What is the Quietest 250GB 'IDE' (not SATA) Hard Drive ?

asdzxc · Post by **asdzxc** » Fri May 04, 2007 8:45 am

Can anyone tell me the Quietest 250 GB IDE (not SATA) Hard Drive ?

I read that WD & Samsung are the Quietest BUT what is the specific 250GB IDE (not SATA) Model / Brand to buy ?

I checked the 'recommendation' page but it only lists SATA desktop drives but does NOT list any IDE

thanks for any assistance

jhhoffma · Post by **jhhoffma** » Fri May 04, 2007 9:01 am

Most people won't notice a difference between them. I believe the Samsung is prone to generating a little more vibrations, but when properly suspended this point is moot.

If the difference between these drives is noticeable to you, then your ears are so sensitive that you may want to consider a 2.5" drive.

However, IDE makes the situation a little stickier. Most of the newer drives are SATA only and these are the very quiet drives (WD5000KS/AAKS and the Samsung T166).

asdzxc · Post by **asdzxc** » Fri May 04, 2007 3:49 pm

jhhoffma wrote:However, IDE makes the situation a little stickier. Most of the newer drives are SATA only and these are the very quiet drives (WD5000KS/AAKS and the Samsung T166).

Thanks for the prompt reply.

Can anyone tell me which IDE (not SATA) brand/model at 250GB is the Quietest drive to buy ?

asdzxc · Post by **asdzxc** » Sat May 05, 2007 6:10 pm

Can anyone help ?

I really need some IDE advice to make my purchase ASAP

thanks

Max Slowik · Post by **Max Slowik** » Sun May 06, 2007 2:16 am

There shouldn't be any real difference between hard drives of the same design with different connectors; the connector and its contributing hardware don't produce any noise. SPCR has a primer on hard drives for their different noise properties and a list of drives they recommend here:

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article29-page1.html

jaganath · Post by **jaganath** » Sun May 06, 2007 2:25 am

Samsung IDE is SP2514N, WD IDE is WD2500JB, however I would recommend 250Gb Hitachi T7K250, surprisingly quiet.

winguy · Post by **winguy** » Sun May 06, 2007 5:25 am

I guess you'd have to wait for availability of Western Digital WD2500AAJB or WD2500AVJB . Otherwise, Hitachi T7K500 320GB HDT725032VLAT80 is a good choice too.

asdzxc · Post by **asdzxc** » Sun May 06, 2007 5:37 am

winguy wrote:I guess you'd have to wait for availability of Western Digital WD2500AAJB or WD2500AVJB . Otherwise, Hitachi T7K500 320GB HDT725032VLAT80 is a good choice too.

1) When is the Western Digital WD2500AAJB or WD2500AVJB being released ?

2) Do you know what is the difference between the WD2500AAJB, WD2500AVJB and the current WD2500JB ?

3) Do you know the difference between the acronyms: JS, JB, AAJB & AVJB ?

4) Also, do you know which is louder: 27 dBA OR 2.8 Bel ?
(as the WD1600JB is listed at 27 dBA & the SP2514N at 2.8 Bel)

jaganath · Post by **jaganath** » Sun May 06, 2007 9:30 am

4)Decibel

A decibel is one tenth of a bel (B).

2.8Bel =28dB(A). be aware sound quality is often as important as simple sound volume.

whiic · Post by **whiic** » Sun May 06, 2007 9:40 am

"1) When is the Western Digital WD2500AAJB or WD2500AVJB being released ?"

I don't know, but I bet it's not safe to hold your breath.

"2) Do you know what is the difference between the WD2500AAJB, WD2500AVJB and the current WD2500JB ?"

WD2500JB, the old HDD. It has no generation mentioned in model name, so it may be 2 or 3 platter drive. Don't know 'til you pop the top cover off and that'd kill the drive. IDE, 8MB cache, platter densities could be anything from 80GB to 133GB.

AAJB... hmm... haven't heard of them. Sure, they intend to bring these 166GB platters to IDE drives as well, but they'll be available as AAKB (meaning they'll have 16MB cache instead of 8MB).

AAKB will be available only as 400 and 500 GB variants, no 250 GB here. http://www.wdc.com/en/products/productm ... anguage=en

"3) Do you know the difference between the acronyms: JS, JB, AAJB & AVJB ?"

this

"4) Also, do you know which is louder: 27 dBA OR 2.8 Bel ?
(as the WD1600JB is listed at 27 dBA & the SP2514N at 2.8 Bel)"

Seriously...
- you can't trust manufacturers on being honest with their own noise measurement
- even if they were honest, or if you used measurements made by SR, Anandtech or even SPCR, they mean pretty much nothing. Sound pressure level measurements do little to describe the annoyingness of a sound... even with A-weighting (such as dBA) which attempts to take properties of human ear into account.

winguy · Post by **winguy** » Sun May 06, 2007 3:52 pm

asdzxc wrote:1) When is the Western Digital WD2500AAJB or WD2500AVJB being released ?

Not too sure, how about this or this?

What is the Quietest 250GB 'IDE' (not SATA) Hard Drive ?

What is the Quietest 250GB 'IDE' (not SATA) Hard Drive ?

But which IDE (not SATA) drive?