Hmmm, well I changed my mind a little after more research due to JamieG's post... For now i've ordered the bare minimum for the case itself at least until I finish the rest of my debating over parts :P So I ended up with: Antec P183 Antec Silicone Fan Grommets Scythe Slipstream (1200RPM, Middle/Bot...

As for a CPU cooler , something like the Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme 1366 or the Noctua NH-U12P 1366 might be better than that Coolermaster one. You also didn't mention case fans at all. Take out the included Antec ones and replace as follows: Scythe Slipstream 1200rpm fans at 5V as front intake...

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The Black / Blue / Green thing is pretty much how WD seperate their drive classes - Black is performance at all cost, with minimal nod towards acoustics. Blue is decent performance, decent acoustics and decent power draw. Green is ultra-economical, with acceptable performance for bulk storage, some...

Goal : A highly responsive, very quiet computer Uses: This is primarily for work. On my 3 displays I want to be able to have outlook, 4 large powerpoint presentations, word, excel, and maybe Solidworks and a Microchip CAD program running. The only game I play is EVE online, but sometimes I might wa...

625w should be absolutely fine - I'm running a similar-ish system on a 520w Corsair with no issues whatsoever (and I have 3 HDs and am overclocking). I wouldn't recommend running a passive heatsink on an i7 - I just don't think it's worth the hassle when adding a nice quiet 120mm fan to the Mugen-2...

Ummm... OK. Why not use the normal power management features to power down the hard-drive? I find this an interesting comment. From looking at the options in windows I don't see an equivalent to what was being proposed though. Is there a way to tell the OS to turn off a hard drive then turn it on a...

If you go look at the SPCR test methodology post you'll see that they had to build a whole chamber with computerized data collection. For stuff below 30dBl this is kind of mandatory, and I doubt most of the members have the space and inclination to invest in that.