How loud are the maxtors?

[Pyro]

Are they quiet, ok, or unbearable?

anyone know the noise in db?

 

[Noriaki]

I F***ing love the Sig!

Which ones? My old 6.4Gig 5400rpm sounded like dragging nails across a blackboard when it was seeking....the new ones (Dmax+40 and Dmax+45) are quite quiet...and if they are too loud for you, Maxtor has a utility to select "quiet" mode to drop the noise level even more.

 

[Muadib]

I like your sig too, but I think you will be changing it soon... To answer your question, they are quiet. I don't even hear mine due to fan noise, but I can still hear my ibm.

 

[jpprod]

The new Diamondmax 80 series 5400rpm drives are without a doubt the most quiet drives I've ever encountered. I honestly cannot hear anything out of it - running Scandisk and booting into Windows is almost eerie

 

[Frosty20]

My Maxtor Diamond Max+40 is very quiet at idle and hardly noticable when reading/writing...plus the newer drives can be set to run even quieter(DMax+45, +60)

 

[Pyro]

thank you very much for the info. I was looking at those DM+45 they sound like good performers at a good price.

I love my sig too and though of it myself Gonna try to keep it as long as possible...

 

[Taz4158]

Very quiet and great performance.

 

[GTaudiophile]

My DiamondMAX Plus 7200rpm 27.2GB is nearly silent, especially when compared to my Quantum Fireball 5400rpm 10.2GB. I can't hear it over one system fan unless I put my ear next to the front of the machine.

 

[4824guy]

My DiamondMax Plus Maxtor is alot more quieter than my WD Expert Series HD, both 7200 rmp'ers.

 

[ignorus]

I have the maxtor 45gb hard drive and I can't even hear it at all through the case... Of course I have like 5 fans drowning out the noise

 

[Pariah]

Think of a jackhammer, thn square that and add 3. Pretty loud stuff.

 

[ElFenix]

for some reason i can't hear either of the dm +40s i have in the box at my feet, but the box 3 feet away has some weird echo properties for the case and the fact that i've "hidden" it inside a piece of furniture so i can hear that +40 really well.

 

[edblor]

I had dual 13.6GB ATA66s with 2MB cache in a RAID setup and I don't think I could hear them at all!!

Quiet as hell!!

And fast to boot!!

Edblor

P.S. Your sig does rock! If I hear that stoopid fiicking song 1 more time.......

 

[MWink]

They are the quietist drives I have ever heard (or not heard for that matter).

 

[shiznut123]

my maxtor 7200rpm 13.6gb is loud as fvck!!!

 

[Yoshi]

My 40Gb DiamondMax Plus 7200RPM is very quiet, it makes less noise than my 18Gb Western Digital Expert 7200 RPM.

 

[nightowl]

The Diamond Max 40 I have is also one of the quietest drives I have had. They are super quiet compared to my Quantum Fireball Plus LM, which is louder than my entire system with music playing, the system 4 fans, and a 7200 rpm Seagate Cuda SCSI.

 

[LXi]

<<my maxtor 7200rpm 13.6gb is loud as fvck!!!>>

Ahh, shaddup, you just ruined the unanimous vote! Those 13Gigers are 3 years old for god's sake! New Maxtors, in my experience are barely half as loud as those old ones.


Pyro:

Get the DiamondMax Plus 60, its currently the best 20Gig platter 7200rpm hard drive, very quiet, runs cool, and with blazing speeds.

 

[PowerJoe]

My Maxtor DiamondMax40 20GB 7200RPM (52049H4) is very quiet. I usually can't make the sound of it seeking, and I only have 2 fans in my machine. It's much quieter than the Quantum Fireball LM 20GB I have at work.

-PJ

 

[reitz]

My DiamondMax 30 GB 7200rpm is whisper quiet. If you're anal about noise, buy this drive.

 

[Whitedog]

Very quiet

 

[OS]

mine is basically silent. Between the foam and the PS fan, I cannot hear the hd.

 

[Mule]

My 30GB Maxtor 5400 is silent enough not to notice with 21db case fans, my IBM 45GB 75GXP 7200 on the other hand does make a considerable noise when seeking, also if I put my ear close up to the IBM drive it appears to be making a quiet but high pitched hissing sound???