Quietest large capaciy IDE drive?

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I'm in the market for a large capacity IDE drive (300gb - 400gb). Silence is more important than speed, price or capacity (may even consider a 250gb if it's the quietest). Can anyone make any recommendations?

Thanks.

 

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My Samsung SpinPoint 300GBs are pretty quiet - one is in an external enclosure backing up my media center and is still pretty quiet. Seeks seem a bit quieter than the WD 300 in my mate's PC.

That's interestng to know. I've heard good things about the Spinpoints and this will indeed be in an external enclosure.

Western Digital make the quietest drives in my personal experience.

They generally are very reliable to. http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/WesternDigital_IDE.html

I must admit that all the WD's I've had have been quite noisy. Fast. But a little "whiney". Although it's been a while since I bought one so maybe I should give one a try.

 

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Thanks for all the input. It looks like Samsung is the way to go.

 

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Loving my Samsung HD400LD

Please stop tempting me. I'm really trying to not spend quite so much. The 300gb looks so much better value. But I just know a time will come when I'm short of the odd gb or two