Zalmans can be pretty quiet if you turn the cpu fan down using the bios fan control or another type of fan control. If you have a P4 then the ninja will be worth it. I went ahead and took your advice and got an Artic Cooling Alpine 64, and the Zalman vf700 off newegg. What is the deal with the fan ...

Thanks for all the replies! I ended up getting an Antec Solo case, and my comp is already much quieter! Its funny; I read all of these things about reducing hard-drive noise, and always wondered what they were talking about. Now I can actually hear the harddrive noise (which isn't bad at all, really...

Hey all! I'm glad I found this forum, because I just recently had the epiphany that my comp is freaking LOUD! I really want to get silent, since I am a music producer and need that precious silence for obvious reasons... Anyway, I have a Athlon 64 2800+ processor (with ATX motherboard I'm pretty sur...