Silent SATA for MacBook Pro 13" Unibody

Hi,
i have a MBP 13" with an Intel i5 CPU. I recognized that the HDD is much louder than in my MBP 13" 2010 i had before. The HDD Aplle delivered was a Hitachi HTS545032B9A302 with 320GB. Does someone else have the problem with an loud HDD?
Some with an alternative Option? I tried a Toshiba MK3265GSX but it is as loud as the Hitachi. I'm looking for a silent drive, as in the 2010-Model, which I don't hear.
I read about the Hitachi Travelstar 5kXXX, has somone experiences with this HDD? Does it have Idel-Clicks like the HTS545032B9A302?
Sorry for my bad english.

i have the same model of macbook pro 13" and suffer from the loudness of the system in general. harddisc is much louder than MID2010 model. i had the macbook exchanged now two times - and it got worse. first was seagate - it was just like a loud fan noise. then the next hitachi and it got the clicks on top.
also the very loud fan noise as soon as the cpu hits 25% ... the system ghoes up to 6400rpm and is as loud as a jetplane.
im really angry, that apple made this release so bad. also the buildquality is much worse than the last model. the lid is not closing perfectly. the first macbook ive got was so bend, that i had to put 8 businesscards under one end to make it stable....
im really dissapointed from this release - and if i could i would return it and get back to my really perfect MID2010 ... sadly i sold it allready...

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