Moin everybody


I've decided it's about time to buy a new rig, which is obviously easy enough to do.
Except this time I want one that doesn't sound like a turbocharger blender. But for transport reasons I'm kinda against water cooling, too.
So, if anyone has some knowledge considering passive or almost soundless cooling or can persuade me to actually go for water cooling and input would be appreciated. Even a good website with reviews on the matter would help.

Even more appreciated would be someone with a little extra time, who likes to play the "Build a rig" game.

For that here is pretty much what I am aiming at:

- Complete Desktop including case, psu, etc. Excluding only the monitor and soundcard.
- I don't have a preference in the ATI vs. Nvidia or Intel vs. AMD realms.
- However, I do prefer quality brands, so no Asrock mainboards etc.
- Aim of the thing is obviously to play games, but also to run photoshop, premiere pro, etc well enough.
- As said rig should be very silent so if I get 20 frames less and pay 100€ more, so be it.
- Price range is about 500 - 600€.
- being able to upgrade the thing and/or overclock it later on would be nice but definately not a must.



So, I hope the experts find this thread :)