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    Looking for a whisper silent & cool notebook hard drive

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Amuse, Jun 22, 2008.

  1. Amuse

    Amuse Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm looking for a 80gb, 120gb or 160gb notebook hard drive for my laptop.

    I have an Asus s62j and I have a Hitachi travelstar 80gb in there 5400rpm sata, it is not bad, doesn't get hot, just warm and is not really loud.

    I want to find something that is
    whisper silent
    good cool temperature
    5400rpm and sata... something fairly fast
    absolutely no annoying clicking sound every 7 or 10 seconds
    good price, maybe $50-$70 for a 120gb drive

    No WD please, the 2500BEV Scorpio sata drive was loud, had clicking noises every 10 seconds, and was really hot for me.

    So any recommendations?
     
    Amuse, Jun 22, 2008
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    Wirelessman Monkeymod

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    Seagate make very quiet HDD, I have 160GB SATA 7200rpm.
     
    Wirelessman, Jun 23, 2008
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