[CUBE] Adding a hard drive

[Gary Waugh]

On Friday, November 29, 2002, at 03:48 PM, Oliver Köll wrote:

> First post to this list - hi everybody!
>
> I'm thinking of adding a new hard drive to my stock cube, mostly 
> because the original one feels really slooow to me (20 GB Western 
> Digital, i think).
>
> What do you think would be the best option for a replacement with 
> regard to speed improvements? (should be silent, too :-)
>
> And: Do you think adding a faster hard drive requires putting a fan 
> into my Cube, or is heat not an issue with hard drives?
>
> Cheers and thanks in advance

I have a 40gb seagate 7200RPM drive in my 450 cube - it's actually 
quieter than the original drive and a lot faster. There's been no 
perceptible increase in system temps since I put it in...

Gary