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>   Look at the power consumption of the particular line you are looking at.
> My favourite is the Seagate Barracuda 4XL.  Heat disapation is lower than
> many old 5400rpm drives I have.

... but there are better *new* 5400 RPM drives, for instance the 4 GB IBM
DCAS-34330:

Barracuda 4XL	Idle power 8.8 watts
DCAS-34330	Idle power 4.05 watts

The DORS-32160 and the DCAS-34330 models have worked very well for us.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no