How to Build a CPU That's Silent

Go to somewhere like CPU benchmark and find out which CPU you want first, right? Like that's where you need to start because everything else basically chains down from that. You might pick a cooler that's the most awesome cooler on the planet, but it's too big for your case. There's all kinds of things that you can do wrong that technically work with all the components you've chosen,. But won't necessarily work in the build that you're trying to do.