I am not sure what thr RM units are like now the I version is apparently pretty good as for the software I never use it so wasted oin me as for quiet...I have like 30 fans in my machine so I am in no way able to judge it's noise but from memory in an older build it was pretty quiet
30 (!!!) fans? heck I think you have to be very careful around your computer, otherwise it will lift off. But thanks anyway for the tip, as far as I can see on the comparision the RM1000i got tested and is about 20db ... should be very quiet.