[mythtv-users] Dream Machine

[Edward Wildgoose]

Hmm, what about the 300GB Maxline series from Maxtor...  Put one of these in
a SilentDrive enclosure with rubber washers...

http://www.maxtor.com/en/documentation/data_sheets/maxline_data_sheet.pdf

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Conti" <dconti at acm.wwu.edu>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at snowman.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 10:14 PM
Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Dream Machine


> Seagate has the barracuda U series drives which are 5400 rpm, but the
> performance is a bit sub par.
>
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>
> Is this a 5400 drive? I have a barracuda IV and it was v quiet when new,
but
> after a year it has some idle whine about it, and I am worried about heat
> putting it in a "silentdrive" thing.  However, I have an older 5400 disk
in
> an AMD 450Mhz (with a slow 80mm fan on the CPU), and that is completely
> silent in comparison....
>
> I think speed is less important than noise, I wonder if anyone does a
super
> silent 5400 drive...?  A Barracuda 5400 would be great...
>
> (Actually I just looked up the specs on this drive and the claimed noise
is
> the same as for the Barracuda V I think...)
>
> Tricky...
>
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