My order arrived yesterday and it all works perfectly! It is very quiet indeed, I can't hear anything until I get within 10cm of the case. CPU and MB keeps nice and cool even under load. Linux bootup is extremely fast and everything worked right out of the box.

Thanks. I heard about it and I think I can live with the USB3 bug, I use network storage anyway. I think I'm gonna place the order now

Thanks for the great tips!! The Puget review is indeed one I used as inspiration to select my components :) I might just as well get the Haswell right away as you suggested, so I've adapted my configuration a bit, changes in bold. Case: Antec Midi Tower P183 V3 Performance One ATX PSU: Seasonic Plat...

I'm considering assembling a desktop pc to use as my main workstation. The main criterion is that I want it to be as quiet as possible, hence my first post on this forum :) I also want it to be lightning fast. Guided also by some great resources on this site I selected the following components and w...