Optimize for the ultimate quiet PC

[Spikkel]

Ok, so here is the question: Which setup would deliver the ultimate quite PC without overheating the system.

Scenario 1: Fan-less heat-sink on CPU, with MSI Gaming X 1060 3/6 GB. The Gaming X is the coolest an quietest according to this thread below, but blows hot air around in the case lowering the efficiency of the fan-less heat-sink on the CPU. Raising the case temperate and also forcing the fans on the GPU to spin more often and at higher rpm.

Scenario 2: Blower-style GPU cooling exhausting at the back of the case. Less efficient for the cooling of the GPU itself, and founders edition card's fans always spin and doesn't stop like the gaming x below 60C.

---I don't want to go with water cooling on the CPU since this would mean a constant fan + water pump noise.

 

[RadiatingLight]

Founders edition cards are very loud under load.

 

it depends what you want.

 

if you want a fully silent system under load, it's basically impossible unless you get one of those fancy phase change thingamaroos.

 

if you want a fully silent system at idle/light workloads, it's fine. just get a PSU and GPU which both have 0RPM modes, and then get a beefy air cooler with a custom fan profile to include a 0RPM mode. That's it.

[Spikkel]

Sorry forgot the thread: