I just picked up this drive from newegg, unfortunetly I haven't had time to use it that much yet as I have to re-install my OS. But from my DOS useage it seems pretty fast and is acceptably quiet. I can hardly hear it when the case is closed up, and that only if I really try hard. I believe if I sus...

shathal wrote:I thought "the smelly ones" were also silent and deadly.

Hmmm ...

... ok, so it's bad. I apologize .

Hmmm, aren't those silent but deadly? In any case this should probably not be part of the logo.

wumpus wrote:

You could use a ninja. Ninjas are silent, and deadly.

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Haha, yeah that's what I was thinking of when I said that.

You know what would be cool(pun not intended) is a 3.5" removable drive bay for 2.5" laptop drives. They can handle low circulation and are supposedly pretty quiet. I guess a 5.25" bay would be alright too.

I just ordered this hard drive from newegg along with a Zalman 7000A-Cu heatsink and fan. Has anyone used this drive and is it quiet/ a decent performer? Newegg says the connection for it is "IDE ULTRA ATA-5" but I assume I need some sort of adapter and mounting brackets to put this in my desktop? W...

I have used the Klipsch 5.1 speakers for some time and I love them. There were some problems with the early models in that the amplifier burned out, but that has been fixed with the current revision. You may want to consider something like these Onkyo systems, I have heard some really good things ab...

How about some sort of monk meditating next to the computer. They like peace and tranquility.

You could use a ninja. Ninjas are silent, and deadly.