Quiet SCSI drives?

[isaacmacdonald]

My system exhibits the types of HD activity that would benefit from an upgrade from ide to scsi hd. Right now I have 4 ide drives that seem relatively quiet (2 7200's and 2 5400's). Are there any reasonably fast scsi drives that aren't all that loud?

 

[mechBgon]

Cheetah 15k.3 is probably the best option. It has a fluid-bearing motor. You can read StorageReview's heat/noise remarks here.

I guess I'll mention that its predecessor, the X15-36LP is not bad either (also has fluid bearings). I have one of these, it's a treat to use

 

[andrey]

My Seagate Cheetah 15k.3 is pretty quiet and it doesn't make any more noise than Western Digital's WD120JB which I have for storage. So far I haven't seen another SCSI hard drive which can beat Cheetah 15k.3 in terms of noise and speed.