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I'm looking for something around 200GB which much be quiet, quick and reliable. Any suggestions please?
just a quick note that sata drives may be no quicker than a normal hard drive, thats what i read in pc pro a few months back
Speed may not be the factor though. SATA's are a bit more future proof with newer systems (well, as future proof as you can get with computingOriginally Posted by ben_wade
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Seagate are supposed to be the best aren't they? (Other than the Raptors) Fully native sata IIRC..
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Seagate didnt used to be fully native, im not sure on their current status (i think they did more to full native though).
Maxtor were the only company to be entirely native from the start iirc.
I think the current range is, it's certainly the only drive that is fully sata only on the connectors (power and data)..
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I have a barracuda 7200.7 - I know it's an improved version of their original attempt to get a bit more of a performance boost. However, I aren't sure if it is infact a fully native SATA drive.
Seagate Barracuda's aren't the quietest of drives though...
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Pretty certain that Maxtor use a bridge chip - Marvel?
Well, my Samsung SATA has only SATA data & power connectors...
I do believe that the Seagates are the only truely native SATA disks (poss. WD Raptors too?))
Last edited by BUFF; 20-06-2004 at 09:06 PM.
I think that might be the other way round Agent. I have 4 Maxtor SATA drives and they all have Marvell bridge chips on them. MaxLine III drives are no doubt a different story though (especially as the MaxLine III supports Optimized Command Reordering).
In answer to the original question, the best compromise of speed/noise are probably the Samsung Spinpoint range ATM.
just out of interest what are the quietest drives on the market?
Probably Seagates followed by Samsung.
Most drives with fluid bearings are pretty quiet though.
Yup, think they are
My bad
Then others says that Seagates are the quietest
Western Digital drives have both sata and standard molex power connectors (tha includes raptors - i think)
Different models = Different noise levels.Then others says that Seagates are the quietest
My 40gig seagate whines too much for me to get any sleep when its the other side of the room. New models are very quiet though.
Last edited by Agent; 21-06-2004 at 12:45 PM. Reason: typos
My Seagate Barracuda V is very quiet. Can't hear it at all over my PSU fan.
Don't know what the SATA drives are like though.
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