What's the quietest hard drive you own

[Subhuman25]

My Seagates are definitely the quietest HD's I've ever owned or put in a system.

 

[Navid]

This forum has useful info on silent PCs and components.
There is also a section on recommended components including hard drives.

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article29-page2.html

 

[airfoil]

I cant really hear my two Hitachi 7k250 120 GB drives, but then maybe thats because they cant be heard over the noise of the case fans (set at their lowest speeds).

To verify Hard Disk activity, I'm now used to looking at the HDD LED instead of listening for it.

 

[ToBeMe]

Seagate wihtout doubt....I've had all of them and Samsungs may have been close.......but not as quiet IMHO and when Seagate went to 5 yrs...........................that sealed the deal 4sure.

 

[Gurck]

I can't hear my twin 120gb 8mb cache 7200rpm ata-100 IDE WD drives.

 

[Elcs]

Originally posted by: Gurck
I can't hear my twin 120gb 8mb cache 7200rpm ata-100 IDE WD drives.

I can only hear my 80Gb and 200Gb WD SE's when they 'clunk' off as I shutdown the PC. Thats over my 9800P and 3 Panaflo L1A's

 

[Regs]

My coolmaster stock case fans are louder than my Western digitals. I guess it depends on how silent you want your hard drives to be compared to the rest of your system.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: LordPhoenix
Everyone will reply with Seagate. So there's your answer.

Winner.

I own four Cuda IV 40GBs. Quietest drive ever. StorageReview shows the new Cuda V as being quieter, but I don't buy it. I've heard both, and the tiny 40GBs are definitely quieter.

Originally posted by: Anubis
1 80mm panflow is louder then ANY HD i have ever had, maxtor, seagate, quantum, WD... does not matter

You sir, need quieter fans.

The loudest component in my quiet box was the HD. And when a Cuda IV gets called "Loud" - you know you've got a hushed rig on your hands.

- M4H

L1As are liek the quitest 80mm fans there are

and i did a test, i have a 600 MHz Celeron and teh CPU fan is teh only fan in there and it really isnt loud at all, cant hear the HDD

 

[Pollock]

My 80GB Hitachi is perfectly silent...

 

[DotheDamnTHing]

WD 120GB w/8MB buffer

 

[imported_goku]

I dunno, I have never encontered a loud hard drive. The question should be whats the LOUDEST hard drive you own. I have a maxtor and its pretty damn quiet but if your looking to build a system with absolutely no fans including no PSU fans then I GUESS there could be quieter. Probably the most noise generated is when its severely fragmented and drive head is moving back and forth rapidly. I have some seagates (2 infact) told dell one died and they sent me another, turns out the first was ok and they're pretty quiet. Drive noise should never be a problem because most fans are louder than drives are.