:: new HD required - any suggestions? ::

[realBabelfish]

Hi all,

ok, need a new HD for my setup, its mainly being used as a music studio, with some time being spent on freelance web/2d stuff (not much as i do it all day at work!) looking arounf the 250-300 gig mark i guess

so, i need a relatively fast HD that is also quiet (its in the lounge so i dont want a loud HD)

what are my options? i dont want a deathstar - still dont trust them. raptors seem too expensive imho. and i have a 10k SCSI that a lot of fast access stuff sits on anyway.

also, i have a sata1 system - will sata2 work fine? is it just jumpering that i need to setup? should i be getting a SATA2 one for future proofing myself?

thx all

 

[realBabelfish]

most of my music is digital - with the odd bit of recorded audio - so im not that bothered about that. just need cubase to be able to pull a lot of drum samples together faster than my current system does.

 

[realBabelfish]

ordered a seagate 320 sata as mentioned above - thx for the advice hopefully its nice and quiet too....