Ultra Quiet gaming pc build for living room

[gabsta69]

hi everyone, I'm in the market for a mid range pc that will allow for some decent gaming and watching xbmc. I would ideally not like to spend anything more than £800 but the wife has insisted it has to be super quiet when using xbmc.

When gaming occurs, it can be a bit louder, but not stupidly loud so ideally if it can be quiet during gaming it would be a nice feature.

I am more interested in a bundle config than building it my own, so any suggestions would be ideal. Only preference is that I had bad experience with AMD once, so intel spec would be preferred, but happy to be convinced if it gets me a better spec.

Thanks in advanced!

 

[gabsta69]

thanks for the fast response, i like everything on the list but not keen on the case...would rather have taller than wider, didn't think about going down the mini ITX route, as i thought it would create more noise through less airflow?

i have a copy of windows already, and could build it myself - had a problem with a previous build - bad mobo but after months of trying to sort out with MSI - am keen for OC to build it for me - unless I have to purchase a copy of windows as well then i'll just give it a go!

 

[gabsta69]

thanks for the suggestions, really appreciated.

I really like the white case, much more my style. the other pc in house doesnt have a decent gfx card so would rather have a proper machine in the living room.

a lot of food for thought!