hard drive noise

[Michael Hipp]

Ben Duncan wrote:
> 
> 
> Michael Hipp wrote:
> 
>> Kurt Wall wrote:
>> I only mention Samsung because they are arguably the quietest drive on 
>> the market right now. But I'm dubious of their quality/longevity.
> 
> 
> I dunno, the Samsung drives I have used in the past, while not being the
> fastest/highest capacity, have JUST refused to die. I have a couple of
> 4GB , I have thrown in the dust bin, pulled out , put in other machines,
> pulled out and thrown back in the dust bin, and the damn things keep on
> working.
> 
> I have used some Samsung 20GB and they seem to be the clone of the
> Energizeier Bunny, in the hard disk world.

Out of 3 I own I've had one fail. But that's anecdotal.

I base my concerns on a couple of long running threads at 
http://silentpcreview.com about Samsung failures.

Michael