HD recommendation

[cma6]

I'm having a new system built for my wife with 2 SSDs plus one HD for data e. I would appreciate a recommendation of a 750- 1TB drive which is reliable and reasonably quiet.
After much research, I had settled on the Western Digital Caviar Black series but many reviewers say "too loud."
Thanks in advance to the experts.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

If there's no great demands on the system, you might consider a Momentus ..... w/o the SSD's ..... and I'd have to recommend against two SSD's anyway.

http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=806&Itemid=60&limit=1&limitstart=9

With a single SSD .... tier 1 if a 240 GB in ya budget, tier 3 if it's 120 GB
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-price-ssd,3070-6.html

I'd get a Barracuda XT if budget allowed ....2 GB if not a 3

http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=708&Itemid=60&limit=1&limitstart=10

I have the 2GB model w/ a Vertex 3 max IOPS ..... in a dual boot (off HD or SSD via BIOS) box

SSD boots to windows in 15.6 secs
HD boots in 21.2 secs .... not too shabby

 

[cma6]

Jack, thanks for the very interesting reply. I don't need such huge size as these drives. I'm committed to my current set up of 2 SSDs + 1 HD and want to avoid the hybrid drives.