WD RE3 Loud!

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davewolfs

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Am I nuts or is this drive loud! I've done my best to put together a PC that can be extremely quiet and this is by far the loudest component in my system, so loud that I am considering returning it and going with a large low power disk for mass storage.

Anyone else feel the same way about this drive in a raid setup for desktop use?
 
You're nuts thinking that you can just put an enterprise class drive into a silent desktop system.
 
Tell us a bit more about the system you are building. What type of RAID? What will you be using it for?

Most 7200 drives are pretty quiet these days. Some have some built in algorithms that will reduce the head noise at a modest cost to performance. Depending on the model they can be turned on and off.

WD RE drives should only be used in systems that have data redundant RAID arrays, such as Raid 5. They will do you NO good in a RAID 0.

If the noise level is your main concern, then I would consider a WD GP drive. Mine are very quiet, and while they do not contend with the fastest drives, they are still pretty quick.

Don
 
I was using this in a Raid 1 setup.

I ended up returning them and going with 1.5TB WD Green Drives. I was able to set TLER on these drives so no more concerns running them in raid.
 
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