My first PC build in ten years, my current PC hardware is incompatible with the latest windows release. I'm aiming for quietness and reliability over power.
I'm quite excited to get my hands on some parts again. Let me know what you think! :D
No idea if the CPU fan is silent or what, but I'd be certain if you're going to the effort for a be-quiet case.
Also I know it's expensive to go higher, but I think that video card is going to be a big bottleneck on most games that came out after it was released. But if that's not an issue, power to you.
I guess if your CPU will be bottlenecked by the GPU, it won't be getting hot enough for much fan noise anyway. However the GPU fans might be loud if they're working hard.
The CPU fan is 25.1dB at full speed, so hopefully almost silent at no load.
I'm extremely unlikely to be playing any modern games and will using the PC mostly for music and media, although I am starting to wonder if I should have just stuck with the mobo onboard graphics.