Alternative to Raptor

[Muzzy]

I have the 150 GB Raptor right now. The noise is driving my wife crazy so I'm gonna sell the Raptor and upgrading my present rig(new mb, 8800 gt, so on....). What's the next best thing to the Raptor given the same price range? Thank you all for your input.

 

[AmberClad]

StorageReviews is a good resource for comparing the various hard drives on the market. My recollection is a bit fuzzy, but I *think* there was a Hitachi Deskstar (the terabyte one) that outperformed the Raptor X in some cases, like Far Cry I/O. Some of the other Deskstars weren't too far off either I think.

*goes off to re-check their HDD benchmark database*

 

[Blain]

If you already own the Raptor, why not simply buy an enclosure to quiet it down?
Does your mounting system use any type of vibration isolating?
Maybe you could try suspending the Raptor to quiet it down.
Make sure and use plenty of stong bands.

 

[betasub]

Is there any way to enable AAM on a Raptor? I know it kinda defeats its primary purpose, but to save the OP buying a new HDD...

 

[n7]

I'll give you $100 for the Raptor

 

[F1shF4t]

The new Seagate 7200.11 drives are good, got one of the 500 gigs the other week.
Using everest Read speeds are faster than my 74gig raptor, only thing the raptor wins at is seek and access times.

 

[SerpentRoyal]

Even the 7200.10 drive is capable of an average read speed of 63MB/sec.