Stay away from the Seagate 7200.9 160GB model!Very Loud!
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Stay away from the Seagate 7200.9 160GB model!Very Loud!
I got the Seagate 7200.9 160GB IDE single platter and this hd has a very loud sound witch comes from the vibration i think(i am not sure though).My old maxtor 60gb is a lot better but not perfect.I am very dissapointed by the seagate and i got it back the next day i got it.
I think i must try the Samsung 160GB SATA.Is this a relatively quiet drive?
I think i must try the Samsung 160GB SATA.Is this a relatively quiet drive?
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Noisy 7200.9 160GB
But I wonder if that newer 7200.9 160GB produce the same annoying idle-buzz-noise as older 7200.7 & 8?
I don't know if I should stay with Seagate or swtich to different brand. I cannot accept that self diagnostic noise of Seagate's anymore
I don't know if I should stay with Seagate or swtich to different brand. I cannot accept that self diagnostic noise of Seagate's anymore
Hey fellows I am just sharing my experience with you.
The Seagate 7200.9 160GB IDE model has also a high pitch whine that i forgot to mention before because the main source of noise is the vibration.I tried to put the hd on the floor(on a soft cloth) and the sound of the vibration didn't go away.If anyone has the same hd please tell us your experience.
The Seagate 7200.9 160GB IDE model has also a high pitch whine that i forgot to mention before because the main source of noise is the vibration.I tried to put the hd on the floor(on a soft cloth) and the sound of the vibration didn't go away.If anyone has the same hd please tell us your experience.
I have two of them, suspended. Very quiet & great performance in RAID 0. Prior to suspending the drives there was a vibration problem. $2 for Stretch Magic cured that one.xenithon wrote:Hmm, must be the IDE models only. I got myself a Seagte 7200.9 160GB SATA drive and it is the quietest drive I have ever (not) heard!
I just got two 500GB SATA ones on the cheap and have them set up in Raid 0 for my gaming machine. They're hard mounted in an Antec TX-640B and they're actually pretty quiet at idle, but while formatting the array, they make the worst sounding seek grinding noises (probably because they're not isolated from the case).
I don't recall hearing any whine from mine, so my main two complaints are the seek noise (no AAM available even) and the performance is not so great. HDTach ~97MB/sec avg., 180MB/sec burst in Raid 0. Gotta test a single drive now. Anyone else test their's in Raid?
For comparison, my near-silent server machine (Antec Fusion) has a notebook drive for boot + WD SE16 500GB (AAM enabled) and the tiny buzzing from my LCD is the most annoying sound. HDTach ~72MB/sec avg. from one drive.
I don't recall hearing any whine from mine, so my main two complaints are the seek noise (no AAM available even) and the performance is not so great. HDTach ~97MB/sec avg., 180MB/sec burst in Raid 0. Gotta test a single drive now. Anyone else test their's in Raid?
For comparison, my near-silent server machine (Antec Fusion) has a notebook drive for boot + WD SE16 500GB (AAM enabled) and the tiny buzzing from my LCD is the most annoying sound. HDTach ~72MB/sec avg. from one drive.
Lest anyone forget, SPCR already has a full review of the 160gb Seagate 7200.9 if you'd like to read it yourself.
AZbrandon, this drive that is being discussed is the new SLIMLINE version and I have used both, the new version has much much quieter seeks, and as that was the only real drawback to the original drive its incomparable to the reviewed drive. Fortunatley all of the 160GB drives that I now have in stock at work are slim versions.
Andy
Andy
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What's the product code/s for this new version?andyb wrote:AZbrandon, this drive that is being discussed is the new SLIMLINE version and I have used both, the new version has much much quieter seeks, and as that was the only real drawback to the original drive its incomparable to the reviewed drive. Fortunatley all of the 160GB drives that I now have in stock at work are slim versions.
Andy
We know from Mike C's review as well as the 4 I have in my own P180 that the product code of the original drive reviewed was ST3160812AS. A quick look at Seagate's full product listing shows right under that drive to be one known as the ST3160811AS which says it is 20mm height versus the traditional 26mm height. I can only guess he is talking of this drive.IdontexistM8 wrote:What's the product code/s for this new version?
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The drive I am talking about is indeed the "ST3160811AS"
http://www.seagate.com/cda/products/dis ... 68,00.html
This also has the reversed circuit board for the electronics (think WD), this is the first Seagate drive I have seen this on.
Either way, I think that the drive that "GTO234" has is either faulty, or damaged.
Andy
http://www.seagate.com/cda/products/dis ... 68,00.html
This also has the reversed circuit board for the electronics (think WD), this is the first Seagate drive I have seen this on.
Either way, I think that the drive that "GTO234" has is either faulty, or damaged.
Andy