Silencing hard drives, optical drives and other storage devices
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jermaink
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by jermaink » Fri Nov 18, 2005 9:05 am
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winguy
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by winguy » Fri Nov 18, 2005 9:57 am
Is there a review which compares performance before and after enabling AAM?
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Techno Pride
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by Techno Pride » Fri Nov 18, 2005 12:27 pm
hmmm...nice golden top!
wonder why SPCR's sample has a silver top
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bexx
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by bexx » Mon Nov 21, 2005 9:43 pm
Anyone know if the 250GB P120 exists? Everywhere is out-of-stock... the 200GB version is everywhere...... anyone know about the 250?
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Tephras
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by Tephras » Mon Nov 21, 2005 11:05 pm
Yep, it's available, at least in Europe.
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Ackelind
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by Ackelind » Tue Nov 22, 2005 4:23 am
It sure is available here in Sweden. I bought one a few months back and a friend of mine bought one about a week ago.
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rei
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by rei » Tue Nov 22, 2005 5:50 pm
even with WinAAM, the seek noises are harsh :/
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jermaink
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by jermaink » Wed Nov 23, 2005 12:50 am
Is the 300GB model as quiet?
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Worker control
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by Worker control » Sun Nov 27, 2005 12:42 am
The PATA model, the SP2514N, is in stock at various places. One is on its way to me at this very moment!
I hope it's as great as the SP2504C that SR reviewed.
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jermaink
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by jermaink » Sun Nov 27, 2005 1:11 am
My 200GB P120 from ZipZoomFly just arrived. It was a Nidec.
I'm still wondering whether I should use my raptor as my main drive (just returned from being RMA'ed), and is practically a new drive.
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JazzJackRabbit
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by JazzJackRabbit » Sun Nov 27, 2005 11:22 am
bexx wrote:Anyone know if the 250GB P120 exists? Everywhere is out-of-stock... the 200GB version is everywhere...... anyone know about the 250?
They do exist, unfortunately in US, only PATA version of 250Gb is available. You can get SATA up to 200Gb and PATA up to 250Gb. But for some reason in US, all shops with 250Gb SATA are OOS.
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jermaink
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by jermaink » Sun Nov 27, 2005 11:25 am
Yeah. Ironic that I'm in Australia, where the 250 GB model is available, but I got mine from ZZF (being the 200 GB one). I got it because it was USD $92 while the one here was AUD $175 (~ USD $130), and I didn't really need the space and shipping was free in the US...
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jermaink
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by jermaink » Sun Nov 27, 2005 11:29 am
Hmm, so from the 200/250 GB models to the 300/400 GB models, noise has gone from 2.5-2.8 bels to 2.7-2.9 bels. Looks to be noisier, but much quieter than other large storage HDDs (assuming that reports that the WD 400GB HDD are't truely "SPCR silent").
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mathias
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by mathias » Sun Nov 27, 2005 1:31 pm
JazzJackRabbit wrote:They do exist, unfortunately in US, only PATA version of 250Gb is available.
Here in Canada, only the SATA version is readily available. Are we at war or something?
*must ... resist ... urge .. to make political tangent rant ... about customs*
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jackylman
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by jackylman » Sun Nov 27, 2005 2:08 pm
mathias wrote:Here in Canada, only the SATA version is readily available. Are we at war or something?
No, the U.S. was always at war with Eastasia.
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spiffy102
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by spiffy102 » Sun Nov 27, 2005 8:42 pm
If the 300 or 400gb spinpoints were available now (USA)... I'd buy 3 or 4...
Unfortunately they are not available and I need to purchase by end of year.
For a SATA II RAID 5 config - having trouble maximizing capacity and minimzing noise