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From: Steven Plite <splite@purdue.edu>
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Subject: quiet 7200rpm disk recommendations?
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Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 12:27:34 -0500 (EST)
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Can anyone recommend a relatively quiet 2-4GB 7200RPM Ultra-SCSI disk,
suitable for office desktop use?  I replaced a Barracuda 2LP (which squeals
like a pig on a dental drill) with an old 4GB Atlas (which sounds like a
blender full of gravel when it seeks), but I'd like something a bit faster and
quieter.

Actually, it wasn't the volume of the 'cuda that bothered me so much as the
pitch of the squeal, which set my teeth on edge.  OTOH, I can't hear my CD
player over the Atlas seeking without cranking it to a neighbor-disturbing
volume.

Any comments on the Hawk 4XL, Viking I/II, Ultrastar 2XP, etc?

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