Quiet, and as small as possible while being ... erm ... big.

[bazzabear]

My current case is a Coolermaster Cosmos, and it's ridiculously big and heavy. And it's pretty needless. It has about a million drive bays, and I will never need them. It was partly bought on the basis of being quiet, but it isn't really.

So, if you wanted a case which was quiet (in so much as the case controls that) and small and light (but big enough to not ever have issues with graphics card fitting) what would you buy?

It maybe doesn't belong in this lounge, but I know nothing about watercooling so I don't know whether I should be aiming for that if I want quiet? I still find the idea rather scary!

 

[bazzabear]

Thanks for the tips.

So with watercooling, do you always have a reservoir? Or is the simplest set up just a closed circuit from CPU to a set of external fans? I see (I think) that yours also cools the graphics card directly? (I told you I knew nothing!)

 

[bazzabear]

Thanks, that's incredibly helpful. You're absolutely right - it's the AIO setups which were confusing things for me.