On Sat, Jan 18, 2003 at 05:23:14PM +0100, Claas Langbehn wrote: > The "Seagate Barracuda V" shall be amazingly quiet. > i only can speak about barracuda IV. they are. even after half a year it was hardly audible. then it went up in smoke - doesn't seem to happen too often, though. one thing to note about seagate's construction is, that it emits heat to the upside, so it is good for installing a fan in a slot above it. for stacking multiple disks in a cooling rack it is very bad. that was at least my impression compared with maxtor drives.
btw, now i have a maxtor diamondmax plus 9 (also fluid bearing). the spinning sound is a relatively loud rush, but it is unaudible in a _good_ casing. the seeking is very loud, though - i can't use it without aam enabled. hmm, somehow this thread is OT ... greetings -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please! -- Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done.