I logged in right now to my account on StorageReview, and looked at the reliability database. The numbers for the IBM/Hitachi Deskstar 60GXP and the Deskstar 75GXP are completely catastrophic: "A percentile score of 70 means according to filtered and analyzed results from readers, the given drive is...

I've got an Epia M100000 with 1GHz CPU. With slightly lowered quality settings it plays DivX movies fine, but i seriously doubt an Epia M6000 has enough power. Reviews say the same. While the M10000 has a small, whiny fan, you could replace it with a better fanless cooler made out of copper. I don't...

Same advice from me. I tried yesterday to connect an 80mm-Enermax to the Abit NF7-S, the result were bogus RPM readings and random lockups. After using the suppplied 3-4pin adapter the lockups whent away. Another friend had an even worse experience with the same setup: his computer wouldn't even reb...

Compaq and Seagate got sued from Convolve for using silent seeks, because this company has licensed exclusively a technology from MIT named "Input Shaping". Essentially everything with a controlled, slow brake is patented, how stupid... And even the possibility to switch between fast and silent seek...