Looking for silent SATA HDD

[Parimal]

Recently I have seen many Seagate SATAs and they're very loud. Actually Seagates were popular for their silence. But this is not true for their SATA drives. I have seen two 80GB and one 120GB Seagate SATAs, but they're much loud. I don't like Samsung personally. I'm confused about the SATA hard drive brand.....which brand I should pick up?? Maxtor, Western Digital or anything else?? I want my SATA hard drive to be quiet....!!! I hate noisy drives.....may be I'm picky with those!!

 

[ribbon13]

very picky i would say.

If Samsung and Seagate are out, next in line is WD or M-Sys. M-sys is the only silent hard drives, but they start at $900

 

[Gamingphreek]

WD is no where near silent. They dont even use fluid bearings.

Seagate hands down for noise. Then Samsung.

-Kevin

 

[Bar81]

Sorry, you have *no* idea what you're talking about. If you want quiet, you only have one option, the Samsung Spinpoints, whether you like Samsung or not.

 

[Gamingphreek]

Spinpoints are quiet as well. However so are the Seagates. The Seagates are only noisy during seek. I do know what i am talking about.

-Kevin

 

[ribbon13]

Man... samsung makes some really crappy sstuff
I mean look at this
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications...3-4200&SRCCODE=GOOPROD&CMP=OTC-FROOGLE

What a piece of crap...


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[dhoytw]

lol, turn the radio up.

 

[imported_Hi]

Samsungs are the thing you want whether you like them or not
I have a sata samsung and seagate in my case and the samsung is so quiet you probably wont here it

 

[mamisano]

Hitachi 7K250 (80GB) that I have is REALLY quiet, and fast to boot. They are about $60 shipped from NewEgg or ZipZoomFly

 

[Bar81]

Unfortunately you don't:

http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=19795