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power420
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3TB Drives

Post by power420 » Tue Nov 01, 2011 3:42 pm

Hello, listing the current 3TB hard drives:

Seagate Barracuda XT 3TB
Hitachi Deskstar 3TB
WD AV-GP 3TB
WD Caviar Green 3TB

Which is the less noisy?

dotslasher
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Re: 3TB Drives

Post by dotslasher » Wed Nov 02, 2011 12:07 pm

I only have the Hitachi Deskstar 3TB.
But I can tell you it's one of the loudest drives I own and I even suspended it but it still gives of noise.

markanini
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Re: 3TB Drives

Post by markanini » Thu Nov 03, 2011 2:27 pm

I have the 3TB WD GP and its not whisper quiet like my 1.5TB(same acoustics as the 2TB). Right now the 2TB WD GP and Hitachi 5K3000 2TB are the only large capacity drives that are up to SPCR standards.

power420
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Re: 3TB Drives

Post by power420 » Wed Nov 09, 2011 9:27 am

Thanks for the answers. :wink:

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