I'm selling some HD321KJ's here: http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=324840 don't mind shipping to wherever you are as long as you pay ;) - message me for a quote. I got a really nice price for some WD Caviar SE16 drives. According to the SPCR review, they'll pretty much at the top.

I have two options for a relatively silent setup:
-a single WD5000KS (supports NCQ)
-two WD2500KSs (no NCQ) in RAID 0 on ICH7R

Which would you choose when speed and silence are important?

JazzJackRabbit wrote:samsung hd321kj also has 16MB cache, although I doubt it will affect performance too much.

No one imports it into this small country .

I can choose between
Samsung (HD401LJ)- only the 400GB model has 16MB cache - a bit pricey too
WD
Maxtor
Hitachi

The drive will be suspended.

Thanks

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