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From: zoara on 4 Jul 2010 06:25 As per subject, really. Can anyone recommend a 320GB 2.5" SATA drive that doesn't have any annoying high-pitched whines or repetitive clicks? Or are they all near-silent these days? I currently have a Hitachi 200GB (HTS722020K9SA00) which isn't too bad - I certainly wouldn't want anything louder. Thanks, -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: Steve Firth on 4 Jul 2010 07:00 zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > As per subject, really. Can anyone recommend a 320GB 2.5" SATA drive > that doesn't have any annoying high-pitched whines or repetitive clicks? The Western Digital WD3200BEVE is an ultra quiet drive (25dBA), I've used them in several cases and there's no audible noise unless one presses one ear to the case. The price paid is the loss of performance, 5400 rpm and 12.5ms average seek time and the fact that these drives are expensive for what they are (�80). A Samsung HM641JI has twice the capacity, sounds about as loud (25dBA) and costs less than the 320GB WD model (�70). TBH I'd go for the Samsung, I've just installed two of their 2TB 3.5 in drives into an IcyBox and I can't hear any noise from them.
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 4 Jul 2010 08:48 On 4 Jul 2010 10:25:43 GMT, zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: >As per subject, really. Can anyone recommend a 320GB 2.5" SATA drive >that doesn't have any annoying high-pitched whines or repetitive clicks? > >Or are they all near-silent these days? > >I currently have a Hitachi 200GB (HTS722020K9SA00) which isn't too bad - >I certainly wouldn't want anything louder. WD Blue are almost inaudible all round. They're also fast. I'd vote for one of these, except someone here (Woody?) piped up last time to say his was a bit noisy. Fujitsu likewise inaudible, but you can feel they are slower. Hitachi are slightly audible - as you've found - and fast. All Seagates are clicky (they lost a court case about acoustic management years ago and just gave up on head velocity ramping so they're as close to square wave movement as they can be made - faster seeks, but noisy). All 7200rpm drives have spinning noise louder than 5400 Hitachis. Sounds like a logic puzzle... Cheers - Jaimie -- "First they came for the verbs, and I said nothing because verbing weirds language. Then they arrival for the nouns, and I speech nothing because I no verbs." - Quoted by Peter Ellis, afp
From: Andy Hewitt on 4 Jul 2010 10:06 Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote: > zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > As per subject, really. Can anyone recommend a 320GB 2.5" SATA drive > > that doesn't have any annoying high-pitched whines or repetitive clicks? > > The Western Digital WD3200BEVE is an ultra quiet drive (25dBA), I've > used them in several cases and there's no audible noise unless one > presses one ear to the case. The price paid is the loss of performance, > 5400 rpm and 12.5ms average seek time and the fact that these drives are > expensive for what they are (�80). A Samsung HM641JI has twice the > capacity, sounds about as loud (25dBA) and costs less than the 320GB WD > model (�70). > > TBH I'd go for the Samsung, I've just installed two of their 2TB 3.5 in > drives into an IcyBox and I can't hear any noise from them. I just moved from a WD Scorpio 250GB to a Samsung HM501II 500GB in my MacBook, and there's not doubt the Samsung is faster and quieter. -- Andy Hewitt <http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/>
From: T i m on 4 Jul 2010 18:52
On Sun, 4 Jul 2010 15:06:37 +0100, thewildrover(a)me.com (Andy Hewitt) wrote: >I just moved from a WD Scorpio 250GB to a Samsung HM501II 500GB in my >MacBook, and there's not doubt the Samsung is faster and quieter. I have 3 of the same Samsungs in my WHS and they are silent. However, they are also suspended on rubber mounts so you would only hear the radiated noise in any case. T i m |