M'n Barracuda 18XL (7200rpm U160) wordt zeker zo heet als m'n X15 en hij maakt net zoveel herrie. De nieuwe X15-36LP maakt volgens Storage Review weinig geluid maar wordt wel heet:
"high-pitched whine and lower "hums," are quite unobtrusive when masked by our relatively quiet power supply and drive cooler. Just last week we were amazed at the Maxtor Atlas 10k III's low levels of idle noise the X15-36LP approaches the noise floor offered by the Maxtor! Seek noise, while not as muted as the typical ATA drive, is nonetheless impressive. The sound is more reminiscent of a good 7200 RPM SCSI drive's seeks rather than the rumble the early 10k RPM drives exhibited.
The X15-36LP runs just short of being too hot to touch after running through our IOMeter suite (2 hours and 37 minutes of intensive accesses) in a drive cooler. This means that despite its lower platter count, the drive runs hotter than its predecessor. Though our testbed case is small and our cooler and power supply fans are quiet (and thus don't move much air), we nonetheless recommend careful installation to ensure that the drive runs within its operating temperature limits. "
http://www.storagereview.com/articles/200107/20010719ST336752LW_1.html
Hij is wel wat duurder dan een 10K harddisk maar dan heb je wel de snelste schijf van dit moment (als je toch geld gaat uitgeven aan SCSI kun je het maar beter meteen goed doen).