Just to add my proverbial 2 cents. Also upgraded the cube last year with a Seagate 120 7200 rpm (8Mb cache) find it very quiet. Also added a Sonnet 1.2 GHz processor, larger video card, more RAM (1.1 GB) OSX.3.8 Impressed with how quiet the whole package is. The Sonnet has a whisper quiet panaflow fan. My dualie G4/G5 buds can't get over how quiet my studio is. Mind you when those G5 multi-stage fans kick in, his hair is left blowing straight back. <grin> Rod >> >>I am also interested in hearing other's opinions/experiences as I >>am in the process of switching again for a bigger (120Gb) / faster >>(8Mb cache) one. My main concerns are: noise and power consumption. >>My Cube is (still) a stock 450MHz running 10.3.8 and 9.2.2. >> >>As usual, TIA. >>LM -- _____________________________ Rod Duncan "Buy a Mac and be thought a fool or buy a Windows box and remove all doubt." Still virus free... and after all these years.