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Quiet drive
- Thread starter skittzle
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I've got a WD500AAKS in my system now that I have to strain to hear it seeking with the case's side panel off. With it closed up I don't hear anything from my system.
Outside the 10k drives, most are almost dead silent these days. I have an older 40GB Seagate that I can't hardly hear a peep out of in my external drive enclosure. It just emits a very low hum from the motor spinning, mostly from vibration transmitted into the enclosure.
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Thanks for the replies. I currently own a WD 250GB drive. It must be dieing because the noise is driving me crazy. It chatters pretty bad.
Older drive tend to be noisier than the newer ones. I remember the first 7200RPM consumer drives were fucking LOUD. I've got an old 2001 era 20GB WD200 in my kids' iMac that drive me up the wall.