Quietest External 250 GB HD?

aricher

macrumors 68020

Original poster

• Aug 25, 2004

• #1

I'm thinking about getting a new FW 400/800 External HD. I want to get a drive that's a minimum of 250 GB and it needs to be QUIET. I've read some reviews of the OWC Mercury Elite - most reviews say how quiet the drive is. Can anyone here attest to this - are there nay other brands I should consider?

 

quidire

macrumors 6502

• Aug 25, 2004

• #2

While people are considering this, if they run across information about the noise level of the La Cie Big Disk Extreme, I'd appreciate it if it were posted or PMed to me 🙂

 

nfocus design

macrumors regular

• Aug 25, 2004

• #3

I have had good luck with Western Digital drives. I'm currently using the 250GB lighted drive. This is my third external WD drive. I sell my old one when I'm ready to upgrade to a newer or bigger model. The have pretty good resale value too.

http://westerndigital.com/en/products/products.asp?DriveID=49

 

wdlove

macrumors P6

• Aug 25, 2004

• #4

aricher said:

I'm thinking about getting a new FW 400/800 External HD. I want to get a drive that's a minimum of 250 GB and it needs to be QUIET. I've read some reviews of the OWC Mercury Elite - most reviews say how quiet the drive is. Can anyone here attest to this - are there nay other brands I should consider?

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I have a 120 GB OWC Mercury Elite. When it starts up it make a whirl sound. Nothing compared to the nose that my Power Mac G4 makes. I purchase it because of its great reviews.

 

DJY

macrumors 6502a

• Aug 26, 2004

• #5

Anyone know what the Fromac ones are like?
My local Mac1 shop now is promoting a big range of them...
seem a bit expensive... but some are dual bay - so upgradeable!

They come in 160GB, 250GB, 500GB models both Firewire 400 or 800.