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Old 19-12-2001, 9:21 PM   #1 (permalink)
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If you're after an ultra quiet HDD...
...then you need a Seagate Barracuda IV.
Just installed a 60Gb version and I can't hear the thing spin up even with my ear right next to the machine.
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Agreed - my 40Gb Barracuda certainly isn't contributing to the noise in my room - that would be the projector
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Re: If you're after an ultra quiet HDD...
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...then you need a Seagate Barracuda IV.
Agreed,

I'm a Barracuda 111 owner! Now with additional silent drive noise dampening enclosures!
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