Thanks tracer for the links and the info!

Actually, I do know those Volcano 5 coolers. AND I know they're noisy as hell. A perfect example of how it SHOULDN'T be.

I think I will go with the Zalman cooler on my video card, but there's just one thing that bugs me. The cooler on my Gforce3 also covers the Dram on the card. If I remove it and replace it with a Zalman cooler, I doubt the memory will still be cooled. Does anybody advise against this?

When a CD drive spools up it's far and away the loudest part at that point...

Wow! Now THAT'S the kind of sound damping I'm aiming at!

And I love my AMD!

Well, good for you! (sorry, couldn't resist!)