* Joao Pedro Clemente <jpcl@rnl.ist.utl.pt> [20030310 17:20 PST]: > > > I just got a seagate barracuda ata IV (ST340016A) and it's freaking > > silent. It's almost eerie; it sounds like a solid state drive or > > something! > > > > In terms of cost, I traded a few GB to get back a handful of dB; I think > > it was worth it =) > > Good! I am thinking of getting one of those after reading some very good > opinion about them... But some weeks ago I notisted in a local shop that > there as been lauched a barracuda V [a 60Gb version. Then they had a 40 > and 80Gb barracuda IV also]. > I wounder is someone has tried this one and if it's even more silent that > the "IV" version or not... I had looked at specs for those before purchasing the 40GB ATA IV. The ATA IV was rated the quietest (20dB), but the others (the larger ATA IV drives, I mean) were still very low (25dB, I think). The ATA V drives have the new serial ATA interface, which would be nice, but I didn't feel the need to upgrade my mobo / buy a new controller just now. In any case, if the question is which is the absolute quietest, the ST340016A is the one (afaik). I just got mine at home, so it's not as useful a data point I suppose, but we've had a bunch of them in use at work for a bt longer, and haven't had any trouble with them. They're sitting in a noisy server room full of fans =p . When I finally took one out and ran it on my desk (open case) was when I realized how quiet they really are. I couldn't tell if it was working or not! So I thought one of these would be good for my desktop at home, did some research, and found that these are the quietest. good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- http://www.anti-dmca.org/
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