@ thejamppa : Thanks for the fast response (surely I'm not the only one haunting my page reload button after posting... :lol:). I'll definitely include the 150/Solo case in my considerations; I like the built-in drive suspension, but the rest somehow seems not quite as nice as the 180's. <strike>I'm...

*** Update: continued at Yeeet another here's-my-new-rig post . *** Hi. My current workstation is a 2nd-hand Fujitsu-Siemens P4 desktop that is almost quiet enough but has zero opportunity for further quieting ... plus it takes almost two seconds just to start up KEdit. I also have an Antec Aria/Vi...