Quiet HDD

Chai · 20th Oct 2004, 11:43 AM

DC++ is quite slow...not the biggest problem for me. Bittorrent is!

Should I get a new HDD or not??? But my major reason is quietness...

yhng · 20th Oct 2004, 02:22 PM

Give the seagate/samsung HDD a try, or a dvd burner for backing up data on the existing HDD. There's only a marginal noise difference between the samsung and seagate i have. Seagate is quieter when idle although its seeking is marginally noisier than samsung (and that's if i place my ear by the case). Personally I still prefer the seagate for noise performance, but the samsung HDD is about AUS15 cheaper here, so price can be a factor too.

Chai · 20th Oct 2004, 03:06 PM

According to here and here,
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article152-page3.html

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/sto...int-p80_2.html
The Samsung is about as quiet as Seagate when idle, and seek is significantly quieter.

Viper007Bond · 20th Oct 2004, 03:57 PM

Your hard drives are louder than your fans? I can't even hear mine over my fans.

zy · 20th Oct 2004, 04:57 PM

my Hard Disk is louder than my fans..

Viper007Bond · 20th Oct 2004, 05:03 PM

Quiet fans or loud HD?

Chai · 20th Oct 2004, 05:51 PM

My HDD is on top of the case (opened), I use quiet fans or I run them at 7V. I wouldn't say it's a loud HDD, just moderately loud.

yhng · 20th Oct 2004, 06:03 PM

Both seagate and samsung are very quiet, much quiter than a western digital. Usually their noise are drowned by other components (fans, psu etc). My noise comparison was made then when i was choosing one for my xbox. I needed a quiter HDD for it and after some comparisons, I reached the conclusion as stated in my previous post. It was easier to test the HDDs on my xbox than my PC since the only noise emmitting from the xbox would be the HDD and its 80mm fan (which i disabled then). Note that this is only a subjective test since i didnt measure the sound precisely. Factor in some noise from other components in a typical PC, I would say that both would be quiet enough to worry bout noise emmitted by them.

Chai · 20th Oct 2004, 06:25 PM

What models did you compare with? Because noise differs from models. Barracuda IV/V are the quietest 7200 rpm drives. 7200.7 has pretty good idling noise, slightly noisier at seek. Samsung P80 series seems to be very quiet at both idle and seek noise. Older Samsung drives are noisier.

yhng · 20th Oct 2004, 07:00 PM

Tested using a Seagate ST3120022A and a Samsung SpinPoint SP1203N. Both are 2MB buffer drives.

20th Oct 2004, 11:43 AM	#1 (permalink)
Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 26,662 Reputation: 3984 Rep Power: 72	Quiet HDD DC++ is quite slow...not the biggest problem for me. Bittorrent is! Should I get a new HDD or not??? But my major reason is quietness... __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/

20th Oct 2004, 03:06 PM	#3 (permalink)
Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 26,662 Reputation: 3984 Rep Power: 72	According to here and here, http://www.silentpcreview.com/article152-page3.html http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/sto...int-p80_2.html The Samsung is about as quiet as Seagate when idle, and seek is significantly quieter. __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/

20th Oct 2004, 03:57 PM	#4 (permalink)
Viper007Bond Super Active Join Date: 12 Oct 2004 Location: Portland, OR, USA Posts: 1,605 Reputation: 152 Rep Power: 7	Your hard drives are louder than your fans? I can't even hear mine over my fans. __________________ - Viper007Bond.com Pentium 4C 3.0GHz (I had OC'ed, but the easy OC screwed with my RAM timings) 2GB RAM (4 x 512MB) OCZ PC3200 DDR in dual channel mode (2.5-3-2-6) BFG Tech 256MB GeForce 6800 GT (usually at stock speeds) 74GB Raptor \| 400GB Seagate (thanks ARP!) \| 250GB Maxtor [all SATA] 550W Antec TruePower PSU \| ASUS P4P800-E Deluxe mobo

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20th Oct 2004, 05:03 PM	#6 (permalink)
Viper007Bond Super Active Join Date: 12 Oct 2004 Location: Portland, OR, USA Posts: 1,605 Reputation: 152 Rep Power: 7	Quiet fans or loud HD? __________________ - Viper007Bond.com Pentium 4C 3.0GHz (I had OC'ed, but the easy OC screwed with my RAM timings) 2GB RAM (4 x 512MB) OCZ PC3200 DDR in dual channel mode (2.5-3-2-6) BFG Tech 256MB GeForce 6800 GT (usually at stock speeds) 74GB Raptor \| 400GB Seagate (thanks ARP!) \| 250GB Maxtor [all SATA] 550W Antec TruePower PSU \| ASUS P4P800-E Deluxe mobo

20th Oct 2004, 02:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
yhng I'm a regular Join Date: 12 Oct 2004 Location: Melbourne <-> London Posts: 484 Reputation: 171 Rep Power: 6	Give the seagate/samsung HDD a try, or a dvd burner for backing up data on the existing HDD. There's only a marginal noise difference between the samsung and seagate i have. Seagate is quieter when idle although its seeking is marginally noisier than samsung (and that's if i place my ear by the case). Personally I still prefer the seagate for noise performance, but the samsung HDD is about AUS15 cheaper here, so price can be a factor too.

20th Oct 2004, 05:51 PM	#7 (permalink)
Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 26,662 Reputation: 3984 Rep Power: 72	My HDD is on top of the case (opened), I use quiet fans or I run them at 7V. I wouldn't say it's a loud HDD, just moderately loud. __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/

20th Oct 2004, 06:03 PM	#8 (permalink)
yhng I'm a regular Join Date: 12 Oct 2004 Location: Melbourne <-> London Posts: 484 Reputation: 171 Rep Power: 6	Both seagate and samsung are very quiet, much quiter than a western digital. Usually their noise are drowned by other components (fans, psu etc). My noise comparison was made then when i was choosing one for my xbox. I needed a quiter HDD for it and after some comparisons, I reached the conclusion as stated in my previous post. It was easier to test the HDDs on my xbox than my PC since the only noise emmitting from the xbox would be the HDD and its 80mm fan (which i disabled then). Note that this is only a subjective test since i didnt measure the sound precisely. Factor in some noise from other components in a typical PC, I would say that both would be quiet enough to worry bout noise emmitted by them.

20th Oct 2004, 06:25 PM	#9 (permalink)
Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 26,662 Reputation: 3984 Rep Power: 72	What models did you compare with? Because noise differs from models. Barracuda IV/V are the quietest 7200 rpm drives. 7200.7 has pretty good idling noise, slightly noisier at seek. Samsung P80 series seems to be very quiet at both idle and seek noise. Older Samsung drives are noisier. __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/

20th Oct 2004, 07:00 PM	#10 (permalink)
yhng I'm a regular Join Date: 12 Oct 2004 Location: Melbourne <-> London Posts: 484 Reputation: 171 Rep Power: 6	Tested using a Seagate ST3120022A and a Samsung SpinPoint SP1203N. Both are 2MB buffer drives.