No AAM on Seagate drives. Yep, even my prehistoric 7200.7 / 80 go lacks this feature :mrgreen: Anyway, from my experience (WD and Samsung), AAM has no effect on continuous spinning noise, but it makes seeking noise smoother. Vibrations are not the main issue. With a little bit of attention (gently ...

My old PC is still running

Ali

Just built a new PC in this case. P8Z77-V + 3770k, HR02 Macho with 140mm TR fan @ 500 tr/min 3 x 140mm Fractal @ 5V (2 front, 1 back) Fanless PSU (Seasonic X-460) Fanless GC (Asus HD7750) SSD Samsung 830 128 Go 2 x Seagate 7200.14 2 To (RAID0, I'm a fearless one :mrgreen:) Antec Silicon HDD grommets...