Thanks for all the advice on here. I went ahead and built the system, and its been flawless. Now sitting under my desk almost totally silent. If I game, I can hear (softly) the fans ramp up. The final build: Asus X99-Deluxe 3.1 mb Xeon E5-2699v3, w/Noctua NH-D15 cooler (middle fan only FT05 case (no...

Despite the components, this is actually being built on a budget (already have CPU). I would prefer to keep this air cooled, or closed loop cooler if at all possible. Abula, I did notice that you're running an SLI setup in the FT05. The Xeon, with 18cores seems like a big deal, but its only 145W tdp...

Yes, they're both blower types (which are supposedly the best for these vertical cases). So I'll have to live with them. This is why case cooling is important in this setup . I'm hoping that since they're be firing upwards, into the underside of a thick deal, that should muffle them quite a bit.

So, I'm looking for a nice, quiet case for my new build. The review of the FT05 looked good, but I'm wondering how it will handle a 145w Xeon (E5-2699v3) and a pair of reference AMD R9-290 graphics cards? MB is Asus X99 deluxe, and I will NOT be overclocking. Just stability, speed, and especially, l...