Regarding CPU you might save some money by getting an R5 1600X instead. You don't need the extra cores and will have a little more cooling headroom for overclocking. Thanks for the tip on the CPU and monitor, Olle. I've never overclocked anything, so I am not sure getting the R5 1600X adds much for...

There's always a couple of ways to get to a quiet solution. Everything else being equal, at idle, the loudest component will be the sum of the case fans (gfx card fans turn off at idle these days as do many PSUs). At load, the loudest component will always be the gfx card. An open case, like Abula ...

Thank you, Steve and Abula! This is a lot of information to take in! I had a look around for monitors. I have some experience with DPS scaling on my Windows 10 Lenovo work laptop, and I am not all that impressed. This makes me not want a small 4K monitor where I have to scale everything up to see it...

Thank you for sharing your thoughts, Steve. I see that the CPU cooler did not make it into the list I copied over from System Builder. I had this in mind: Scythe - Mugen 5 Rev. B 51.2 CFM CPU Cooler. From reading your post, I understand now that I better make up my mind about the monitor. It seems t...

Hello SPCR, Thank you for a great forum! I am intrigued by the idea of trying to build my own silent PC. I am hoping for some advice on picking parts to match my needs and wants. If I decide to go ahead with a build, I will look at it as an opportunity to learn something new. My experience PC tinker...

Hello! First post here. I just started looking into building my own silent PC. I was curios to see how big these cabinets were and how they compared so I created a few 3D model of some of the cabinets I see popping up in discussions here at SPCR. Since I might not be the only one wondering about thi...