On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 2:30 PM, Steven Ellis <<a href="mailto:steven@openmedia.co.nz">steven@openmedia.co.nz</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">On Tue, May 6, 2008 2:06 pm, Steve Hodge wrote:<br>> This is what I've done and the loudest component is the 500GB SATA drive<br>
> when it's in use. But I can't hear it over the TV so it's fine.<br><br>
</div></div>I've got a new WD Green series 1TB drive which is very quiet.<br><br></blockquote><div>Yeah, mines a Seagate 500GB 7200rpm drive - 28-37dB. You probably wouldn't hear the WD drive (25-27dB) unless there was no other noise. My old Seagate 320GB 7200rpm drive that was around the same levels as the WD and it was noticeably quieter.<br>
<br>Cheers,<br>Steve<br></div></div>