.How about we reverse the process?
Have the people in the know say it once, and us less informed be able to read that first, so that any questions we do have aren’t just the routine, “What’s the quietest case for $100?”
I’ve specifically labeled this “Best of 2017.” Next summer, we can have a Best of 2018. This way we don’t just repeat the outcome of past global “What can be recommended?” threads which end up 40 posts long and 2 years out of date, that nobody reads.
Not having the knowledge, I can’t add specific components, but I can take a guess at adding the categories and play secretary until a mod takes over and makes this a sticky.
Please, correct the categories, add categories I missed, and also suggest categories to remove (memory?) that don’t effect quiet...
Thanks SPCR for having the knowledge to make so many of our lives better!
- Prices are 'best guess.'
- Links are to pcpartpicker.com.
Categories
CPU - $??? range
CPU - $600 range
CPU - $300 range
CPU Cooler- $??? range
CPU Cooler- $??? range
Memory- $??? range
Power Supply - $??? range
Case Fan - $100 range
Case Fan - $50 range
Case - $200 range
Case - $100 range
Case - Fanless
Video Card - $Any$
$850 MSI - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB LIGHTNING Z
Video Card - $??? range
Video Card - $??? range
SSD, USB 3 - $400 range
SSD, USB 3 - $200 range
SSD, USB 3 - $100 range
SSD, PCIe 3 - $400 range
SSD, PCIe 3 - $200 range
SSD, PCIe 3 - $100 range
SSD, ??? - $??? range
HD - $500 range
HD - $250 range
HD - $100 range
Motherboards - ATX
Motherboards - microATX
Motherboards - mini-ITX
Motherboards - ???
Miscellaneous Categories
Water cooler
Radiator
Heat pipe