Samsung SpinPoint M80 80GB Sata (HM080HI) is the most silent drive ive had so far except for the legendary 40GB samsung. The HM080HI is a single platter drive with perpendicular recording. I'd highly recommend it. On the subject, does anyone know when we'll see 120 / 160 GB single platter drives? My...

Thank you for your reply :) Im a bit confused, do you recommend the seagate or the samsung drive? Here in Norway, as far as i can see, none of the seagate sata 5400.3 drives are available yet (only the ide models and with 120GB capasity or higher). Samsung drives with 80GB capasity pr platter are av...

Hi. Im looking for a quit replacement for my SATA 40GB notebook drive. Im already familiar with the single platter 40GB IDE Samsung drive that is recommended at silentpcreview. That drive has the kind of noise profile im looking for in a new drive. I also have double platter 80GB IDE WD Scorpio as a...