I'm another gone to water cooling for quiet person. My priorities in designing a machine are quietness and bang for the buck. I overclock my machines, but I'm willing to give up that last 10% of performance to have a nearly silent machine. In my circle I have gotten a lot of requests to build somebody a quiet machine, or to recommend components to do that. In the last 5 years I don't think anybody has asked me to make them the fastest machine possible, it's always a fast and quiet machine. Don't underestimate the number of people interested in having a quiet machine.
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