WD announces WD20EVDS 2TB harddrive that is less than one sone*. [Funny, they use sone to say it's quiet like I'm in Home Depot looking for a quiet bathroom fan. I guess around here we use db.] Power-conserving WD AV-GP drives offer significant power savings and thermally optimized operation resulti...

a silent HTPC is more important than having any other PC that is silent. I agree. If I'm going to build my first HTPC, it has to be (near) silent. If I want to play games, I'll use my PC or my PS3. This review was well done for the gaming system, but I would love to hear someone approach this build...

I am using a Scythe Ninja in my Asus P4C800 Deluxe motherboard with a P3.4 CPU and 2GB of ram. This is an old system I have had running stable for years. With the Ninja the noise is much quieter, but I have to underclock my CPU to 2.8Ghz to have stability with my 2GB of RAM in 4 sticks. Never had to...

http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdo ... i=3061&p=5

Anadtech has a nice db chart on today's large hds (750gb & 1tb) in their review of the..
Western Digital SE16 750GB: "Quiet" a Performer"

People here wanting a quiet big drive might want to check out their review.
Cheers,
Philip

The AeroCool 140mm Streamliner fan is 20mm thick (it's not 14mm thin, but 20mm is thinner than 25mm). I haven't used it, but supposedly is quiet too at 19.6dBA Has a 120mm downsizer bracket too.. Perhaps someone will try it out and post a review back here. Dimensions: 140mm x 140mm x 20mm Rated Volt...