Worth upgrading to WD6400AAKS RAID-1?

[Jimmy the Greek]

I'm thinking about buying a pair of WD6400AAKS drives to reduce noise and temperature within my case. I currently have 4 WD drives (Raptor, 500GB, 2x320GB) that run 40-45C, and make the most noise out of anything in my case. I don't plan to use any of the old drives in the new system, so the 640GBs will be the only ones. Between my current drives, I use 600GB of space (200 of which I never access, and can move to an external drive).

In order, my priorities are:
1.) Noise
2.) Storage Space
3.) Temperature

With these factors in mind, would it be worth spending $230 for the new drives?

 

[Forceman]

The 6400AAKS is basically silent, so if noise is a big factor then they would be a good upgrade. They are fast also, so it's not like you are going to be losing much if any speed. Mine runs about 35-38C (I have two drives stacked with a 120mm fan blowing on them at low speed). As to whether it's worth the money, that's really a decision you need to make.

 

[Jimmy the Greek]

The 6400AAKS is basically silent, so if noise is a big factor then they would be a good upgrade. They are fast also, so it's not like you are going to be losing much if any speed. Mine runs about 35-38C (I have two drives stacked with a 120mm fan blowing on them at low speed). As to whether it's worth the money, that's really a decision you need to make.

That seems awfully high. I was getting those temperatures with my four drives and a low-speed exhaust fan, until the outside temperatures hit 60F (no a/c yet) and started screwing with my case.

What are your ambient temperatures like?

 

[Jimmy the Greek]

I've decided to use my 500GB in an external enclosure, but am not sure whether to put the 640GBs in RAID 0 or RAID 1.

I have about 30GB of music to back up, along with school documents and savegames. Not sure if it's worth the hassle manually backing them up to the external HDD, though.