Is this the right hard drive to go for?

[Apex]

my sammy 160gb pata runs cooler then the seagate 80gb sata... o well you live and learn...doesn't stop me going after a sammy sata hdd

[Timmy!!!]

My Sammy runs way hotter than my Seagate to the touch, but the Sammy seems to report temperatures way too low for it for some reason. It usually says 29C and its actually 44Cish.

[Apex]

This is to touch m8....the sammy runs way cooler then this seagate....

[BenW]

Also have you looked into diamondmax 10's? I'm shure they will cost more, but they preform very well!

Yup i did but i don't think they're gonna be a quiet

I think they're the same sort of price too

[myth]

Yup i did but i don't think they're gonna be a quiet

I think they're the same sort of price too

yea, there not as quiet, but there much faster... and perform almost as good as a raptor!

[BenW]

tbh i'd rather have a quiet hard drive, i can't see the extra cache etc doing much seeing that the rest of my system probably slows it down..........533FSB CPU, 266Mhz RAM AGP 4x etc!

I really should get a new mobo at some time

[iranu]

I got 2 of these running in Raid 0 - fast, v quiet, run cool and no they haven't died yet!

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...roductID=98079

heres as review

http://www.storagereview.com/article...5VLSA80_1.html

[BenW]

Thanks iranu but..........i've heard that the hitachis arn't meant to be that quiet :S

[iranu]

sure no probs... have to admit I bought these 4 months ago so maybe the technology has moved on. My priorities were quietness, speed, reliability, long life and 320gb for 130 notes (sata) is not bad. I believe at the time they were quite quiet and had very good reviews.

btw I've got an old 20g samsung spinpoint drive, 4 years old and going strong (bit noisy mind - old tech) that I use as a double back up for important stuff. Samsung usually = quality for PC kit imho.

[BenW]

Well, i've got a Samsung E700 (Phone) which has caused me no probs for the last 8 ish months!

Maybe it's because of the Samsung that you can't hear the hitachis?

[Shogun]

Cache i've found makes alot of difference to hdd performance, always go with the largest amount you can afford.

[BenW]

Yup. i'm sure it does improve performance but i would rather have a quiet hard drive than an ultra fast one

[iranu]

Well, i've got a Samsung E700 (Phone) which has caused me no probs for the last 8 ish months!

For PC stuff!

I know a number of people, with samsung PC kit inc hd drives, monitors, cd burners, etc and not one prob - reliable and cheap. I trust 'em.

sry don't wanna flame or hijack the thread.