Thanks for your replies! Falkon, thanks for the heat sync advice. I'm still leaning toward the Noctua NH-D14 only because its only $10 more expensive than the other 2 mentioned, and most likely I'll hang on to the heat sync for future builds. I didn't know that about green drives, so I'll be sure to...

I'm looking at using a bunch of old gift cards I have to help build a silent pc. I'd appreciate feedback on the stability and silence of this setup. Below is what I'm looking at purchasing. SilverStone Temjin TJ08-E Noctua NH-D14 Core i7-2600K GIGABYTE GA-B75M-D3V ASUS EN210 Silent/DI/512MD3/V2 (spa...