System Hardware Specs:
AMD XP 1900+
512 MB PC2700 DDR
Gigabyte GA-7VRXP
LeadTek WinFast A250 GeForce 4 Ti4600 AGP 4x
HighPoint RocketRAID 404 PCI
Creative Labs SoundBlaster Live! 5.1
Plextor 48/24/48A
-Ribbon 24", dual drive IDE cable x 1 [in 5 1/4" cage]
Western Digital 800JB (80 GB) x 4
-Rounded 36", dual drive IDE cable x 2 [in 5 1/4" cage w/ CoolerMaster CoolDrive 2 x 2]
-Rounded 24", dual drive IDE cable x 1 [in 5 1/4" cage w/ mounting brackets]
-Ribbon 24", dual drive IDE cable x 1 [in 5 1/4" cage w/ mounting brackets]
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 8 6E040L0 (40 GB) x 3
-Rounded 10", single drive IDE cable x 2 [in 3 1/2" cage]
-Ribbon 24", dual drive IDE cable x 1 [in 5 1/4" cage w/ mounting brackets]
Panasonic Floppy Disk Drive
-Ribbon 24", dual drive FDD cable x 1 [in 3 1/2" cage]
Four pictures of my case, from different angles are:
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Picture 1
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Picture 2
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Picture 3
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Picture 4
This will give you an idea of what cables are going where. The picture is slightly outdated, in that one of the optical drives has been replaced with a 40 GB Maxtor hard drive.
Remember, the CoolerMaster CoolDrives each have one, 45 mm intake fan, iirc.
I'm pretty sure most of the noise comes from the fans, although which fans, exactly, I'm not sure. I've actually run my case without the side even attached (and side 120 mm fans not plugged in) for a while, and it seems to be doing alright.
I don't have time to read all of the replies right now, since I'm at work, but I'll check later. Thanks for the input so far.