[mythtv-users] Fast Quiet Sata drive?

[John Drescher]

>> Also the head noise is I find generally not bothersome but the high
>> pitched noise from the spinning goes right through me.
>
> The real killer is how much of the sound gets amplified. If you can encase the
> drive and have good dampening you should gain quite a bit of improvement. If
> the drive can use a casing as a sound box you'll have a problem irrespective
> of the drive you use.

That is one big disadvantage of using an external case. Usually these
are horrible at dampening the sound.

John