Pieter Penninckx wrote: well, do some research on hardware you might want and search for noise level specs, especially hard disks, coolers and power supplies. in general more silent means more expensive. but you have to be sure everything is cooled enough! i blew up my new harddisk due to excessive heat (i'm not sure that was the reason, but the device was very hot when it crashed, i installed a hd cooler now). if you want low latency and do recording, go for a pro sound card and a fast harddisk. checkout http://leenooks.com/1 too for hardware incompatibility issues and some linx distro have a hardware compatibility list as well. kmd