My P3 Gateway PC has a Quantum CX 6.8 GB hard drive in it, as it’s very quiet (for the time it was built) I had a look to see if I could buy a quantum – I can’t see any on the web, have they gone out of business? If so can anyone recommend a quiet cheap IDE drive please? DaveB

I believe they were acquired by Maxtor. Quiet, cheap, realiable HDD... take a look at the Samsung drives at NewEgg. Very inexpensive, quiet, and come with three year warranties.

Maxtor HDD's are cheap and very quiet.. infact nearly silent..!!! .................. Abit NF7s V2.0 Mobo Radeon 9800xt 256mb, AMD 3000xp CPU @222x11, Antec 550w psu, 2X512 xms corsair Pc3500 in dual channel, Twin 10k Raptors (raided) waterchill cooled..

My vote goes to Maxtor as well. I have used them for years and am impressed with their longevity, and they are nearly silent. Athlon XP 2400+ Volcano 7+ 512 Mushkin PC3200 Asus A7V8X-X WD 40GB 7200RPM Maxtor 23GB 5400RPM Powercolor Radeon 9000 @320/260 DDR Lite-On 52x24x32 Lite-On 16x DVD 650 Watt PSU

I like Seagate myself. They are fast, quiet and very reliable. Plus they have a 5-year warranty! Shuttle AN35N-Ultra AMD XP 3000+ 400Mhz FSB 1GB Mushkin PC3200 Evga GeForce FX 5500 256MB DDR Two 40GB 7200 RPM Hard Drives (a Seagate and a WD in Raid 0) One WD 30GB 5400 RPM Hard Drive Lite-On 52x32x52 CD-RW Drive Koutech ATA133 Raid Card Thermaltake 420W Silent PurePower Symbios Y!

go with whatever is cheapest(name brands mind you) from newegg.com or tigerdirect.com or your favorite place. any drive should suit you as of all the ones i have dealt with are not loud. they all should last a long time if not allowed to overheat. my preference is WD, but i would buy any brand. even check out ebay, you can find an old HD for real cheap(but then again an older drive may be a little louder, but not much, but be careful who you buy it from on ebay though.

thanks everyone DaveB