Which PC's are quieter?

[MGruschow]

I recently bought a Dell PC, haven't got the 001 yet.
The Dell puts out a rather significant high pitched whine or
whistle which is annoying, even if I were not planning to use it
for recording music. I'm assuming the sound is coming from the
hard drives, don't know that for sure, but seems like it must
be.

Their info I've seen does not say which brand of drive they
are, but I'm assuming they are Western Digital because under the
control panel -> System -> Disk Drives it says
WDC WD40 0BB-75AUA1 (they are 40 Gig 7200 rpm)

Don't mean to cast aspersions on Dell, I'm going to call their
customer support and see what they say. I was thinking of
putting a cardboard box over it, but that seems kinda
unacceptable....

So maybe I should send it back and get another one? I'm
reluctant because I got a 10% employee purchase plan discount.
But I guess it's worth it to get something more appropriate.

So does anyone have any info or data on what systems/components
may be better for quietness? Maybe those PC customizers have
considered this?

Marty G.

[RDOG]

I had the same problem with the Seagate cheeta 10,000 there was a high pitched ring. I went to a IBM 7200 and it's very quite.
hope this helps