I have the MSI Cyclone PE and at idle I cannot hear it over my case fan. When gaming it is very noticeable. However I did not set the settings to "silent" (there is a physical switch on the board that I neglected to switch from performance to silent, now it is almost impossible to reach without remo...

@quest for silence: As far as I can tell there are no sandy-bridge based mini-itx mobos other than H67, h61, or Z68 chipsets. The OP needs mini-itx board for the Q11. @ the OP: Check out this thread: http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1523097&highlight=fanless It has a ton of info on the Q11. Som...