My ideal quiet system:
- Swiftech MC6002 block (it does well with low flow)
- A low-impedance GPU blocks like the Dangerden GPU block (others out there also seem adequate)
- A fanless PSU like the 350W model by Thermaltake
- Hard drives using fluid dynamic bearings
- 1/2" tubing
- 12" by 12" rad of the design that Cathar is proposing
- 12" SLOOOOOW fan such as is used by the room box fans on a variable output switching power supply (to avoid the noise caused by PWM)
- pump would probably be one or two Eheim 1048's, as suggested by Cathar (I've not gone quiet before, preferring MCP650/D4 or Mag3 pumps)
For performance, I'd switch to a MCP650/D4 and use one of Cathar's new spiffy waterblocks (if I could actually acquire one!).
The only parts that aren't easily available are the huge DC fan, and the thin/wide radiator. It would definitely need ducting though.
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