Hdd ment to be hard mounted, its vibrating much than it should with soft mounting, is it bad for HDD?

Someone tryed to replace Zalman CNPS9500 fan for something more quiet perhaps 12cm?
37dB at full load is not quiet at all.

Why measured noise level on AT review is higher than in spcr review?

Guess not, seagate barracuda 7 was considered quiet, now barracudas 10 considered loud, but who knows situation may change in few years, so there is no such thing i guess.

Oh heh i dont know why they tell about this part numbers there is date of manufacture right below it.

Hello & welcome to SPCR, The 320GB has fewer platters, and therefore might be quieter. On the Western Digital models -- they make revisions without changing the model number, so you will want to confirm that it is the new quieter version. I should look for revision number "-00MNB0" (taken from 500g...

16 MB should be faster than 8 GB cache or its not like that on practice? If you are really in such a hurry, then it is faster to search for yourself than to wait for someone else to answer. Recommended Hard Drives The WD (but in 500GB size) is the only one in your list and that list. Then use the se...

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Ok got some more models, which one is quietest? Western Digital Caviar WD3200KS 320GB 7200rpm 16MB SATA 3Gb/s Western Digital Caviar WD3200YS 320GB 7200rpm 16MB SATA 3Gb/s RAID Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L300S0 300GB 7200rpm 16MB SATA/150 Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3300622AS 300GB 7200rpm 16MB NCQ SATA 3...

Hello, i need new hdd of 200-320 GB capicity and 16 MB buffer, it also must support temperature pooling from progs like "HDD Temperature" and "EVEREST". At first I considered Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3300622AS 300GB 7200rpm 16MB NCQ SATA 3Gb/s or Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS 320GB 7200rpm...