One idea i had to keep the noise down on a beefy htpc , is to lock it in the cabinet and not have it viewable , basically have it in the cupboard of the home theatre cabinet , then all you need to do is have the MCE remote receiver on the outside and put your DVD drive into a external cradle via USB and have that on the outside as well, then everything should be quiet but still workable . Just a thought for some people, its what i'm going to do so i dont' have to worry about getting a nice case either as no one will ever see it in the cupboard door of the entainment unit ![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)