[mythtv-users] Hard drive recommendation

Mike Jasper e394td at comcast.net
Fri Feb 20 21:57:37 EST 2004


> 1. Any recommendations on a good drive for Myth? (quietness is a must)

I am running Samsung Spinpoint 160GB, 7200rpm, 8MB cache drives in a 
couple of boxes and they're extremely quiet.  They also run quite cool 
(as measured by DTemp on a Windows box).  There are both PATA and SATA 
versions.  Here's one: 
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-152-015&depa=0

  > 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.

http://www.mcmaster.com is a fantastic source for all kinds of fasteners.


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