WTB: WinUAE PC Core i5 DEAD QUIET

[ChaosLord]

I need a powerful core i5 pc so that I can use it for running WinUAE at a decent speed.  I actually want to buy 2 of these machines.  1 for running WinUAE + Chrome or Firefox and another for watching movies.

The computer must be DEAD QUIET.  I don't mind underclocking it in the BIOS.

A computer that makes noise is a failure.

I have no idea how to shop for a quiet computer.

I have just spent 24 hours on NewEgg.com shopping for computers and finally thought I had found one that was "acceptable" to me.  "Acceptable" means core i5 and at least 4 USB3 ports and 2 PS/2 ports and a VGA port + a digital video port.

Other features are not so critical.  Like how large the internal HD is or how much RAM it has I am not super picky about.

So after all these hours of shopping I suddenly remembered that I wanted a quiet pc.

So I searched for the word "Quiet" in their Desktop PC store and it said that such a technologically advanced feature could not be found anywhere.  ARGH!

Can anyone help me out?  What do I do?

[ChaosLord]

OK, I can see the need for power for running WinUAE (especially if you're talking about concurrent web browsing).

But what makes you think you need another i5 system for movies?

Because my movie room with my 61" monitor is in a different room

Media playback doesn't require anywhere near that much horsepower.

I hadn't really thought about that.  It is just that I want to buy 2 identical computers.  So when I discover something screwey about one of them and find out how to fix it, I know it applies to both machines.

I actually don't mind my winuae computer making some noise.  But I really want my movie computer to be quiet.

I have watched movies on my brother's airplane computers.  And it just sux.  I call them airplane computers because they sound like an airplane readying for takeoff when u turn them on.  There are a lot of whirring and whining sounds and a huge amount of airflow.  He always buys the noisiest gfx cards produced by any Earth-based civilization.  One of his gfx cards makes more noise than 2 of my "noisy" computers.