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Most reliable and quiet HDD out of these ones...

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asintu

Senior member
Samsung 750GB
Seagate (SATAII: 160, 250, 320 and ES.2: 500)
WD (SATAII: 250,320,500)

Which one would be more reliable and quiet over the long run?
 
Have you considered the WD 6400AAKS?

I just got one yesterday; It absolutely flies, and I am hearing NOTHING coming out of it. Thought it was dead when I first put it in my rig. I saw that you listed the WD 320 as an option; the 640 has two platters and considerably faster than that.

Besides,

Can't beat the price: 640GB for 114.99 + free shipping at Newegg? I wish I had a bigger budget, I woulda bought 10.

Check reviews on them, they're all over the place.

Cheers,

Rakewell
 
I like WD and refuse to buy Seagate. A friend of mine likes Seagate and refuses to buy Western Digital. For reliability, just pick something with a good warranty, as all drive manufacturers have bad drives. For silence, check out silent PC review as they sometimes have good info about hard drives.
 
Originally posted by: Rakewell
Have you considered the WD 6400AAKS?

I just got one yesterday; It absolutely flies, and I am hearing NOTHING coming out of it. Thought it was dead when I first put it in my rig. I saw that you listed the WD 320 as an option; the 640 has two platters and considerably faster than that.

Besides,

Can't beat the price: 640GB for 114.99 + free shipping at Newegg? I wish I had a bigger budget, I woulda bought 10.

Check reviews on them, they're all over the place.

Cheers,

Rakewell
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This one....except for the soon to be released VRaptor, and the Samsung 1tb F1, no drive is faster.

The 750Gig Samsungs use a 250gig platter, so they are not as fast as the WD 640 or the 1Tb samsung
 
Originally posted by: Rakewell
Have you considered the WD 6400AAKS?

I just got one yesterday; It absolutely flies, and I am hearing NOTHING coming out of it. Thought it was dead when I first put it in my rig. I saw that you listed the WD 320 as an option; the 640 has two platters and considerably faster than that.

Besides,

Can't beat the price: 640GB for 114.99 + free shipping at Newegg? I wish I had a bigger budget, I woulda bought 10.

Check reviews on them, they're all over the place.
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QFT

 
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