Looking for a new hard drive

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I'm in the market for a new hard drive right now and I'm looking for one with the perfect balance in noise and performance. I'd like it to be relatively quiet, but be able to perform since I'm going to be doing some gaming. I was considering the WD SE16 Caviar 500gb. What else should I consider?
 
The Samsung SpinPoint T is among the quietest hard drives around, and there's always Seagate and its five-year warranty. But WD is a good choice.
 
I've always used Western Digital it seems, in most of my rigs. Though I've never had a problem with any Seagate or Maxtor drive I've used, and I've also used many of those.

My new rig is going to run Seagate and Maxtor exclusively. Also, these days, Maxtor's are nothing but re-branded Seagate drives; in fact, they often have the same serial and/or model numbers.

As for models or sizes, that depends on what you're going to be doing and what you require... I think almost every drive will be quiet once installed in a case, except for Raptor drives. Though my 36GB Raptor drives were not very loud once installed and all the case/system fans were running.

- Joey
 
tiraides said:
....Seagate and its five-year warranty....
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I don't like the Warranty on the seagates due to when you have to RMA a drive, they give you a refurbed drive. Yes, 5 years is nice, but i'd prefer a NEW replaced drive over a refurb.

I use WD, seagate and those are my favorite
 
I have two of the WD 5000AAKS drives (SE16's) and I love 'em.
 
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