Seagate or Samsung Hard Drive

[milanlad]

I need some advise in choosing hard drive manufacture for my system. I've narrowed it down to either Seagate and/or Samsung, but I need help to decide which to go for. I'm open to suggestions for other manufactures.


My requirements:

I need to buy 2 hard drives. Both will be SATA2 and need them to be as QUIET as possible. They will be left on for long periods. I need one for the operating system (i.e. my C: drive) and one drive purely for data (mainly music and video).


Thanks in advance.

p.s. my computer is the Shuttle SD31P.

[ifyouknowme]

both drive manfactures make very quiet drives id got for samsung even though i use maxlines atm which im quite impressed with

[Cronus]

The Samsungs are meant to be the quietest drives around at the moment

[ifyouknowme]

samsungs are used in carilions (silent audio pcs )

[kalniel]

If noise is your prime concern then go for the samsung.

[zulander]

Yep ive got a samsung 250 sata 2 and its very quiet. Make sure u check the db levek off the drive tho some samsungs use differnt parts in the motors and they are a bit louder apprently. Seagate have 5 year warrentys tho wich is very good

[Odc]

Get the Samsungs

[elneckio]

Both make good drives, Samsung just slightly quieter although I have found the ones I have had run warmer - still within specs though.

[Tak]

Go with the Samsung. If you want to make sure it's running as quiet as possible, make sure you mount it properly, though it will be hard to do in a Shuttle - they aren't the easiest boxes to quieten.

[milanlad]

Go with the Samsung. If you want to make sure it's running as quiet as possible, make sure you mount it properly, though it will be hard to do in a Shuttle - they aren't the easiest boxes to quieten.

Are there any useful ways to mount a hard drive in a 3.5" bay?

[Tak]

Not really, unless you use 2.5" drives that'll give you room for suspension or cushioning.

TBH I reckon you won't notice much of a difference anyway, as the CPU, PSU and GFX fans will probably drown out most of the HD noise.

[milanlad]

Not really, unless you use 2.5" drives that'll give you room for suspension or cushioning.

TBH I reckon you won't notice much of a difference anyway, as the CPU, PSU and GFX fans will probably drown out most of the HD noise.

Good point.

By the way - whats the difference between SATA 150 and SATA2 ? I've also seen SATA 300?