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Originally Posted by parimal As I have mentioned in eariler thread that I want to buy good quality 80GB 7200rpm IDE hard drive.

Both Seagate and Western Digital make good quality drives right now so either brand would be good. But with anything mechanical, you could get one that doesn't live up the makers reputation.

Originally Posted by parimal I heard Seagate hard drives runs hotter than that of Western Digital. Is it true??...

Generally...yes. But don't get the idea that Western Digital hard drives run cool...they don't. They get fairly warm too. I installed a pair of 120GB WD SE HDDs in a friend's computer and they ran fairly hot. That was two years ago and the computer is still working fine.

Originally Posted by parimal As many people are saying WDs are louder than Segates.

Again, this is generally true...but I've installed WD HDDs that ran virtually silent while another same exact model would run fairly noisily. And I've installed Seagate HDDs that were virtually silent but have come across a few that were louder than most WD HDDs. Same with Maxtor. I have a 30GB Maxtor that is probably the most quiet hard drive I have now, but I also have a 10GB Maxtor that is the loudest.

Originally Posted by parimal How much sound WDs make?? Is it noticable??

Like I said, some are very quiet while others will make more noise. I had a chance to replace a 80GB WD SE with a 160GB Seagate Barracuda not too long ago and the Seagate did run more quietly than the WD HDD...but the difference wasn't earth shattering, just noticeable. I'm running 3 WD HDDs in my computers now...two are very quiet running and the last one is noticeably more noisy, but it's not that noisy...you can just hear it a bit more than the others, that's all.

Originally Posted by parimal And if heat dissipation of Seagates are more, does that mean that they have short life??

It's possible, but I suspect they'll last a long as any other HDD brand out there. But remember, hard drives don't last forever.

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