Suggest me dead silent HDDs

dscharge · 02-20-2007, 04:02 AM

My system hard drive is about 3 years old (40gb) and it has an awful high whistling sound. Actually I have no problem with that I just want to change it to an other one what leaves me sleep :)

Any suggestions which brand or/and what type of HDDs have good performance and are very very very silent?

**Deleted090308** · 02-20-2007, 04:08 AM

Hi!
Can your system handle SATA?

Nicholas

dscharge · 02-20-2007, 04:14 AM

yes it can, I've got Abit AN7 motherboard with Sempron 2800+
I'm just thinking about a not sata hard drive since I heard that it could cause problems at windows install if I have no driver disk for the sata controller.
However I'm not sure about it so I consider SATA hdds as well.

**Deleted090308** · 02-20-2007, 04:35 AM

You're right about the install problems, but before installing Windows you have to download the SATA drivers from Abit and put them on a floppy.
If you don't care about speed a PATA could do...
About noise you could say (roughly) - the higher the RPM, the more noise

dscharge · 02-20-2007, 04:51 AM

Well, the speed is also important since I want this drive for system drive. The existing hdd is as I mentioned an old one with 5000rpm so it is slow and still it has that annoying whisteling.

What I meant when I started this thread that every hdd types has some kind of characteristic e.g. some of them are spinning silently but makes an awful rifle shooting type noise when starts working, or just simply running with a constant hearable noise etc.

If I could get some info about a particular type of silent HDD I could buy that type with the knowledge it is silent. Unfortunately I can't try them in the shop when I buy them so that's why i'm asking other's experiences :)

**Deleted090308** · 02-20-2007, 04:54 AM

OK - I have 3 Maxtor HDD's and they're very silent.

JohnthePilot · 02-20-2007, 05:40 AM

I've just replaced my drives with Hitachis. Apart from being very cheap they run quite quietly. It's the fans that keep me awake

Tumbleweed36 · 02-20-2007, 05:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnthePilot

I've just replaced my drives with Hitachis. Apart from being very cheap they run quite quietly. It's the fans that keep me awake

John,

You aren't supposed to sleep on the job anyway, so we need to get you some noisy hard drives also.

I know a lot of folks don't like the Maxtor, but I use them and find them very quiet and reliable. There was a period about two years ago where we got some bad ones, but I think that is straightened out now. I think the Western Digital is also a very reliable drive and is not a noisy one to use. Those two would be my recommendation for you.

02-20-2007, 04:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
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02-20-2007, 05:40 AM	#7 (permalink)
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02-20-2007, 04:08 AM	#2 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Hi! Can your system handle SATA? Nicholas

02-20-2007, 04:14 AM	#3 (permalink)
dscharge Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: London, UK Posts: 16 OS: Windows Vista x64 Home premium	yes it can, I've got Abit AN7 motherboard with Sempron 2800+ I'm just thinking about a not sata hard drive since I heard that it could cause problems at windows install if I have no driver disk for the sata controller. However I'm not sure about it so I consider SATA hdds as well.

02-20-2007, 04:35 AM	#4 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	You're right about the install problems, but before installing Windows you have to download the SATA drivers from Abit and put them on a floppy. If you don't care about speed a PATA could do... About noise you could say (roughly) - the higher the RPM, the more noise

02-20-2007, 04:51 AM	#5 (permalink)
dscharge Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: London, UK Posts: 16 OS: Windows Vista x64 Home premium	Well, the speed is also important since I want this drive for system drive. The existing hdd is as I mentioned an old one with 5000rpm so it is slow and still it has that annoying whisteling. What I meant when I started this thread that every hdd types has some kind of characteristic e.g. some of them are spinning silently but makes an awful rifle shooting type noise when starts working, or just simply running with a constant hearable noise etc. If I could get some info about a particular type of silent HDD I could buy that type with the knowledge it is silent. Unfortunately I can't try them in the shop when I buy them so that's why i'm asking other's experiences :)

02-20-2007, 04:54 AM	#6 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	OK - I have 3 Maxtor HDD's and they're very silent.