"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message
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One of the aspects of the audio/computer 'biz' that irritates me is the
way
almost no-one shows any concern form 'mechanical' noises from fans, hard
drives, etc.

Please do a little reasearch on topics such as "Home Theatre PC" or HTPC.
The two general directions are systems that use so little power that they
are easy to cool, and fanless cooling systems.

There are reasonably capacious solid state disk drives that run as little as
$2/GB, running up to 240 GB or more. Standard SATA interface. No moving
parts, very little power use, no fans, no noise. Boot Windoze fast!