[mythtv-users] 1TB+ drive recommendation?

Bobby Gill brownitus at gmail.com
Tue Mar 2 00:00:19 UTC 2010


>
> Are you sure?  The EADS packages continues to lack the gigantic warning
> paragraph mentioning the WD Align tool and Advanced Format.  I think only
> the EARS drives have that paragraph on their label.
>
> It seems to me EADS continues to use 512 byte sectors.  Why would they not
> put a warning about "advanced format drives"?  Even the AV-GP drive is
> missing it.  I'm assuming lack of paragraph means no 4k sectors.
>
>
Yup, it is the EARS drives that use the Advanced Format with 4k sectors, I
was just reading several reviews on them after seeing the 1TB EARS on
Amazon.


> As for the original question, I'll be getting a WD Green drive for my next
> drive.  My seagates (1.5 TB and 500 GB) have been firmware issue free, but
> they are so blazing hot at 7200 rpm that one of them registered a SMART
> high
> of 61 C.  That's the very top of the spec, but still much hotter than I'd
> like.
>
> If you have sufficient cooling, your options are wide open (WD Black,
> Seagate 7200.12, etc) but if you're packing your backend drives into a
> mini-tower case, it's probably best to get a cooler drive in the WD Green.
>
>
Indeed this will be for my Antec 900 desktop/FE, all drives on it currently
run very quiet and cool (quick hddtemp just now shows hottest one at 30C). I
do think I will go for the 1.5TB Green drive, I can't justify paying $99 for
the 1TB when another 500GB is only $15 more...

Thanks
Bob
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