Which one of these drives is the most silent?

johtib · Post by **johtib** » Wed Jul 23, 2003 10:46 am

Which one would you rate as the best when it comes to noice? These are the ones which are available to me so I've to do the best I can from these.

IBM/Hitachi Deskstar 180GXP
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus9
Seagate Barracuda 7200.7
Western Digital Caviar WDXXXXXX / Western Digital Caviar XL WDXXXXXX

P.S. Assuming equal number of platters. All are 7200rpm.

Best Regards,

Johan Tibell

johtib · Post by **johtib** » Wed Jul 23, 2003 12:08 pm

Radeonman wrote:Does anyone read the reccomended pages anymore? Christ.

Every now and then. Just browsed trough 2,5 pages of search results and it's very hard to come up with a conclussion. Since most opinions are based on subjective hearing and doesn't concern 7200.7 vs. 180GXP (rather 180GXP vs. others and 7200.7 vs others). Many opinions are also in direct contradiction to each other. I thought by focusing this posts on those drives I could get a reasonable relative order.

- Johan

Post by **MikeC** » Wed Jul 23, 2003 12:32 pm

johtib - the recommended pages are clear about the 'cuda being quieter than the 180GXP. The reviews are also clear: the 180GXP has a whine that the 'cuda doesn't. AAM affects only seek/write noise BTW.

johtib · Post by **johtib** » Wed Jul 23, 2003 1:25 pm

Thank you making it clear. I'll go for the 'cudas then since noice is more important in my miniITX project.

pingu666 · Post by **pingu666** » Wed Jul 23, 2003 2:02 pm

im gettin a iv 80gig so i can compare that to my 7200.7 and maxtor 160gig
wish i had experiemented wid the 80gig maxtor i had recently..