What HD for an HTPC?

[Onita]

Starting to build my first HTPC - the only thing I really have left now is the HD. Is there a recommended HD? I'm looking for one that is 400+ GB.

Thanks,
rpkelly

 

[Onita]

Guess I'll try to jump start this since I'm sure I did not provide enough information. Is this drive good for the money? Text

Or Can I do better?

EDIT: I obviously don't know how to quote, so go here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822148246

 

[radioouman]

I have that drive, (except that mine is IDE, retail, and it is the 7200.10) and I really like it. It is fast and quiet.

I just picked the 500 gig SATA 7200.10 Seagate drive and again it is fast and quiet.
I have a 500 gig Maxtor that is fairly noisy, so I highly recommend the Seagate for a HTPC.

 

[Onita]

Thanks for the response. How much did you pay for the 500 gig Seagate? Do you have separate drives for your OS and for movies/shows, etc?

 

[radioouman]

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This seems to be the best deal for the drive that you are looking at. I think that the 500 gig version was about $110 or so.

Yes, I have seperate drives for my OS and my media drive, but I'm really not sure that is needed. However, I have a slower machine for my HTPC (1.73 gHz socket A Sempron), so I make sure that it is optimized for this purpose. (7600GS AGP video card, virus scanner excludes my media folders, etc.) I figured that one drive dedicated for media would just help things.

 

[Shawn]

I have this drive:

http://www.newegg.com/product/...p?item=N82E16822152052

I love it!

 

[pennylane]

Originally posted by: Shawn
I have this drive:

http://www.newegg.com/product/...p?item=N82E16822152052

I love it!

I actually have that, too. It's great. Quiet and stable (so far).

When I'm looking for a hard drive, I go to silentpcreview. I think an HTPC should be quiet, near silent. So it helps if all the components are quiet.

 

[jpeyton]

Samsung

 

[Kaido]

Depends on what you want:

Speed - Maxtor MaxLine 500gb
Speed & Quiet - Seagate Barracuda 500gb
Quiet - Samsung SpinPoint 500gb

I have a MaxLine in my Shuttle right now; I really wish I had gone with a Seagate. The Maxtor is pretty noisy. The Seagate is quieter and has great performance; the Samsung SpinPoint series is the best for low noise.

 

[erwos]

The Seagate 7200.10 series is fast, quiet, and comes with a five year warranty. It's a little difficult to recommend anything else, unless noise is the only thing that matters to you (in which case the Samsung Spinpoints are what you want).