Quietest Hard Drive

[Moffat Cafe]

I've got my computer's noise level down to a point that the hard drive is getting annoying.
I replaced a Western Digital WD300BB (30GB) with a Maxtor 6L040L2 with fluid bearings (40GB). The Max is just slightly quieter running, but
its access noise is much higher than the WD.
A while ago I was on a thread where some were saying the Seagate Barracuda IV series are extremely quiet. Can ayone back up this claim?
If I were certain that the Segate was indeed--extremely more quiet, I would replace the Max with a Barracuda 60 Gig.
Thanks.

 

[John]

Yes, the Barracuda IV is a quiet drive, however it might not be that much quieter than your current hdd, YMMV.

 

[Shmorq]

The Barracuda IV line of drives are the quietest drives around. Just remember that the 20 & 40 gig models are quieter than the 60 & 80 gig ones since they have 1 less platter. I have the 60 gig one and it's unbelievably quiet. I too have a quiet PC, and I can't hear any idle noise at all and the seeks are very faint.

 

[Priit]

Barracuda IV is the quietest drive I have seen so far. I couldn't hear anything from it even during random read-write test run...

 

[Ionizer86]

I have a quiet drive too. It's the Maxtor 34098H4. Even before I got my new PSU, which is frieking noisy, I couldn't hear the hard drive. I think the only time I heard it was when I had my case open.

 

[neutralizer]

What would be a fast, stable, yet quiet harddrive? Still the Barracuda IV?

 

[overclock]

See if this program from Maxtor will help you quieten down your hard drive.