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Dealnews.com is offering an external ide drive enclosure w/FW and USB2 for $25 and I'm thinking of going for it. Does anyone here have an opinion on the quietest hard drives available? Thx in advance. > Dealnews.com is offering an external ide drive enclosure w/FW and USB2 > for $25 and I'm thinking of going for it. If you plan to boot from this enclosure via FireWire, first find out the brand of bridge chip it contains. > Does anyone here have an opinion on the quietest hard drives available? Any 3.5 inch drive will generate some noise and vibration, but Samsung and Hitachi drives are generally quieter than Seagates. > Dealnews.com is offering an external ide drive enclosure w/FW and USB2 > for $25 and I'm thinking of going for it. > > Does anyone here have an opinion on the quietest hard drives available? > Thx in advance. Plenty of resources online. Try searching for "quiet PC", "silent PC" or even "quiet hard drive". You will want to spring for a drive with fluid bearings (almost standard now). Also, check manufacturer sites, since they often post the Bels for idle and seek. I recall I replaced an IDE drive that was bothering me with a Seagate based on an hour of research. Very quiet.  Signatureclvrmnky Direct replies will be blacklisted. Replace "spamtrap" with my name to contact me directly. On May 8, 7:21 pm, bearc...@cruller.invalid wrote: > Dealnews.com is offering an external ide drive enclosure w/FW and USB2 > for $25 and I'm thinking of going for it. > > Does anyone here have an opinion on the quietest hard drives available? > Thx in advance. Once I shut down my computers, I find the hard drives, regardless of make, are extremely quiet :o) . Stu B. > On May 8, 7:21 pm, bearc...@cruller.invalid wrote: >> Dealnews.com is offering an external ide drive enclosure w/FW and USB2 [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Once I shut down my computers, I find the hard drives, regardless of > make, are extremely quiet :o) . It can be hard to retrieve the data off those drives when they are not powered up. |
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