WTF??????, My 3 10,000rpm SCSI drives make less noise than a single WD 7,200rpm..........

[BD231]

2 73gig Fujitsu MAPs
1 73gig 10.3k Cheatah

I cannot believe how quiet these drives are, so much as a toilet flush in the bathroom of the town house next door and I can't hear them spinning.

I believe I'm an SCSI addict, as I've got another Cheatah on the way .

PS: Selling off a WD 160gig 7,200rpm drive if anyone is interested.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

I'm seriously eyeing SCSI myself, considering the warranty, speed, and as you just pointed out, quite operation, having one for the main drive with my IDE's just for media storage should make me a happy camper.

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

Western Digital drives are loud compared to other IDE/SATA drives because they still use straight ball bearings as opposed to fluid bearings that everyone else uses. If I were in the market for 10K RPM drives I'd get Raptors; they perform great, you don't have to buy a separate adapter and come with a 5 year warranty. I haven't used SCSI, but given the price premium I'd only consider it for 15K RPM drives.

 

[BD231]

Originally posted by: RaynorWolfcastle
Western Digital drives are loud compared to other IDE/SATA drives because they still use straight ball bearings as opposed to fluid bearings that everyone else uses. If I were in the market for 10K RPM drives I'd get Raptors; they perform great, you don't have to buy a separate adapter and come with a 5 year warranty. I haven't used SCSI, but given the price premium I'd only consider it for 15K RPM drives.

Maybe the new gen raptors are quiet, but I built a computer for a friend of mines little brother using a first gen raptor and it was pretty damn loud in contrast. The only IDE drives I've used that match noise levels are 5,400rpm Maxtors. I built another computer for a friend of my mother using a fluid bearing 7,200rpm Maxtor and it still didn't come close.

I have a small 40gig 7,200rpm Baracuda that's quiet, but it produces a ton of heat for some reason, more so than the 10,000rpm drives.

In any case IDE dose not compare to SCSI on a CPU usage level, having your CPU cycles free is really one of the major benifits of SCSI.

 

[EarthwormJim]

I hope the the scsi drives I got a hell of a deal on won't be too loud. Payed $50 for 2 controller cards a couple of assorted scsi drives, and one 15000rpm 18.4gb IBM drive.

 

[BD231]

I've not used IBM scsi before, hope you enjoy the package you got though.

It's always good to start off small with SCSI, after using it for a month or so you'll really start to notice the difference in system response. Then from that point on you'll have an idea of what you want when you start getting interested in the higher capacity stuff.

 

[GoSharks]

Originally posted by: EarthwormJim
I hope the the scsi drives I got a hell of a deal on won't be too loud. Payed $50 for 2 controller cards a couple of assorted scsi drives, and one 15000rpm 18.4gb IBM drive.

you will be sorry to find out that the 15k ibm drive is pretty darned loud... its the loudest drive in SR.com's database

 

[TheWarden]

Originally posted by: BD231

Originally posted by: RaynorWolfcastle
Western Digital drives are loud compared to other IDE/SATA drives because they still use straight ball bearings as opposed to fluid bearings that everyone else uses. If I were in the market for 10K RPM drives I'd get Raptors; they perform great, you don't have to buy a separate adapter and come with a 5 year warranty. I haven't used SCSI, but given the price premium I'd only consider it for 15K RPM drives.

Maybe the new gen raptors are quiet, but I built a computer for a friend of mines little brother using a first gen raptor and it was pretty damn loud in contrast. The only IDE drives I've used that match noise levels are 5,400rpm Maxtors. I built another computer for a friend of my mother using a fluid bearing 7,200rpm Maxtor and it still didn't come close.

I have a small 40gig 7,200rpm Baracuda that's quiet, but it produces a ton of heat for some reason, more so than the 10,000rpm drives.

In any case IDE dose not compare to SCSI on a CPU usage level, having your CPU cycles free is really one of the major benifits of SCSI.

This is not so true anymore, especially with SATA. Hit this link and choose the CPU Utilization benchmark (a direct link won't work; you have to choose the benchmark yourself once you get there.) You will see that the lowest drive on the list is the Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 SATA, beating out all the SCSI drives. In the case of the Raptor that RaynorWolfcastle recommended, it ranks at 24% compared to 19% to 20% for the SCSI drives--not a large difference.

Cheers,
Warden