Hard disk for media center PC

[blun]

Hi,

Could anyone recommend me a good hard disk for a media center PC? Priority is quietness, capacity, then price.

Am I right in thinking 750gb is the sweet spot for value at the moment?

Thanks

[staffsMike]

Prices are pretty fair for all the big storage options I think. I would get western digital AAKS. Can't hear mine in my P182

[this_is_gav]

Or my AAKS in a truly silent media PC (while I could easily hear seeks on an oldish 250gb WD).

As for size, as Mr. Mike said, go for whatever space you need. Through 320gb to 1GB the prices are pretty well scaled. However quick you think it's going to fill up, it'll fill up quicker. The approach I take instead of getting bigger drives is to use one of these and move files onto other disks. That way you're infinitely scalable, which is crucial if you intend to keep files in DVR-MS format or something rather than convert to DVD or something.

[Knight Time]

I did a fair bit of reading round with exactly the same criteria for my media center. I settled for two Samsung 750G drives at £70 each from Scan

[s_kinton]

I've just bought the 750GB Samsung F1 drive from scan - it arrived this morning! £71.66 with free deliovery for Hexus users

[Lourdes]

Good chocie on the F1's, ncie fast drives despite usng the smaller platter sizes.

[Maccer101]

I agree, my Samsung 500gb is Quiet, cool and fast. 750gb is best value at the moment at £70 but the 1TB are dropping to sub £100, need to think hard about how fast you'll fill her up.

However Seagate, Samsung and WD, its all good. Unless you get a duff one!