I've had a few supermicro systems, some rack-mounted servers and a two 4U workstation pedestals. I have one bad thing to say...they are loud, really _loud_. S

I've had a few supermicro systems, some rack-mounted servers and a two 4U workstation pedestals. I have one bad thing to say...they are loud, really _loud_. Several years ago I had a 1U SM server in a rack full of HP servers I could hear the supermicro over all off them. The 4U pedestal I have at home as a file server is the "super-quiet" model with 8 3.5" bays in front and it is still insanely loud. I had to to rig up a fan controller just to keep it livable to have in the apartment as the motherboard couldn't slow the fans down enough.