Seagate 7200.7 160gig sata *noisy*

[[h]ernzinator]

I bought this drive at comp usa for $99.99 after mir and it's a LOUD performer. Anyone else have the same problem with this drive? i thought seagates were supposed to be quiet :confused: . It's secured in the hdd cage inside my case. I will test it out of the case on my bed to see if it still makes all the noise.

-[h]rnzntr

[felix88]

they are supposed to be quiet.

is it noisy during idle or durning seeks?

[[h]ernzinator]

oh sorry, its loud during seek but when idle its very quiet. Opening an empty folder causes it to seek for a few seconds and it gets annoying. I was just wondering if this is normal for a seagate drive. when i get home from school i'll make a recording of it and post it on the thread for people to evaluate lol.

-henry

[felix88]

companies are sneaky about stuff like this.

Idle acoustics of 2.5 bels- the industry's best

it doesn't say anything about the drive being quiet during seeks.

i think segate gave up some of the quietness of their drives so they could squeeze some more preformance out of them.

i can barely hear my Baracuda IV when it's seeking, but ht has horrable seek times.

[Deadlierchair]

My two 120 gig 7200.7 are the same, very quiet while spinning, but during access they are pretty crunchy sounding. Overall they're still great drives IMO...