I've been trying to find information on what hard drives don't produce a lot of heat. I know the 5400 RPM drives produce less heat, but I'm looking for a quiet, fast, and low heat Hard drive. Any recommendations on that? I've been going through this forum, but the only thing I'm running into are Raid threads. Any help in would be appreciated.
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The Quietest Hard Drive ?
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Not sure what your application is, but this might be what you need.
DVR hard drives.
I put a 500 gig DB35 in my Directivo a couple of years ago and it has worked flawlessly.
Don
DVR hard drives.
I put a 500 gig DB35 in my Directivo a couple of years ago and it has worked flawlessly.
Don
Not sure what you want to use it for, or how much you want to spend, but a SSD might be what you are looking for. They are very expensive with low capacity, but since there are no moving parts, they are totally silent. You really need to watch out for the cheap ones. There have been leaps and bounds in the performance of SSD's lately, but the older ones are still floating around with horrendous performance.
u can not hear this drive @ all and it uses very little power
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16822136151
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16822136151
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I would say its a Hitachi, Samsung or WD. I bought the WD 750AAKS because it had the lowest noise with greatest performance as I have seen measured. Check the graphs in this article :
"Western Digital SE16 750GB: "Quiet" a Performer"
http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=3061
"Western Digital SE16 750GB: "Quiet" a Performer"
http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=3061