The Barracuda on the deals page or...

[Chinpoko_Mon]

the IBMs? which is better?

I'm looking to pick up a couple more HDs, wondering which ones would be better....

[sbp]

I haven't seen any reviews of this hard drive yet.

Neither have other people: Storage review thread-where are the Barracuda IV reviews?? (http://www.storagereview.com/jive/sr/thread.jsp?forum=1&thread=15181)

IBM 60GXP specs (http://www.storage.ibm.com/hdd/desk/ds60gxp.htm)

Barracuda ATA IV 60 GB ATA/100 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive ST360021A specs (http://www.seagate.com/cda/products/discsales/personal/family/0,1128,383,00.html)

Seagate Develops "Silent" Hard Drive (http://www.extremetech.com/article/0%2C3396%2Cs%253D201%2526a%253D5965%2C00.asp)

[Chinpoko_Mon]

well.. it's not like I was in a hurry to get them HDs.. =)

was just wondering which was better...

by the way, I wasn't snoozing.. I was posting in the babe thread...

[Apex]

Well, this is what I heard.

The IBM is a tiny bit faster in some benchmarks. It's also cooler running.

The seagate is a LOT quieter and performance is very similar to the IBM.

I guess it matters what kind of system you're building.

[sbp]

GamePC Seagate Barracuda IV Hard Drive review (http://www.gamepc.com/reviews/hardware_review.asp?review=barracudaiv&page=1&mscssid=&tp=)