Hmmm, thats what I ended-up doing too (before I picked-up the Vantec rheostat), but it seemed like no one had anything above 5W. I even called a manufacturer and tried opening a reseller's account through my company to purchase stuff and I asked them if they had and they said no - and that if they didn't have it didn't exist in Montreal.. But yeah, they're still loud as hell... My friend came over after I got the fan controller and he was like "I thought it was supposed to be quiet now?" and yeah, I thought-so too. Mind you, I'm running two of 'em, but I had only one installed and it is definitely better than before, and I don't even know if i've run it full blast for anything usefull yet.. But my case is pretty loud to start with, though I've rudimentarily lined it with foam.. I've got a DVD-ROM, a 40Gig Maxtor 7,200rpm, a 1.5Gig WD Caviar 5,400rpm, a Vantec Aeroflow (31db) heatsink, a no-name PSU (which I'm upgrading soon), a Crystal Orb on my vid card, the two Tornados and a 120mm (105cfm/45db) fan over the chipset (in the side-panel window).. so yeah, I guess no matter what I do its going to stay loud huh?
Ahhh! It's 2003 and wait, whats this!? My computer didn't blow up! ... Well damn, there goes my new Athlon @ 333FSB and my inssurance claim... heheheh