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Seagate Barracuda SUPER noisy??

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wjogert

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Hey all, not sure if this is the correct forum for HDD questions??

I recently threw together a system using some spare parts (all brand new, unopened)... including a Seagate Barracuda 750Gb/7200/16Mb SATA hdd and an Antec 300 case.

This spin volume is almost inaudible, but the read/write/seek of this drive is so loud that it reminds me of the old 20 - 40Gb IDE hard drives. The drive passes all tests and has been functioning in the system for several months.

I have had smaller 7200.10 drives and they weren't this noisy. Is it inherent of the larger capacity Seagate drives? Is it a common issue of the Antec chassis?? (amplifying the noise?)

All I know is that I haven't had a computer that was this noisy since my first Pent.II, and I'm not liking it!!
 
It is possible that the open area in the case is amplifying the seeks ( due to vibrations or harmonic resonance etc), but the 7200.10 750 and smaller drives should have no material difference in their sounds between them. My first suggestion would be to take the drive out of the case and see if the sounds subside. If they do, you may benefit from a better mount (rubber grommets between drive and case to cut down on resonance and vibration for example). Unfortunately, the 7200.10 didn't have any user-selectable acoustic management tools like some of the other times of the time, and is generally louder and draws more power than the 7200.9 it replaced. You can read some of the tested specs regarding power, vibration and idel/seek noise of the 7200.10 and other drives of the time at http://www.silentpcreview.com/article611-page2.html
 
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