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The Palit 1050 Ti KalmX seems to be the perfect card for the two requirements, but it's not available in the USA. An email has been sent to Palit.

Thank you all.

It appears that GTX 1060 - or the AMD equivalent - performance is not available in 2018 given the PCIe-only and fans-off-at-no-load requirements. Is this understanding correct?

The fastest graohics card exhibiting: 1. No Need for External Power (i.e., Requires Only PCIe-Power) 2. Fan(s) that Do Not Spin when GPU Load is Low ... is being sought - your responses are appreciated.

This post is a belated "thank you" to those here who offered suggestions. Last year the computer parts were purchased and the computer was assembled. Here is a peak at the results: A Fractal Design Core 500 case was used. Thank you for your suggestions.

What is the smallest ( Height ) case that can accommodate a Noctua NH-U14S cooler (165mm tall)? The motherboard is a mini-ITX.

Thank you Vittra! Can you reference a video or other step-by-step set of instructions for this process?

An email was sent to Asus asking: "Is there a problem with using the ASUS Z170I Pro Gaming motherboard when the boot drive is a Samsung 950 Pro M.2 512 GB SSD (MZ-V5P512BW) that will contain the 64 bit version of Windows 7 loaded onto the M.2 drive" To which Asus replied: "In order to boot...

Two folks have mentioned workstation boards - surely they would have a hgh likelihood of being reliable out-of-the-box (as specified above) - are there any mini-ITX sized workstation boards?

THUMPer - What manufacturer is DFI?

When you want a motherboard to work perfectly out-of-the-box, and you do not want POST issues caused by the motherboard hardware or the associated UEFI, and you want to minimize the likelihood that the motherboard - due to a manufacturing issue - will be DOA or exhibit broken/bent components...

Are there no mini-ITX motherboards that can accommodate USB 3.1 ports on the front of a case (without threading a USB 3.1 cable from the back to the front)?

In this stage of your build (Jan 23, 2016) its appearance summons thoughts of a spacecraft's surface landing vehicle. :) As others have stated, it will be interesting to see it in working order with all of the parts in place.

Are there any mini-ITX, Z170-based motherboards that are not listed in PC Hound and PC Parts Picker?

This computer must be as quiet as technologically possible today for a SFF size capable of the speed indicated by the reference components [in post number 1]. It is understood that these priorities generally clash (quiet, fast, small) - this build will seek to produce the best that can be made...

Thank you defaultluser, your reply was quicker than the subsequent edit of the post.

Are there any published comparisons showing an advantage associated with using - with an i7 6700K - RAM that is faster than the DDR4-2133 RAM specified by Intel for its i7-6700K CPU, when nothing is manually overclocked?

Regarding "I choose startnext.com as crowdfounding platform ..." - please reconsider using IndieGoGo.

Regarding "... Im using the integrated intel 530 of the 6700K ..." - please post some gaming performance numbers that you are experiencing with this build (e.g., Game Names, Graphics Settings During Gameplay, Frame Rate, etc.).

The build's budget could be increased to accommodate the lowest possible sound level, while maintaining the other build goals. Water cooling is an option. A quieter version of something like this cooler (link below) would be useful...

Your build suggestions and comments are being considered - thank you! Here are some thoughts addressing the comments received thus far. Regarding Intel's i7-6700T, i7-6700, and i7-6700K CPUs: since the base frequency is different for each model (2.8 GHz, 3.4 GHz, and 4 GHz respectively)...

Using the absolute best components available today, the build goal here is to: [Priority 1] * Make the Quietest Possible Mini-ITX SFF PC that Can * Perfom (with respect to speed) Equal to or Better Than the Performance Associated with a Rig Containing the Following Only-for-Reference...