Enjoyed reading your "10 things" article on BYO PC. I've built several and one of the major irritants I've always struggled with is the inherent noisiness of systems with lots of fans. There are actually some really cool (pun intended) things you can do to minimize the number of fans needed so you can keep your noise levels really low (my system is at 40dB - the only fan is for the power supply). Everything else if passively cooled with copper heat pipe and fins and so there is no high-pitched whine or low-level whirring sounds. The only way you know it's running is the soft blue light on the front panel. If you want to take up the challenge of building a silent PC, check out
http://www.silentpcreview.com/Cheers
Robb
