Thanks for the info. It turns out that my particular heatsink will accept an 80mm fan directly, using the usual sheet metal screws to mount. I think I'll start by trying a Vantec Stealth.

Hmmm... Interesting. I wonder if anyone's tried to use these on their power supply fan. In most cases, there's not a whole lot of room between the case and the PS, I would probably have to drill holes in the case to give the Isolator heads enough room to fit.

I've got a heatsink (made by a company called Speeze ) which uses a 70mm fan at 4200 rpm. It's a bit noisy, but I've been having trouble finding a suitable replacement. Nexfan has a few, including a pair of the Y.S Tech TMD fans, but all of them look about average with regards to noise. Any recommen...

Well, I just got my new Seagate Barracuda IV 80GB drive, to replace out my Maxtor DiamondMax 20GB that I had in a SilentDrive Enclosure (which was highly labeled a "bad thing"). So, I now have this perfectly good DiamondMax 20GB that is lying along the roadside on my journey towards silence. Well, ...

Well what are you suggesting? That the cooler your hard disk is the faster it will read/write?? I figure if the hard disk's temperature doesn't exceed the upper limit set by its manufacturer, then what's the issue? The lifetime of the spindle motor and bearings -- higher temperatures mean reduced r...