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Originally Posted by PieEyedPiper
...considering my aglergic reaction to noise...
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So you're looking for
quiet? As in under 20dB?
My suggestions:
Eheim 1048 or Innovatek HPPS pump (HPPS is the quietest pump out there - 1048 not much louder).
Large frontal area but
thin radiator. BI Pro II would be good if you can spend the money. A pair of very quiet 120mm axial fans. Pabsts are usually a good bet. I'd suggest setting the radiator up so you're pulling outside air through it (fans on the inside - the "pull" side). You
might get a bit less noise if you add a pair of 120mm shrouds (I think you can just use a pair of the coolingworks for-BI "shrouds" which are really plenum extenders.)
Look at all the waterblocks Phaestus has gone to the trouble of testing - most actually perform quite well with 1048/HPPS flow. The Swiftech 6000 series is a good bet, as is the whitewater.
Again, if you want quiet, you want a
thin radiator -
not a heater core (at least not a 2" thick one),
not a d-tek (essentially a heater core), and
not a BI Xtreme. If you want lots of cooling capacity, you want a radiator with larger frontal area - getting thicker doesn't do much for you - but
does demand more air pressure, which translates out to more fan noise.
If you aren't overclocking, the BI Pro should be just fine. If you want to overclock you're going to have to decide between noise and larger radiator frontal area...