What's the quietest HDD? (IDE and/or SATA)

[AkumaX]

having almost completely silenced my PC, the loudest part is now the hdd, especially while doing hdd intensive tasks like creating dvds. right now i've got a maxtor dm9, i was thinking of switching to seagate 7200.7 or 7200.8 ide, but are sata more quiet? what's the quietest drive?

 

[imported_Phil]

SATA won't affect the noise levels, unless the SATA counterpart to a PATA drive is a different base model.

Samsungs are generally considered to be the quietest, followed by Seagates.

 

[Peter]

Samsung's are amazingly quiet, even in action. Recent models are however configured for "performance" seek mode, so their head movement has become audible again. Before, they were configured for "quiet" mode that made them that but also lost them a few benchmarks. Either way, Samsung provide a utility that lets you set yours to "quiet", "medium" or "performance" as you please.

 

[HDTVMan]

Originally posted by: Phil
SATA won't affect the noise levels, unless the SATA counterpart to a PATA drive is a different base model.

Samsungs are generally considered to be the quietest, followed by Seagates.

I have to agree samsungs are generally even quieter than Seagates with FLUID BEARINGS. Which I believe Western Digital might be offering on drives now.

Drive speed makes a difference also. I try to use 5400RPM in TIVO units when upgrading but they are becoming near impossible to find for better prices than 7200 drives today.

 

[imported_Kensai]

Samsung SpinPoint drives are probably the quietest.

 

[kleinwl]

www.storagereview.com

Benchmarks drives with noise and heat measurements.

 

[InfiniteLurker]

My hearing must be going, because I haven't heard any noises from my hard drives since the 90's! :laugh:

 

[imported_Kensai]

Originally posted by: InfiniteLurker
My hearing must be going, because I haven't heard any noises from my hard drives since the 90's! :laugh:

Your music is too loud.

 

[Peter]

Originally posted by: HDTVManDrive speed makes a difference also. I try to use 5400RPM in TIVO units when upgrading but they are becoming near impossible to find for better prices than 7200 drives today.

Samsung are just right now providing a new breed of ultraquiet 5400 rpm drives specifically optimized for media machines like TIVOs.

 

[jack1201]

quote:

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Originally posted by: InfiniteLurker
My hearing must be going, because I haven't heard any noises from my hard drives since the 90's!
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Are you sure your HD still running? ^_^

 

[InfiniteLurker]

Originally posted by: jack1201
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Originally posted by: InfiniteLurker
My hearing must be going, because I haven't heard any noises from my hard drives since the 90's!
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Are you sure your HD still running? ^_^

Pretty sure :laugh: I can feel the heat of the 1.5 TB worth of drives, etc. so they must be running... I just can't hear them!