building a small, cool, quiet system (which case?)

Santasballz

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*i am looking at a smaller system rather than a tower/mid tower case*
hi, i want to build a moderate gaming chassis (not some super duper ones, just enough to play doom3/half life 2 on a good setting, not max)
i've been consdering shuttle's P chasis, but many say its very loud so i don't want it...

some possible ones i am looking at include:
antec aria
shuttle's G chassis
monarch's hornet (not so sure about the price lol)

which one runs the coolest and quietest (i know it can't be both cool and quiet, but which as the most beneficial ratio of cool to quiet)

also, can someone help me choose hardware? i am going AMD 64 for sure, but what about graphix card? i now high end ones can put a lot of heat in the case. i want something that can game but is still cool in a small box...is this even possible?

thx
 
The aria has noise and heat problems.

I would stick to either the shuttle G series or P series, the P series can actually be quieter than the G series, sometimes louder, but it is usually right about the same.

If you get a high end video card it will most likely be the noisiest part of your system anyways.
 
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