RE: UKHA2003 TiVo upgrade HD purchase

["Ray Barnett" <lists@xxxxxxx>]

FWIW, I've often heard it said that it's best to go for the 5400RPM drives
in TIVO because "7200RPM run hotter", yet I cannot say I've seen
any
evidence to back the claim up. When I researched which hard drive to use
fo=
r
my upgrade, I looked hard on the various forums and couldn't find anyone
wh=
o
had experienced problems that they put down to heat generated by the
harddrive.

In the end I decided that noise was by far my biggest concern. At the time,
the quietest I could find was a 7200RPM Seagate. At 25dB I find it to be
inaudible. I've not found that TIVO is running any hotter or cooler than it
was before I upgraded the drive. It has just been recording and
simulataneously playing back something for the past hour, and the
temperature is currently 35C.

It might be that 7200RPM do cause problems for some, but I thought it worth
pointing out that I've not seen any issues, and there is far more choice of
7200RPM drives, particularly in respect of noise, over 5400RPM drives.

HTH,

Ray Barnett.
-----Original Message-----
From: White, Peter [mailto:peter.white@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 10 May 2003 01:46
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] UKHA2003 TiVo upgrade HD purchase



Hi all

In the hope that I will still be able to make the meet, I'm just about to
buy the new HD to go into TiVo.  From other posts, the general opinion
seems
to be 120GB, 5400rpm, and think twice about the IBMs (which are always
coming out the cheapest).  I've found the following, anyone know of
anything
cheaper, and does anyone else need a drive that can go on the same order?=
?

Ebuyer -WD Caviar - =A388.76
SavaStore - Samsung 120GB spinpoint - =A383.90, Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 9
(but
7200 spin) 92.47

Pete



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