Quietest hdd <80gb

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Quietest hdd <80gb?

As title really. Whats the absolute quietest hardrive available with 30-80gb capacity. Ideally it wants to completely silent. Im guessing its likely to be one of the Samsung Spinpoint drives, but is there much difference between models?
 
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I was considering trying to find one second hand anyway. Its intended to go into my download server which is running constantly, so I want it to be as silent as possible. Ive managed to get all the other components silent, including exchanging and 5 volting the PSU fan. The drive im using at the moment is a 27gb Fujitsu, which ive placed in a modified drive caddy(Ive packed it with thick felt to try and dampen the sound) and also suspended the drive caddy with bungee cord. But despite this, its still the noisiest component by far. Thanks for the answers guys.
 
Ive just looke at the Toshiba MK6022GAX - 60GB 2.5" 16MB Cache 5400RPM on slientpcreview, and it seems that several 3.5" drives are nearly as quiet as it. With this the case, I think i'd prefer the 3.5" option due to the lower cost. Due to the lower idle sound, im leaning towards a seagate. What I might actually do, is get a 250gb WD, to replace the 80gb seagate file drive in my main rig, and put the 80gb seagate in my server, which would be killing two birds with one stone.
 
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