Help needed on hard drive selection :rolleyes:

[canuckz]

I'm about to get a new hard drive to go with the new tj09. Considering either a 150 Raptor or a WD Caviar 16 320 gig hard drive. Mainly for gaming. The Raptor is ~ 10% ? faster but is noticeably noiser. Given the placement of the hard drives in the tj09 ( behind wire mesh ) I'm thinking this noise factor will not be muted at all and will be a real irritation. Listened to comparison soundtracks on a site and the raptor sounds like a coffee grinder. Leaning towards the Caviar but looking for thoughts. Caviar is obviously cheaper too.

 

[tuskenraider]

If you don't want noise, you don't want the Raptor. They do grind when they're seeking. for sure. I'm thinking most gaming machines have the fan noise to overcome this.