. I was worth it.

Yes you were!

I was too. It was a goodly chunk of change for the various sound bits, but worth it. I saw those Silentdrive enclosures and I was tempted, but I have 4 drives stacked in the bootom of this case with very little space. If I added the enclosures, I think airflow would be zilch.

QuietPC has a neat little fan contol module for about 10 bucks. I almost got a couple of those, but then I stumbled across a how-to for a very simple fan control with a temp sensor that I'm going to try in 2 other PCs. The instructions are at: http://www.heatsink-guide.com/tempcontrol.htm Even with my pathetic near vision and wimpy soldering iron, I think I can build a few of these!