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<blockquote data-quote="elconejito" data-source="post: 103584" data-attributes="member: 12592">Here is a link to the review by SilentPCReview in which they give the WD5000KS the title of &quot;Low noise Champ&quot;.<a href="http://www.silentpcreview.com/article617-page1.html" target="_blank">http://www.silentpcreview.com/article617-page1.html</a>It beats out even the samsung models. If you're in the US it sells for <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822136014" target="_blank">$150 at newegg.com right now.</a>Seagate does have a longer warranty if that is a factor and their drives are for the most part fairly quiet, expecially if you get either a 160GB or 320GB since they have only 1 and 2 platters respectively.Hitachi drives are usually pretty quiet, awesome performance, but have really loud seeks. The Samsungs are also a contender not only because of noise, but low power consumption too.StorageReview has a lot of good info including a <a href="http://www.storagereview.com/comparison.html" target="_blank">performance database</a>, a <a href="http://www.storagereview.com/map/lm.cgi/survey_login" target="_blank">reliability survey</a> (very un-scientific, but can be helpful), and the best part is a <a href="http://forums.storagereview.net/" target="_blank">forum</a> where there are some really helpful and knowledgeable people.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="elconejito, post: 103584, member: 12592"] Here is a link to the review by SilentPCReview in which they give the WD5000KS the title of "Low noise Champ". [url]http://www.silentpcreview.com/article617-page1.html[/url] It beats out even the samsung models. If you're in the US it sells for [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822136014]$150 at newegg.com right now.[/url] Seagate does have a longer warranty if that is a factor and their drives are for the most part fairly quiet, expecially if you get either a 160GB or 320GB since they have only 1 and 2 platters respectively. Hitachi drives are usually pretty quiet, awesome performance, but have really loud seeks. The Samsungs are also a contender not only because of noise, but low power consumption too. StorageReview has a lot of good info including a [url=http://www.storagereview.com/comparison.html]performance database[/url], a [url=http://www.storagereview.com/map/lm.cgi/survey_login]reliability survey[/url] (very un-scientific, but can be helpful), and the best part is a [URL="http://forums.storagereview.net/"]forum[/URL] where there are some really helpful and knowledgeable people. [/QUOTE]

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