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The difference is pretty much what a normal computer user will not ever notice. But for the sake of knowing it's faster, better, or cooler than the other drive people pay an extra $5.
 
agent_hamsta said:
The difference is pretty much what a normal computer user will not ever notice. But for the sake of knowing it's faster, better, or cooler than the other drive people pay an extra $5.
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I have heard from a grape vine the 10 series are much louder than the 9 series. And there isn't a way to change the acoustic level
 
Marvelous said:
I have heard from a grape vine the 10 series are much louder than the 9 series. And there isn't a way to change the acoustic level
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my .10 are just as noisy as the .9's. ive only got one of the .9 in my machine, and 4x of the 10's
 
Not_So_Hard said:
I have three 7200.10's (320 gig model ST3320620AS) running in my system right now and I cannot hear them whatsoever. Of course, how you have them mounted in the case makes ALL the difference. They are mounted in a Antec P180B case with silicon rubber mounts.

If I had them mounted in a cheap steel case with full contact between the drive and the steel drive cage, I am sure they would be quite loud during seeks.

I do not have a .9 drive to compare the seek noise to however.
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i have a cheap steal case, they are very audible, but in a friendly way.

looking around for a decent case. they (well the two middle ones) get noticably more toasty than the one on top and one on bottom.
 
If you are in need of a drive today, it's not a bad deal.
The .10 is better and I would spring the $5, but would an average Joe customer need a .10? No.

If right now you are not in need of a drive, wait for the .11 1TB drives :eek: :eek:
 
Marvelous said:
I have heard from a grape vine the 10 series are much louder than the 9 series. And there isn't a way to change the acoustic level
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I went from two 160GB 7200.8 drives to two 400gb 7200.10 drives in my system. No noticeable difference, whether at idle or under load.

Anecdotal, I know, but the drives have been good for me, below the noise threshold maintained by the case fans (one Panaflo L1A 120mm, and two Scythe FDB 120's, plus a 120mm on low for my Tuniq Tower 120). I'd personally spend the extra $5 or so to get the perpendicular recording 7200.10's.
 
kgeier82 said:
i have a cheap steal case, they are very audible, but in a friendly way.

looking around for a decent case. they (well the two middle ones) get noticably more toasty than the one on top and one on bottom.
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to follow up on this, i put an intake fan 120mm in front of the 4 drives on GB Fan manager LOW setting. temps ALL dropped from 50-54c to about 40c across!
 
Price is average, IMO. I picked up a 500GB 7200.10 for $108 shipped at Tiger last week, no discounts/sales or anything.
 
I got mine today - in typical Fry's fashion - they're 7200.10s.
I know the 7200.10s have been cheaper in the past, but I've been too cramped for space for too long to wait for another $90 deal.
 
FrankieFiero said:
I got mine today - in typical Fry's fashion - they're 7200.10s.
I know the 7200.10s have been cheaper in the past, but I've been too cramped for space for too long to wait for another $90 deal.
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Also got mine today... 7200.10, came in original box with molex to sata power adapter, sata cable and some disk from seagate.
 
i remember the maxtor version of the 10s for 90 bucks at frys not too long ago...

i'm going to hold off until they're 90 again and get 4 for RAID... starting to run out of space in the server... its all the television i'm downloading :D
 
xsoulbrothax said:
Since Seagate bought Maxtor, a lot of these Maxtor drives have just been rebadged 7200.10 Seagates.
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Well this is news to me... I've never had any other drive fail on me but maxtor's so forgive me if I'm a little jaded :) Perhaps it will be time to give them another chance soon.
 
cre3d said:
Well this is news to me... I've never had any other drive fail on me but maxtor's so forgive me if I'm a little jaded :) Perhaps it will be time to give them another chance soon.
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I still haven't purchased any myself, as a deliberate personal choice against the Maxtor brand name. :p It's just a lot of people on this forum have been buying these drives in the last ~3 months or so and yeah, it's definitely happening.
 
xsoulbrothax said:
I still haven't purchased any myself, as a deliberate personal choice against the Maxtor brand name. :p It's just a lot of people on this forum have been buying these drives in the last ~3 months or so and yeah, it's definitely happening.
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i dont' have any problems with maxtor actually... i've only got 3 drives of thiers that i actually use, and they all work great... 2 300GB sata drives and a 120GB IDE drive.... now they did have certain models that were trash... but they were 20-40GB models... i think they had a 60GB as well... i have a couple of those around too, and if they do spin up, they are generally losing sectors by the minute...


each brand has thier poor models... remember the seagates with the black rubber on them? they kept putting them in gateways.... trash...
 
they are now $149.99...
unless I'm retarded and missed something... :p
 
Mine showed up today, and it is a 10!! Good deal for me! Hope the rest of you that took advantage of this get 10's as well.
 
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