$49 Seagate 120 GB near silent 3.5" HD

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This is a pretty good deal on the second in line to the quiet crown. Actually it is third - the Seagate Barracuda IV 40 GB is the quitest drive I know for 3.5". Second in line to that is the Samsung 120 and 160 GB drives, but the Samsung 160 GB is actually a toss up between that drive and this 120 GB Seagate, but I think the Seagate has the edge performance wise.

I run a couple of these Seagates right now and if you can mount them with rubber gromets, they make virtually no noise. However, if you allow the transfer to the vibration to your case, they are still relatively quiet and are a lot quieter than other drives of similar type.

I'll quit rambling on about them - they are fast, they are quiet, and now they are inexpensive, so what else do you want???

-S

PS. Two of these on RAID 0 is how I sustained those 90 MB/sec + speeds on Sisoft Sandra.

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