[OT] Fast and Quiet Harddrive

[Kurt Wall]

On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 10:08:34PM -0600, Vu Pham took 0 lines to write:
> 
> I just ordered the Seagate 7200.8 250MB SATA drives. They say it's pretty
> quiet although not the fatest one. Small capacity is not a problem for me
> because my working PC has almost only compilers/libraries/codes. I am going
> to install them this weekend and will let you know how it goes.

Good luck. I got the same drive in the 200MB config. As it happens,
I've been exercising it pretty heavily tonight doing some kernel
compiles and heavy duty patching. I can hear it, but I believe the
noise is an artifact of the system being on my desk and poor acoustic
qualities of the case.

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