Good harddrive that is comparible to an old 74gig raptor

[quadcore86]

Currently I have a 74gig raptor from 2006 (don't know which generation) in the HTPC I'm building. The pc will be on 24/7 and it's in my room so noise is my number one concern.

I know Vista likes to do indexing and what not around 3am etc. Is there any harddrive that is competitive with this raptor AND IS QUIET and available at microcenter?

I used to have a 320gig Seagate....which had a "slow" AEK firmware...it was terribly slow. I'm done with Seagate and their crap, looking for a WD if possible.

 

[GameSinewPCs]

Quadcore86,

The raptor should work fine. If it is noise that you're concerned about then I recommend investing in a Hard-drive enclosure for the raptor http://www.coolerguys.com/lohdsil.html. The problem that may occur with this depends on whether or not you have a free 5.25" bay in your HTPC. Another viable solution to replace the raptor would be a Solid State drive, but they are very expensive and are low storage solutions. I use Western Digital drives in all of my builds and they work great for me. I'm not really sure how much of a speed gain you're looking for over standard 7200rpm hdds (I find 7200 rpm drives to be responsive enough for most needs, especially HTPC).

Hope this helps!

 

[attack]

Seagate 7200.11's are good...most any newer drive is about as fast as the raptor in bandwidth, but the raptor still has better access times...10k spindle speed is a big advantage for seek times.

I wouldn't stick a raptor in a quiet HDD case, it'll get very hot!

 

[GameSinewPCs]

I wouldn't stick a raptor in a quiet HDD case, it'll get very hot!

The case is designed for raptors and works great. I do recommend that you blow a fan on it if you can, but it shouldn't be a problem without one.