[mythtv-users] Hard drive recommendation

John F. DeLuca johnfdeluca at comcast.net
Sat Feb 21 00:02:03 EST 2004


On 20 Feb 2004 at 22:14, steve at nexusuk.org wrote:

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> My 9 month old 80 gig drive recently died in my Myth box, so I sent it
> back under warranty.  Rather than swapping the drive with a new 80,
> the reseller has refunded me with the original amount of money. 
> Obviously 9 months ago, hard drives were rather more money, so I get
> to buy a nice shiny new 120 or 160 gig for next to nothing.
> 
> So, a couple of questions before I go buying a new drive:
> 
> 1. Any recommendations on a good drive for Myth? (quietness is a must)
My Seagate 200GB 8MB Buffer EIDE HDD is very very quiet  With rebate,it cost me 
$100
> 
> 2. is 7200rpm actually useful?  The system has a single BTTV card, but
> I'm planning to add a PVR350 at some point in the future, so it will
> eventually be capturing 2 streams at once while paying another.  If I
> don't get any real benefit from a 7200rpm drive then getting a 5400rpm
> one would cut noise and heat (not to mention they're cheaper).
> 
> 3. Not really related to the drive itself, but does anyone know where
> I can get rubber drive mountings?  I don't want the full-blown drive
> enclosures with heatsinks on them, etc.  Just some rubber mountings to
> bolt the drive down with.

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>  - Steve                                   http://www.nexusuk.org/
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