do you have any ducting on the exhaust side of the fan. my fan is very loud as well but when I added about 5 feet of vent on the other end of the fan it really muffled the noise down.
First off I consider myself a newbe however I have never heard of using such a light schedule. Have you conciderd using hydro, I only say cause pretty much everything is running off of timers. of course you'll still have to check ph and do your training but it would give you much more...
maybe it's just me but I don't think I would chance ordering seeds online if you're in the us. To bad you don't have a friend with a clone or something to get you started. Goodluck man.