

They are both great in terms of looks and performance, and are both very quiet as well.

Noctua NH-D14 is an excellent heatsink that keeps everything cool and is very quiet as well.Ĭase: The Fractal Design Define R4 is a great and a common choice, another alternative with similar features is the NZXT H440. Heatsink: The stock is fine for general purpose stuff, but if you want something better and are willing to invest. The price/performance ratio is pretty good, and if you want any better you're gonna have to go for the i7-4770 or something like that. So it should be fairly quiet along with being fairly powerful.ĬPU: Pretty much anything will do, I'd go for the i5-4570 or the i5-4670k, depending on if you're interested in overclocking. I tried to build a fairly decent machine while putting emphasis on sound.

however seeing as a desktop PC usually becomes more than just a programming machine, and is often used for general content consumption as well as gaming. As others have said, almost machine will do.
