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Quiet, Reliable Hard Drive

I think that my existing HD (an Other World Computing Mercury Pro Elite) is about to give up the ghost, and want to find another HD to replace it. The OWC was always noisy, and it is likely due to the Hitachi drive within. Anyhow, I'm looking for something 500gb, quiet, reliable. One great deal is the Western Digital Mybook , though I'm not too sure of it's reliability.

Any advice on good HD's to consider? I had a bad experience with LaCie, so am hesitant about it. Thoughts?

Thanks, Peter
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I've found Seagate to make great drives that are reliable and quiet. Western Digital (and others) also make great drives. It sounds like you're interested in an external drive, so consider getting an external enclosure. Macally and AMS make great (and quiet) enclosures. You can't go wrong with any of the combinations of what I've listed drive + enclosure.

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