Searching for the quietest HD...

toxik co2

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• Feb 22, 2003

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With my water cooling setup I can barely hear any fans...currently I have a 60GB WD 7200RPM HD which whines like crazy.....I was wondering whether to get the Maxtor 80GB (8MB) or WD 80GB SE. Or any other drives that are quiet?

 

ninthebin

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• Feb 22, 2003

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Barrcuda IVs are damn quiet

 

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toxik co2

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I've heard Maxtor's are the quietest? Anyone want to share their opinnions?

 

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• Feb 22, 2003

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the Maxtor's with FDB are, but the quietest are the FDB laptop drives from IBM and Toshiba

 

Twist

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• Feb 23, 2003

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I'd have to say that the Barracuda IV's are one of the quietest. The only time you really hear them is when it's seeking on the drive, and then it is still quite quiet (yikes! qqqqq...).

 

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• Feb 23, 2003

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why are you guys talking about the barracuda IV, the barracuda V are quieter and are by far the quietest hard drives. The 180GXP is pretty close.
go here: www.storagereview.com
click on database at the top then choose idle noise

here's the top 7:

Seagate Barracuda ATA V (120 GB ATA-100) - 37.8
Seagate U6 (80 GB ATA-100) - 38.8
Seagate Barracuda 36ES2 (37 GB Ultra160/m SCSI) - 39.3
IBM Deskstar 180GXP 8 MB (180 GB ATA-100) - 40.1
Maxtor DiamondMax 16 (160 GB ATA-133) - 40.7
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 [8MB, 80GB/plat] (160 GB ATA-133) - 41.0
Seagate Barracuda ATA IV (80 GB ATA-100) - 41.3

 

ninthebin

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• Feb 23, 2003

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Idle noise of Barracuda V is 2.5Bels - where as teh Barracuda IV is 2.0Bels

 

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• Feb 23, 2003

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I've had 3 drives, a 10gig Maxtor, and 2 60 gig (IBM Deskstar and a Seagate Barracuda IV) HDD's. Both newer drives destroy the maxtor, especially noise. There isn't much difference between the IBM and the Seagate drives i have. The IBM runs slightly hotter (to touch) but is very slightly quieter (not noticably, see earlier posts in this thread) so it's up to you. Both are damn quiet, i would recommend either

 

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• Feb 23, 2003

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ive got the 80gb WD SE...its loud i hate it.

 

RadRacer

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• Feb 23, 2003

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and hot too, i forgot to mention hella hot

 

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toxik co2

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• Feb 23, 2003

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I think i'm gonna go with the new Maxtor