I agree with the other posters here. The problem is your CPU which gets pretty hot. However, your video card gets almost as hot as your CPU. Fortunately you say you are willing to spend some money so you've got a lot of options. If you don't need your computer dead silent but merely quiet, you can g...

You might be interested in a new article: http://overclockers.com/tips1211/ The guy has no pump and passive radiator and got good temps. The idea is to use a weak peltier so that the radiator gets very hot and by convection no pump is needed and as a bonus heat is easily dissipated by the huge tempe...

I have a more power-hungry system than yours, and I even use a peltier. It will cool just fine let me tell you. I'm not even using a pump! My radiator is only slightly bigger than yours.

Doesn't the raptor have an annoying seek noise? Isn't this silentpcreview?

York is correct. I also own this motherboard and temps are 15-20C higher than what most motherboards would report. This is closer to the actual CPU temperature. So don't be alarmed when your CPU reads 60 C or something like that.

I'm not sure if you mean quiet or silent. I am also into music recording so I take it you want a dead silent system, meaning no fans. In that case, make sure you have a fanless PSU and make your video card and CPU fanless as well. You can use either large heatsinks via heatpipes or watercool your CP...

no,

it's definately not silent. Not even quiet. CSP-MAG or Eheim 1048 is much more quiet.

I've even seen 4GB sticks out. They are very tall. However, I don't remember the place that sells them and if I remember the price it was over $1200 per stick.

Nice... very good selection of CPU and parts! I have the same 3200+ CPU running at 2.7GHz. However, it looks like your video card and PSU will not be quiet. The Antec Smartpower is pretty loud, and although the Seasonic is much quieter, Seasonic is also pretty loud. I would recommend a fanless like ...

My question is, are this iRAM truly silent? They told me Antec Phantom was silent but I put a microphone Amplifier next to it and can hear some coil buzz. My LCD is also not silent under the Amplifier. So I want to build a new machine that is totally silent. Is this iRAM silent? Can anybody verify? ...

I understand reading on Pro Forum, c-systems has an even quiter pump coming out, if that is possible. There is a thread by one of the engineers about a 100000 hour pump. That is absolutely amazing! If new version of MAG is indeed much quieter than even the current version.... just wow! That'll be b...

The quiestest pump I've used is definately the CSP-MAG. It is much quieter than the DDC, not to mention that it actually starts up everytime. It can also be undervolted quite a bit, but my fan controller only allows a minimum of 6V so I couldn't test it any lower than that. Still, I run it 12V in a ...

Those who wanted silent performance and have 5400RPM notebook drives can derive very nice benefit from this. Anand tests i-RAM against 10000RPM Raptor but advantage is not nearly as big as i-RAM with a slower 5400RPM notebook drive. I'm estimating my silent rig can load Photoshop 3X faster or perhap...

Wow, just what I was looking for! How much was it and where did you buy it? Also, how well is it cooled after a long gaming session? I assume that you game on it since that's a high end card for SFF.

Wow, your craftsmanship is absolutely gorgeous! I really love those pics. *drools* Hmmm... but I think you will definately need an extra 120mm radiator like you said. On my Athlon64 Venice (2.6GHz overclocked), an 800RPM 120mm fan over a lone 120mm radiator can easily cool it, but without any fan it...