This thing is incredibly loud! It sounds like a small jet engine. I have a Bose surround set, seperate receiver, all and all a pretty good setup and would have to constantly have to keep turning it up to get over the fans. I ended up taking it off and custom mounting entertainment center fans I got off of eBay. They work tons better and you can't even hear them. The loss of wireless turn on and off is annoying too. It's not bad when you change out your game each time, but you lose convenience when you're playing harddrive games. The quality of the kit and fit are great, but I would look into one of the usb powered intercoolers.