What would you suggest getting for a fairly quiet PC - a standard 7200 desktop drive such as the single-platter Sammy HD322HJ (the cheapest :mrgreen:), a 5400 desktop drive such as the Sammy HD502HI, or a 7200 laptop drive such as the 160GB single-platter WD 1600BEKT?
Ideally, the lower the price the better as I'm working to a budget. I'd also like to point out the PC wont be that quiet - there will be case/CPU fans. What is the performance of 7200 2.5" drives like as I hear access time can be quite bad but the BEKT apparently can manage 14.2ms. Also, if the 2.5" is the way to go, how can it be mounted in a 3.5" bay?
Thanks :)