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On Friday 18 June 2004 15:39, zera holladay wrote:
> Under a kind suggestion, I am re-submitting this
> e-mail with a different subject.  The old message was:
>
> Hello, I am looking for a very quiet ATX mid-tower and
> I was wondering if anybody has a suggestion or
> recommendation.  My hard disks produce the most
> decibels at the most annoying frequency -- it=92s not a
> bad fan.  I am an EE student using FreeBSD, so a quiet
> computer is very important to me.

I like the Antec Sonata cases. They have special drive trays which mean=20
that your drives are mounted on rubber grommets to reduce noise. Plus=20
they have a decent quiet PSU, a large low-speed case fan at the back=20
and a cute blue LED on the front :-)