Need to upgrade existing drive on HTPC. Trying to decide between sammy and WD green or ....
Want low noise, low Power ~ 500Gb and not too expensive. Tempted by SSD but too poor.
Low noise is the most important.
Any thoughts ?
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Need to upgrade existing drive on HTPC. Trying to decide between sammy and WD green or ....
Want low noise, low Power ~ 500Gb and not too expensive. Tempted by SSD but too poor.
Low noise is the most important.
Any thoughts ?
Triple your storage and go for a Samsung F2 EcoDrive 1.5TB for £72. :)
If ya REALLY REALLY want only 500GB, get a Samsung F3 for £37.
Oh and if you REALLY REALLY REALLY need it to be silent, you will want an SSD, storage is a bit crap but hey, it'll be silent, and fast. ;)
the htpc I put together at the weekend is pretty quiet, and I don't think the 1.5tb samsung F2 is loud in it. I could hear it seeking, but only with my head about 10cm above the open case.
Obviously SSD would be silent, but unless the rest of your case is dead silent, I'd be surprised if the samsung caused you noise problems (especially as the HTPC & the drive will presumably be at least a couple of metres away from where you are sitting?)
Having said that, if you would be happy with slightly lower capacity, you could consider 2.5" drives - they'd be lower power too. Again, imho the F2 would be fine noise wise though. The other option is to suspend the drive or use rubber mounts etc... to cut down on vibrations being transmitted to the case.
If you are serious about low noise, then you could look at the silent pc review site. There are people on there that are truly obsessive about noise levels, and probably a million and one threads about HDD noise levels :).
If you want real silence decent ear plugs are a must!! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by nightkhaos
Or just turn up the volume :)
Another fan of the F2. I personally love em, I have five. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by GaryRW
Very tempting ..... twice the cost but three times the storage ... I think you have persuaded me.Quote:
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I have or I haven't, there is no "I think". ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Krank
Well you may or may not have tempted me.... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by nightkhaos
Another vote for the Sammys. Have 3 F1s and and noise that does come from them is hardly noticable.
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You now have free shipping (20 posts) for Scan... are you sure I haven't completely convinced you? ;)Quote:
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Samsung ECo or WD GreenPower are good for large storage.
I like the idea of the SSD as a boot drive, 40GB models are coming out at good prices, and store media on NAS for a nice & quiet htpc. admittedly you won't be booting it all the time being a HTPC but SSD still feels more responsive than the SATA drives.
The only issue with that is that a NAS is noisier then the F2/3 drives!!
Unless of course, you can put it in a cupboard with a decent network connection :)
I've got samsung spinpoints in mine, very quiet. It's worth going for a larger disk imo. I think there are excellent value 1TB and 1.5TB drives around.
+1 for the Spinpoint F2s.
Actually... *counts* +4 for the F2s.