5400rpm FDB-motor desktop drive?

richard612 · Post by **richard612** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 8:40 am

I've finally outgrown my Maxtor 4R160L0. AFAIK, these 4RxxxL0 Maxtors were the only drives ever made that combine old-school 5400rpm with FDB technology. Idle noise and thermal dissipation are very low.

This drive is operating in the bottom chamber of a P180 with the fan disconnected. A Seasonic S12 is the only source of air movement and the drive does just fine.

Are there any 7200rpm SATA drives that will tolerate so little airflow? I wish the Diamondmax 16 line went beyond 160GB, but it doesn't so I guess it's time to go 7200rpm.

Seek noise does not bother me, I need low idle noise and low thermal dissipation.

jaganath · Post by **jaganath** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 8:57 am

AFAIK, these 4RxxxL0 Maxtors were the only drives ever made that combine old-school 5400rpm with FDB technology.

Look for the Samsung CE range of drives. The Spinpoint V120 CE is 5400rpm, FDB, low-noise, up to 250GB. Part number is HA250JC.

richard612 · Post by **richard612** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 11:33 pm

Wow, hard to find!

Good catch. Too bad it's not SATA but I can live with that. Idle is 7 watts and 2.2 bels -- should be nice.

Now to find a retailer...

Dragon Puppy · Post by **Dragon Puppy** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 12:04 am

Well atleast Maxtors data sheet for diamondmax 16 says theres 250 & 300GB models.

http://www.maxtor.com/_files/maxtor/en_ ... _sheet.pdf

richard612 · Post by **richard612** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 12:25 am

No FDB motors in those.

Cams · Post by **Cams** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:02 am

richard612 wrote:Wow, hard to find!

Good catch. Too bad it's not SATA but I can live with that. Idle is 7 watts and 2.2 bels -- should be nice.

Now to find a retailer...

I've got three of the 250-gig ones in my server. I got them in Germany but it seems they only have the 200-gig ones for now:

e-bug.de

Their site isn't the easy to purchase from either. Nice drives if you can find them though. Good luck.

richard612 · Post by **richard612** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 3:31 pm

I think I'm giving up on the HA250JC. Maybe I'll try to find one if I visit Switzerland later this year. In the meantime, I'll get a mass-market 7200rpm drive and hope for the best.

2.2 idle bels, how I long for thee......