Wow. Today I received my package from Newegg and it's not the quick shipping that I'm impressed with - it's the Arctic cooling fan I put in my old computer (now my server). My new computer is now the loudest computer in my room which I built to be very quiet. The Arctic Cooling fan is very quiet and I think the power supply (Antec NeoPower 480) is now the loudest component in there and the Antec is quiet as well. I can't believe how quiet my room is now (except for the TV which is on) and I'm not sure if I'll be able to sleep tonight without the hum I've gone to sleep with for years. Somehow, I'm sure I'll survive.

I did have one little problem with the cooling fan - the motherboard didn't want to recognize it as the cpu fan, but I could see it was working, so I moved it over and plugged it into a chassis fan outlet. I then plugged in my old thermaltake fan to the cpu fan outlet and positioned it over the four hard drives for a little extra air circulation. I'll be fine now as long as the fan on the Arcitc cooling heatsink doesn't fail (which I don't expect it to - though it has happened before according to the comments on Newegg). But if it does fail, the computer will automatically shut down if it gets too hot.

Anyways, it was great to see the package today from Newegg - another nice little early birthday present. The only problem is the processor that I got from Newegg is pretty worthless without a power supply to test it with...probably will visit Frys this weekend and spend a few bucks for a cheap one to power another folding computer.

URL: ARCTIC COOLING Copper Lite (ACCL) Cooling Fan/Heatsink - Retail at Newegg.com