I have 5 of these drives. The 2 oldest are 1 ½ years old. Two are 3 months old. All have been trouble free. The fan is fairly quiet, but can be heard, as all fans can. I have my CDs ripped to them, in WMA lossless and MP3 320 bit rate. One is used daily as a primary external, 2 are used as on site back ups and the other 2 are for off site back ups. They are a good price and as dependable as any other hard drive. PC World as good comparisons if you want more info. I did see in a Best Buy ad, they now have a 750 gig on sale for $219. Mine are all 500 gig drives.
Quiet, Reliable Hard Drive
I think that my existing HD (an Other World Computing Mercury Pro Elite) is about to give up the ghost, and want to find another HD to replace it. The OWC was always noisy, and it is likely due to the Hitachi drive within. Anyhow, I'm looking for something 500gb, quiet, reliable. One great deal is the Western Digital Mybook , though I'm not too sure of it's reliability.
Any advice on good HD's to consider? I had a bad experience with LaCie, so am hesitant about it. Thoughts?
Thanks, Peter
Any advice on good HD's to consider? I had a bad experience with LaCie, so am hesitant about it. Thoughts?
Thanks, Peter
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The Seagate FreeAgent Desktop drives get good reviews from users at Newegg.com and are $129 for the 500GB model. I use a Seagate 7200.10 drive in my desktop and its very quiet there. Five year warranty and in my experience very reliable. . |
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