Originally posted by Grey Wolf 2009
So the 750MB HD I have rotting in my basement isn't ancient?
ah but you see you didn't say you had a 750MB HD in your previous post:
*Sits with his two ancient hard drives (an IBM 8GB (5400RPM, ATA/33) and an IBM 20GB (7200RPM, ATA/66))*
you said you had two "ancient" hard drives, a 8 GB and a 20 GB. those aren't ancient... 4 years ago 8 GB hard drives were pretty damn big.
Black Ace: yeah, i agree Western Digital drives are good, but really, i'd say if you're going for a personal hard drive, go for the cheapest, be it a Seagate, Maxtor, Western Digital, IBM, or any other smaller brand, because the average user will NEVER have great problems with his hard drive.
also:
but I like having to be able to crawl under my desk with my ear to my case to hear the slightest occasional peep from my WD.
see, a lot of people feel the same way as you, and even i do to an extent, but i've got a lot of fans running, and the fans on my computer are always louder than the HD, even though i don't have a very quiet HD, so i think you shouldn't buy a hard drive just cause it's "silent", because you'll probably never hear it except for, as you say, the occasional "beep" due to fans
