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Wimbo

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Hi, i have sold my western digital special 80gig cuz it made an annoying high pitched sound, which drive (From 40-60gig) would you recommend getting for it to be quieter ?

 

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Seagate Barracuda IV.

The new Maxtors are pretty quiet too, but still noticeably louder than the Barracuda IVs.

 

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The quietest drive there is is the Seagate Barracuda V (much quieter than IV too)

 

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cheers for input, have you got any links of who sell the Seagate Barracuda V or IV ?

cheers

 

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if you live in the US
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?DEPA=&submit=Go&description=barracuda

 

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Yep, Seagate Barracuda's are the way to go for silence in a 7200 rpm form.

 

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ahh bliss..apart from them other lousy decibels coming from my PSU/CPU and GFX card

 

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you can always get a Zalman PSU (or quietpc one) and a Zalman heatpipe passive heatsink for the graphics card too.

 

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dont live in US found the VI's but wanted to look at the V's too

 

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nottingham? i guess that's England,
look here:
www.komplett.co.uk
www.dabs.com

 

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I really want a quiter hard drive. Does Seagate make a 20GB Barracuda IV? I barely have my WD 15GB half full.

 

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I don't know about anything as small as a 20gig. You may find a nice 30gigabyte drive, but I'm not sure.

They probably have a nice, cheap 40gig still.

 

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I think the smallest barracuda IV is 40GB

 

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I think the smallest around now is a 40gig, I have 2 80gig's and they are very quiet. Got a WD100 SP, thing makes a freakin racket compared to the Barracudas.

 

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yeah i too have a seagate barracuda 7200 rpm not that i could here it over this 120v ac fan i have in my case.

 

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Talk about a coincidence. Four hours later I find an unused OEM 7200 10GB Barracuda IV Ultra ATA/100 over in the classifieds $35.00 shipped. I did the research and Seagate doesn’t make them any longer. Now I’ll move my 15GB and 10GB 5400rpm WD’s over to slave status and only run them when I need storage and backing up. This will be perfect for my conservative needs. I getting faster, quieter. Saaweeet!

 

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The only thing I don't like about the Barracuda V is that it runs about 4C hotter than 7200 RPM IBM and Maxtor drives (measurements done with thermometer, not built-in sensor, one Maxtor also had fluid bearing). But it's noticeably quieter, not only while idling and during seeks, but even the turn-on/turn-off clicks are quieter.

 

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my barracuda IV runs at 42C which I would think acceptable as it aint broke yet

you can always get a Zalman PSU (or quietpc one) and a Zalman heatpipe passive heatsink for the graphics card too.

Click to expand...

I could, but dont have the fundage - unless there was a secret offer somewhere in there

 

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I have a Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 (damn long name) with the fluid bearing drive... Compared to my old drives, the thing is super quiet, plus its ultra ata133 and 8 meg cache....