How bout them 7200.8

Project · Post by **Project** » Sun Dec 12, 2004 4:03 pm

im getting more anxious. How is it, is the awefull offline seeking noise gone?

miTchy · Post by **miTchy** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 6:42 am

i would also like to know, i read lots of 7200.8 threads but none seem to say the actual results of if its quiet or not

JazzJackRabbit · Post by **JazzJackRabbit** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 7:37 am

miTchy wrote:i would also like to know, i read lots of 7200.8 threads but none seem to say the actual results of if its quiet or not

Nobody knows, you can get some ideas from storagereview thread, but even there opinions are divided. I suppose it's way too subjective to make a qualified judgement, even here some ppl say they prefer 7200.7 over samsung...

geogecko · Post by **geogecko** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 12:18 pm

When can we expect a comparison to the other drives, i.e., Spinpoint Nidec drives to the new Seagate 7200.8 drives?

There are pretty much available everywhere now... Really hoping for a quiet drive, as those 300GB jobs are just over $200.

Tobi-Wan Kenobi · Post by **Tobi-Wan Kenobi** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 12:40 pm

I would also like to know how the noiselevel is on those harddrives. I'm considering changing my WD 120GB and 200GB Seagate for one SATA 300GB.

frankgehry · Post by **frankgehry** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 1:34 pm

There was another post asking about the 160mb 7200.7 and a comment was made about the new sata maxtors as being noisier than sata seagates, but there were some qualifications which I don't remember. That post was made earlier today. Maybe it will help.

I'm very happy with my 7200.7, but I've only had it for a few days. It seems very quiet and unless I hear something negative about the 7200.8 I will probably get a 300mb 7200.8 as my next drive. The prices on the Maxtors w/16mb buffers are really good though. - FG

How bout them 7200.8

How bout them 7200.8

I have a 160mb 7200.7 sata nqc