ATA HDD: Speed without the NOISE

[sharkeeper]

HGST 180GXP. Enough said.

Use IAA to set it to minimum acoustic output. Ignore access time benchmarks. 🙂 (I'm talking from a pure desktop use standpoint)

The drive is frickin' silent. Faster than 'cuda, and just as "silent". WDC JB performance without the noise! It does on occasion make the sound of a woman screaming in an alley at distance, but that is not very noticeable and seems to abate once the drive reaches operating temperature.

-DAK-

 

[randomlinh]

i think ibm has left a bad taste in everyone's mouth 😛 but yeah, this 180GXP series is nice and quiet.

 

[chocoruacal]

Do you guys wear your hard drives on your heads like ear muffs 😕 🙂 I have a bunch of WD and Maxtor 120gig 2/8mb caches...my computer is on the ground, roughly 3 feet from my head, and I can't hear a single one of them.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: chocoruacal
Do you guys wear your hard drives on your heads like ear muffs 😕 🙂 I have a bunch of WD and Maxtor 120gig 2/8mb caches...my computer is on the ground, roughly 3 feet from my head, and I can't hear a single one of them.

Horse pucky.

Run a Cuda IV, Hitachi 180GXP, or even a DM+9 with AAM/IAA enabled for awhile, then tell me that you can't hear your WD scream.

Unless, of course, your CPU/PSU/case fans are just drowning them out and you don't notice.

- M4H