CompUSA has a couple of good hard drive deals this week. They have a 120GB 8MB cache Seagate fpr 59.99 after 20IR and 50MIR. They also have 250GB 8MB cache Maxtor for 129.99 after 70.00IR. Now i would prefer to not have to deal with the rebate(espcially if its a compusa rebate)on the seagate. But I know the seagates are supposed to be soem of the quietest drives around(good for a HTPC). But the maxtor offers more then double the GB for not too much more, 50 cents a GB on the seagates and 52 cents ont he maxtors. Now if the seagates had the IR and the maxtors had the MIR, then it would be a no brainer, I would get 2 of the seagates. What do you think. How much noiser are the maxtors compared to the seagates?
Edit: the segate MIR appears to be a manufacturers rebate, so that helps a bit.
Edit: the segate MIR appears to be a manufacturers rebate, so that helps a bit.