Good, cheap HD for a HTPC?

gam3r · 1 May 2006 at 19:30

Basically what i need to know is what cheap Hd's are on the market (IDE) which are 200GB+ and are relatively quiet and don't screw up in a few months. I don't mean silent silent but bearable as i don't really mind the noise.

Its going to be for a HTPC im making from old spare parts.

Saying all this, i know nothing comes cheap

Any recommendations?

Thanks and bye :cool:

Bomag · 2 May 2006 at 19:38

Samsung - cann't get cooler or quieter. I have 4*250gb in my HTPC and ther are still quieter than my CPU fan.

pcoltrane · 3 May 2006 at 11:29

I agree - the samsung spinpoint 250gb is an awesome drive and the quietest 250gb drive too. I'll be buying more in the near future!

Marc

gam3r · 4 May 2006 at 14:04

Whats the reliability like? They don't fail as easily as maxtors or do they?

pcoltrane · 4 May 2006 at 15:43

Samsung drives have an excellent reputation. I've only had one 2.5yr old drive fail due to a severe power surge. Even that only corrupted the mbr - I was able to recover all data and the drive still worked after a reformat(Which is more than i can say for othe drives that have failed on me) I RMAd the drive and got a brand new replacement promptly. There was a poll on the forum somewhere showing HD failures. Samsung were pretty low on the list.

ElectroBlaster · 5 May 2006 at 13:05

Those samsung's come with Nidec motors dont they? I read thats the best one to have as they are nearly silent

gam3r · 5 May 2006 at 15:40

They are a tad more expensive though right that normal hd's but thats quality speaking..