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If your goal is as close to noiseless as possible, a big case with a lot of sound dampening material is the way to go.
However, the modern SFF experience is much better than you give it credit for. An AMD 5950X with a 240mm AIO in a mini-ITX case is easy these days and it keeps the CPU temperature in a reasonable range.
But if your goal is a no-compromise quietest build possible, obviously you don't want to get a small case.
> plus it's rather expensive (more than 10x the cost of air cooling).
I'm not sure where you're getting these numbers, but modern AIO water cooling isn't that expensive.
You can get a good 240mm AIO cooler for about 1.5X the price of a good air cooler: https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Radiator-Software-Control-Liq...