Can anyone recommend a quiet harddrive for a media center, around the 500Gig mark.
A friend is asking me and I'm out of touch on drives at the moment.
Last I looked into 3 or 4 years ago Samsungs were the ones to go for, what's
the situation now?
He's currently got a seagate 7200.6 which has got a really annoying seek noise.
cheers!
Those geeks changed the dial up again.
Samsungs are quiet but, I think the WD green powers are pretty good too.
yeh silent pc review rated the wd green caviar
insert link here: www.google.co.uksorry lazy n that
Id go for a Samsung, excellent performance and damn quiet.
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Another vote for WD Green Power... I use the 500GB in my media centre, and it's quiet but still quite fast.Originally Posted by Sputnik
I believe WD also make some targeted at AV applications which are also allegedly quiet. Check out their website
Spinpoints are widely regarded as the quietest
Got a few Samsungs kickin about here. They are virtually silent. My fans on low are louder (which is something I should really look).
Spinpoints knee in front of WD Greenpower drives.
4 of those WD Greenpower drives is more quiet than one Spinpoint drive I have.
Then 5 of those drives together is FAR less quiet than any of my Seagate drives.
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Sputnik (27-02-2009)
Try the green powers.
I've replaced all of the drives in my WHS with them
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It opinion.
I had 2 WD's in RAID 0 before i ran my 2 Spinpoints in RAID 0 and the Samsungs are noticeably quieter
Seeing as no one has recommended a Seagate yet I'll throw this one into the mix
500GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.12
It has a single 500GB platter so it is slim, quiet, cool and quick according to most of the reviews on Newegg. Also see Hexus reader review
Samsung also do a 500GB single platter that runs at 5400rpm which should also be slim and quiet. Can't find the performance figures I was looking at atm. There was obviously some performance hit but the increased data density went some way to compensate.
500GB Samsung SpinPoint EcoGreen F2
don't drink and derive
Seagate? No way. Mine are noisy as heck!
Thanks everyone!
Those geeks changed the dial up again.
So what have you decided to get ?
samsung has a tool you can use to make their drives run quieter at the cost of speed..
it's a toss up between that and the wd green drives
I'd recommend the Samsung if you want to get a quiet one.
Last edited by tonnysand117; 03-03-2009 at 05:53 AM.
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