And what about the WD Caviar 7200 Hard Drives, specially those with 8 MB buffer ?

Maxtor seems quiter then WD, but WD is probably faster.
There should be a heat test somewhere on the net.
=)

Haven't heard anything of yet but then again I haven't been reading up on it...
Yes, the WD drives do indeed have the 8MB buffer on them and will increase speed overall but again I don't know about heat constraints. Any hard drive will always require cooling, it's just a known fact. Whenever you can add cooling for hard drives..do so!
I'll see what I can dig up on these new Fluid Bearing drives and the heat they emit
Opus

If you are truly concerned about it, then get hard drive coolers. They're fairly inexpensive.

Thanks OPUS. looking forward to whatever you find out.

SOS
I'm not familiar with 'hard drive coolers'. like i said i think i'll have enough circulation in my case but i'd like to get info on any solution that would introduce as little additional noise as possible. thanks for the reply.

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