quietist hdd sata

[louis]

want to get a new sata drive 120gb anyone know which is the quietist?

[Craig]

We got the Seagate Barracuda SATA drives in at work and they dont seem to be that noisy Never tried any of the others tho

[louis]

thanks m8 are they the 120gb models?

[Bindibadgi]

I swear by seagates for quietness. They do do 120gig models of the 7200.7 too.

[eldren]

http://www.silentpcreview.com/module...rtid=29&page=1

Not strictly S-ATA, but usually ATA and S-ATA versions of the same model have no difference in noise levels.

A note about Seagate drives: genuine Barracuda IVs and Vs are no longer sold, and are fairly hard to come by. To ensure that you are getting the real thing, you can check the model number against those listed at http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/...acuda_ata.html

Edit: I've found the following to be incorrect:
The difference between the 7200.7s and the IVs and Vs is that the 7200.7s don't have fluid dynamic bearings, and are thus noisier.

[Bindibadgi]

Originally posted by eldren
The difference between the 7200.7s and the IVs and Vs is that the 7200.7s don't have fluid dynamic bearings, and are thus noisier.

What the hell??? I thought they did :/ WTF are they doing stepping BACKWARDS for??

[eldren]

FDB is expensive to make, if I recall correctly - cutting it out reduces manufacturing costs.

Edit: Still applicable, despite my error, I think.

[eldren]

My mistake: I did some checking on Seagate's site, the 7200.7 drives do have FDB. Dunno why I thought they didn't. Was something I would have bet on. :/ Sorry about that.

[Steve]

Eldren: the 7200.7's were a response to the fact that Seagates SATA drives lagged behind the competition when it came to performance. The new drives are somewhat faster, still not top dog, but better than the BC V's

[Alan]

I understand the Samsung Spinpoint drives are supposed to be very quiet. Certainly the 120Gb and 160Gb versions are proving very popular at Kustom PCs with the quiet PC brigade.