions it being a bitch to center the new frame perfectly but apparently he did it.