Silent HDD

[Xeon SX]

is there anything on the market for reasonable price? 5GB flash drives would be nice...

 

[Buba]

Whatever you buy, don't get a current gen Seagate...

There are 32 Gig Flashdrives...

 

[jeffy777]

Whatever you buy, don't get a current gen Seagate...

Is the current gen more crash prone? I have been using Seagates for a few years and they've been good to me so far. The last one I bought was in Jan of this year (300GB 16MB cache). The only HDD I've had completely die was an 80GB Western Digital (less than a year old).

 

[Xeon SX]

Whatever you buy, don't get a current gen Seagate...

There are 32 Gig Flashdrives...

And can u afford them? )

 

[Buba]

And can u afford them? )

Seriously doubt it...
Don't know if they mention the price, but here you go...
http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/09/20/conventional_hard_drive_obsoletism/

Is the current gen more crash prone? I have been using Seagates for a few years and they've been good to me so far. The last one I bought was in Jan of this year (300GB 16MB cache). The only HDD I've had completely die was an 80GB Western Digital (less than a year old).

I have been confident in them for some time now, and all I'm saying is that they are LOUD! It maybe the new and rather silent system, though... More of a contrast

 

[sandor_]

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4683


$500 for 16 GB and it has an IDE connector.

 

[Xeon SX]

500 is expecting, how about buying today or at least next month?

 

[sandor_]

you could get this: (8 GB) $260
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820171091

or this: (4 GB) $103
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820160034


and use this: (IDE to CF adapter) $15
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16812186002



only down side is you wont be able to get much more than about 10-12 MB/s - these things tend to be slow.