Fans, love them or hate them, they're in almost every computer. Even water-cooled computers have a fan or two cooling the radiator. Fans come in just about every shape, size, and color you can imagine. With fans, also comes noise. Not too many people like noise. Although I find myself a bit on the neutral side, if I can make them quieter without overheating my computer…I will. Enter the rheobus, goddess of all quiet computing. Just in case you've been on Mars (or still are) then let me bring you up to speed on what a rheobus is. A rheobus allows you to adjust the voltage going to your fan(s), thus allowing you to make them quieter. The only downside to this is that your fans now push less air.

Not everybody has empty 5-1/4" bays, with CDRW drives, HDD coolers, and reservoirs, there's little room left. With the decline of the aging floppy drives most 3.5" bays have been left empty. Even though I did have 2 empty 5-1/4" bays, I decided to go for the 3.5" Rheobus because, well, because it was cheap. To be honest, I normally don't let price effect my buying decisions, but seeing as how this rheobus was intended for my "spare" computer I found the cheapest one I could. I don't need it to be able to handle that many watts, I don't need it to light up, and I don't need to mess with it that much. So the only factor left is price. Now, I know what some are thinking. "Well I need some of those features in my rheobus." Stick around, this one may perform better than you think.