£1500 Quiet, Efficient, Cool and Small Build

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As the title says really

Must be quiet, efficient, cool and small factor

Gaming mostly at 1920x1080/1200 (yet to choose a monitor, maybe a sa850 when they come out)

Would consider buying 3rd party case fans for extra quietness

Any mATX mobos do at least 8x8x?

£1500 budget

Thanks
 
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Define a "small" build, when considering a £1,500 budget?

I'd go for a 2500k Sandybridge build though, since you have the cash. I'm sure you could get an awesome computer with half that budget...


...and give the rest to me. :D
 
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I think since you have the budget you will eventually buy 2 monitors so the system is relevant to the needs. The foam is excellent for silence as well as the fact that you can controll the speed of the fans of every one of them inside the case.In addition,adding watercooling will have an influence on the noise. The graphic card has two fans.That enables you to lower the speeds of the fans and still have low temperatures. SSD's produce lower noises than normal hard drives.



Buying a smaller case will not improve anything.There is nothing this case can not do at the moment...
 
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don't buy that ^^^^

im doing you a spec now, he said matx, and small.
no matx mobo's support 8x8x but can do 16x 4x i think, but from this video clicky you can see it dosn't make much of a difference :D

the above doesn't matter, i stand corrected they can run 8x 8x
 
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Why do people always pick the 2600k over the 2500k?

You dont need a 2600k, HT doesnt work in games, and just makes the CPU run hotter.
 
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What is the point of buying a small atx case except from the fact that will have difficulties installing anything in there including a graphics card, have temperatures close to boiling point and not be able to install a PSU without having all the cables of the case lying around.

SLI on a m-ATX? Maybe the only build I will ever see...
 
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What is the point of buying a small atx case except from the fact that will have difficulties installing anything in there including a graphics card, have temperatures close to boiling point and not be able to install a PSU without having all the cables of the case lying around.

SLI on a m-ATX? Maybe the only build I will ever see...

you have obviously never heard of lian-li?
 
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no need to spend so much money on a build not so much better.
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this is still blistering fast, i have left out the fan as i see that as personal choice and also a sound card if you wanted one.

this is cool, efficient and should be quiet if you make the right choice in cooling
 
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