120-160GB harddrives
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120-160GB harddrives
What the quietest 120or160GB harddrive (prefreable sATA)
This if for a SFF pc for UNI.
- So alot of the time it will be idle, but on. So id put up with a certain amount of access noise for a reduction in whine
Thanks to eveyone who proberbly ansererd this a thousand times!
Daniel
This if for a SFF pc for UNI.
- So alot of the time it will be idle, but on. So id put up with a certain amount of access noise for a reduction in whine
Thanks to eveyone who proberbly ansererd this a thousand times!
Daniel
Search the forums for that. IIRC the motors are Nidec and JVC, but I can't recall which one is the good one.
Edit: Hmm, this was just updated. May help you.
Edit: Hmm, this was just updated. May help you.
When I was looking for a new hard drive, I read that some of the new Western Digital drives were quiet, but some weren't. Maybe it was just a few batches that had issues, or they're being produced from different factories and as a result, there are quality differences. I personally like Seagate for the price/quietness (after rebate usually), but Samsungs are the quietest drives out there without going into lower rpms, old Seagate barracudas, or 2.5" notebook drives.
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I agree with IdontexistM8, there is an issue with spinpoint vibrations, but it's not too bad and it's easy to deal with, in your average SFF you probably won't notice.
If you get the spinpoints from http://www.kustompcs.co.uk, you can ask them to check them for the right motor. I've always got lucky though when I've bought them before from both scan and overclockers - always nidec
If you get the spinpoints from http://www.kustompcs.co.uk, you can ask them to check them for the right motor. I've always got lucky though when I've bought them before from both scan and overclockers - always nidec
If you get WD drives made in 2005, they will have Fluid Dynamic Bearings. You can see the manufacturing date even on retail packages, which have a clear plastic packaging allows you to see the label on the drive without opening the package.stromgald wrote:When I was looking for a new hard drive, I read that some of the new Western Digital drives were quiet, but some weren't. Maybe it was just a few batches that had issues, or they're being produced from different factories and as a result, there are quality differences. I personally like Seagate for the price/quietness (after rebate usually), but Samsungs are the quietest drives out there without going into lower rpms, old Seagate barracudas, or 2.5" notebook drives.
I have 2 WD drives that I bought directly from WD about 4-5 months ago and they are silent in my system unless I open the case and put my ear with inches of the drive during seeks.
Of course, I do have a superior mounting system:
http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=10450
Yeah, i saw that.m0002a wrote:Of course, I do have a superior mounting system:
http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=10450
So the spinpoints greatly benifit from beeing isolated i guess.
- But all in all, what ever i get (samsung/wd/maxtor) will be at least as good as DiaMax+9?
Daniel
Well, huge delay, but about 2weeks ago i got a 200gb Sata spinpoint, from scan, with a nidec motor.
- Seams to work And its a lot quiter than the old maxtor.
- I'd like to compair it with the seagate barra5 thats in the server one day.
- But in the mean time, the loadest thing is now the Nexus NX3000 psu, which put its into perspective!!
Daniel
- Seams to work And its a lot quiter than the old maxtor.
- I'd like to compair it with the seagate barra5 thats in the server one day.
- But in the mean time, the loadest thing is now the Nexus NX3000 psu, which put its into perspective!!
Daniel
Since I'm on a similar situation I decided to post my question here instead of creating a new topic.
I want to buy a new 160GB HDD and I'm undecided between the Hitachi 7K250 160GB SATA (€81), the Hitachi T7K250 160GB SATA 3.0Gbps (€84), the Maxtor DiamondMax10 160GB SATA (€81) and the Western Digital Caviar SE 160GB SATA (€75).
I considered Samsung but they are just too expensive (€93 for the HD160JJ, for that price I could buy a 200GB.)
Performance is not that important since I'll be replacing a 2MB cache HDD
So, what do you say?
I'm leaning towards the WD Caviar.
I want to buy a new 160GB HDD and I'm undecided between the Hitachi 7K250 160GB SATA (€81), the Hitachi T7K250 160GB SATA 3.0Gbps (€84), the Maxtor DiamondMax10 160GB SATA (€81) and the Western Digital Caviar SE 160GB SATA (€75).
I considered Samsung but they are just too expensive (€93 for the HD160JJ, for that price I could buy a 200GB.)
Performance is not that important since I'll be replacing a 2MB cache HDD
So, what do you say?
I'm leaning towards the WD Caviar.