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As I attempted to say ....

if one is powering the HDDs from the same supply as the computer I can easily see the advantage that would arise from the one requiring the least power BUT if the HDD has its own supply I cannot imagine it could possibly make a difference.

I used to use the originally recommended 2.5" HDD's (were they SAMSUNG? can't remember, when I changed to the WESTERN Caviar Black I heard no difference whatsoever, but that is simply my experience.

Maybe I am lucky but the WESTERN drive makes a little noise when starting but after that is silent. It is placed on a sorbothane pad within my think walled wooden box. Even if it did make noise it would not be heard from the listening sofa.

Just my experience.

Wish I was brave enough to try an SSD for software but I have read too many stories of difficulty with XP and SSD so I will wait.

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