 Re: External Hard Drive
I wouldn't purchase a Maxtor drive today. I'm sure they have been just wonderful in the past, but they are out of business now.
I'm not sure you'd find much from them out of the shelves today. If you did it would likely have Seagate components, and possibly their design (Seagate acquired Maxtor some time back, maybe it was 1 or 2 years ago). That's not such a bad thing at all but in that case you might as well buy a Seagate drive. Maxtor brand is unlikely to be around a year from now, if it is still even out there now.
A drive from either of the two major US makers still standing (WD and Seagate) would suit your needs just fine. Don't worry about noise so much, drives today are really good in that respect since fluid spindle bearings are used today (no more ball bearings, no more annoying whine from 7200 RPM and faster drives).
A 7200 RPM, SATA drive would be plenty adequate for audio. If you go for a 10k RPM drive, yes it will be faster but probably will be outrunning your interface anyway and since those drives are designed for high performance the seeks will be perceptibly noisier. Stick with 7200 RPM 3.5" SATA and you should be happy with that.
Charlie
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