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Steve_Karl
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January 25, 05 2:46 AM (permalink)

The quietest Hard Drive?

Anyone tried these?

http://www.endpcnoise.com/cgi-bin/e/scan/st=db/co=yes/rf=%2A/fi=products/sf=category/op=eq/se=Quiet%20Hard%20Drives.html

Here's a shoot out against Seagate:
http://www.silentpcreview.com/Sections+index-req-printpage-artid-152.html

Feedback welcome!

TIA

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    Stich
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    RE: The quietest Hard Drive? January 25, 05 8:00 AM (permalink)
    Wicked awesome!
    Finally some clinical proof to back it up too.
    I want one, two, three of those buggers!

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    losguy
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    RE: The quietest Hard Drive? January 25, 05 6:51 PM (permalink)
    Nice find! I'll have to place these to my drive upgrade list.

    That is, unless Seagate responds and raises (or should I say, lowers) the bar to the next notch. But from the looks of it, they've got their work cut out for them. They'll have to play more than catchup now!

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    cliffsp8
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    RE: The quietest Hard Drive? January 28, 05 4:45 PM (permalink)
    I have two of the 160G Samsungs, one in a fanless FW box, and one in my DAW together with an older barracuda. Had them for a couple of months - I'm knocked out by how quiet they are.

    The FW external drive was virtually silent even when it was on the desk next to me and my laptop - I had to turn my head and lean towards it to hear if it was on. Now it is installed in a 4u rack case along with my FW1814 and other stuff for location recording.

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    RE: The quietest Hard Drive? January 29, 05 10:56 AM (permalink)
    Any internal HD can be made quieter by putting them in silent enclosures - my Maxtors can't be heard in their cases.

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