Which hard drives for HTPC?

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DragoonTD

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Hopefully this is the right section, please move if it's not. I'm looking for hard drive to use in a HTPC. There's a lot of choices out there: Western Digital 640GB, Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD753LJ 750GB, and Western Digital 1TB Intellipower. I am looking for low noise, less heat, and cost. What do you guys think? Am I missing something? With some of the hot deals, I need to make a quick decision. Thanks guys.
 
I remember seeing a coupon from Microcenter selling the WD 1TB Intellipower for $189. But I cant seem to find it now...it's suppose to expire tomorrow. :confused:

EDIT: Are the Samsung Spinpoint 750GB loud?
 
The WD 1TB is the greenpower drive. its a fixed 5400 rpm. So its slower than other drives, but compressed video (even HD) isn't speed intensive. HD OTA is 20 megabit which any drive can handle with ease.

5400 rpm ought to mean its lower power & heat, but i don't know whether or not that is true.
 
Do 4x Samsung Spinpoint in a RAID 10 array so you have something that is extremely fast, silent, and can handle all the video you're gonna want to save on your PVR.
 
Can someone who own both the new 750GB spinpoint and the 1TB intellipower give some feedback as far as noise and heat?
 
Doing power tests on my own HTPC before I sold it, I found a low power notebook drive, a CF card, or an SSD as boot and those 1 TB WD GP drives were a good combination. I ended up saving somewhere around $10/month with this setup with the cost of energy in my area. YMMV of course, but you should definitely get yourself a kill-a-watt and then think about how long you plan on using this server, etc to figure out cost over time.
 
DragoonTD said:
Can someone who own both the new 750GB spinpoint and the 1TB intellipower give some feedback as far as noise and heat?
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i have the 1gb gp drive and it doesn't get warm and i have to put my ear up to it to even hear it running
 
I drop by MicroCenter today hoping to get the oem 1TB, but they sold out. They even sold out on the retail version! Any feedback on the Samsung Spinpoint? I never had a Samsung hard drive before...
 
ambientZ said:
The WD 1TB is the greenpower drive. its a fixed 5400 rpm. So its slower than other drives, but compressed video (even HD) isn't speed intensive. HD OTA is 20 megabit which any drive can handle with ease.

5400 rpm ought to mean its lower power & heat, but i don't know whether or not that is true.
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Wait, the GP drives are 5200 RPM? Their page doesn't say anything at all about platter speed (not that it really matters) :p
 
djBon2112 said:
Wait, the GP drives are 5200 RPM? Their page doesn't say anything at all about platter speed (not that it really matters) :p
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yep 5200rpm thats why its quieter and cooler.. and its really not significantly slower than the majority of 7200rpm, ive seen a few go out in systems i have built and they are very quiet..

I've just ordered 4 for myself... see sig... they havent arrived yet.. but hey.
 
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