I know its overpowered... Had an idea about gaming on it... All components are purchased though, so... I have considered getting the 300W silverstone fanless instead... But the problem for me now is not the noise from PSU its heat... The PSU is really quiet, and i think that a passive PSU will add t...

Regarding the WD5000KS, the ones of you that have it, where did you get it and what is your revision label? I see newegg is at 214, ZZF at 218.. I got mine today (haven't even plugged it in yet) from a danish online store... Its dated 14 MAR 2006 revision 00MNB0 - dunno what revision - where is tha...

Regarding the WD5000KS, the ones of you that have it, where did you get it and what is your revision label? I see newegg is at 214, ZZF at 218.. I got mine today (haven't even plugged it in yet) from a danish online store... Its dated 14 MAR 2006 revision 00MNB0 - dunno what revision - where is tha...

Thx for the input - I'll go for the single 500 GB WD drive... My accountant (=wife) agrees with you, that 1 is more than enough...

Why would you want to put the OS on a separate, additional, relatively slow notebook drive anyway? If you're going to install a large-capacity 3.5" drive in any case, an additional drive will only add more noise regardless of how quiet it is individually. Also, I know I said that HDD performance is...

Yes.. Looks like WD is the way to go...

Can't kick the idea of seperating the OS and the music/video on two seperate drives, though...

Hmm - a momentus 160 gb for OS and WD for storing movies/music??

...Tried posting this once before - gone now... Maybe i did it wrong??? anyway: I need advice for selection of storage for my HTPC: Athlon 64 3500, x1600pro, 2gb Ram, Aerocool ZeroDB 620 in mCubed HTX cabinet, CPU & GFX cooled passively via heatpipes... Current HDD is maxtor diamondmax 9 200gb.. OS...