Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 22:23:44 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] 40GB 2.5" HDDs for MP3 use
In a message dated 9/23/2003 8:10:34 PM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >I just bought a Hitachi/IBM IC25N040ATMR04 (Mdl 80GN) 40GB from > >BananaPC.com > >for $107 plus ~$7 shipping. It came quickly and was packed very well. > > > Seems the price has already gone up to $112: > > http://www.bananapc.com/Products/default.asp?classif_id=1316&classif_type=1 Well that's a first! > > I'm still worried about the clicking issue Lee. Was that a problem for only > one Travelstar you have, or for all of them. > Only one, and again I'm not convinced it's the drive. It's not really a click, more like a static discharge kind of noise. I'll see how the new Travelstar does, but I'm on a lengthy road trip so that report will have to wait awhile. > I also found this 5200RPM Toshiba MK4019GAX listed on Davids website: > > http://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/2002_02/pr0601.htm > > I'm sure the startup power consumption must be along the same lines of 4.7W > of the Hitachi IC25N040ATMR04. But its read & write consumption of 2.5W is a > significantly higher than the 2.0/2.1W for the Hitachi. > > Hitachi specs: > > http://www.bellmicro.com/VendorShowcase/hitachi/downloads/HGSTTravelstar80GN. > pdf > > 5200RPM is really tempting for ripping MP3s... but as you pointed out Lee, > can the L70/L100 or L110 deal with the heat? > I've decided to let my Libretto play to its strengths, and not try to make it all things. So I do all the heavy lifting, like CD ripping and such, with a desktop and then transfer what I want to the L100 to play. It seems criminal to thrash the poor thing with these mundane tasks when its strengths lie elsewhere. > > Matt > Lee ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
