Anything quieter than a barracuda 7200, yet just as fast?
Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 12:46 pm
First let me give you an idea of my situation.
I've got two SSDs for programs and OS as well as a 1TB 7200 RPM Steagate Barracuda for storage, playback of movies (HD included) and a handful of old programs that are used sparingly.
The Barracuda is the loudest thing in my case right now, *even though* it's suspended via elastic bands and idle most of the time. I've achieved this thanks to gratuitous aftermarket heatsinks and lots of GTs spinning very slowly.
Anyway, the Barracuda is starting to fill up. It always seems the storage hard drive upgrade one makes will last them practically forever. But as usual, it always fills up. ... not only that but the more one has the greater the loss if the drive fails.
So I'm thinking of demoting the Barracuda to a backup drive and getting a 2TB for main storage. I don't have room physically and acoustically for more than one 3.5" HDD in my case so this is the only option.
So, here is the question:
What is the best ~2TB drive for my situation?
There is no budget to worry about here... I guess $200 at most but the 2TB drives these days go for $150 or so, and half that for the green ones.
The trouble is these drives are painfully slow in the benchmarks. Sub 100MB/s transfer, 10ms+ response.
I've got a few HD movies on the barracuda that I watch directly from it. I worry that with a slower drive I would loose perfectly smooth continuous playback.
So is there any HDD out there that is (hopefully) about as fast as a 7200RPM Barracuda, yet quieter?
I've got two SSDs for programs and OS as well as a 1TB 7200 RPM Steagate Barracuda for storage, playback of movies (HD included) and a handful of old programs that are used sparingly.
The Barracuda is the loudest thing in my case right now, *even though* it's suspended via elastic bands and idle most of the time. I've achieved this thanks to gratuitous aftermarket heatsinks and lots of GTs spinning very slowly.
Anyway, the Barracuda is starting to fill up. It always seems the storage hard drive upgrade one makes will last them practically forever. But as usual, it always fills up. ... not only that but the more one has the greater the loss if the drive fails.
So I'm thinking of demoting the Barracuda to a backup drive and getting a 2TB for main storage. I don't have room physically and acoustically for more than one 3.5" HDD in my case so this is the only option.
So, here is the question:
What is the best ~2TB drive for my situation?
There is no budget to worry about here... I guess $200 at most but the 2TB drives these days go for $150 or so, and half that for the green ones.
The trouble is these drives are painfully slow in the benchmarks. Sub 100MB/s transfer, 10ms+ response.
I've got a few HD movies on the barracuda that I watch directly from it. I worry that with a slower drive I would loose perfectly smooth continuous playback.
So is there any HDD out there that is (hopefully) about as fast as a 7200RPM Barracuda, yet quieter?