Difference between WD3000HLFS and WD3000GLFS

mrochester · 17 Apr 2009 at 21:10

Does anyone know what the difference is between these 2 versions of the 300GB VelociRaptor drive? The only thing that looks different to me is the heatsink is comes in.

Thanks for your help.

jrwagh333 · 17 Apr 2009 at 21:21

The HLFS is BackPane ready, so it will say fit into a hotswap bay

mrochester · 17 Apr 2009 at 21:33

Great. Can the HLFS drive be removed from the heatsink? That's the most important thing for me.

racerboy59 · 17 Apr 2009 at 22:17

I'm too lazy to open up my case and check, but i can tell you this. If you do somehow remove it, then you won't be able to fit the drive in your case's hd bay. The heatsink is designed to be the right size for a desktop hard drive. The drive in itself is only a 2.5 but quite thick.

mrochester · 17 Apr 2009 at 22:19

racerboy59 said:
I'm too lazy to open up my case and check, but i can tell you this. If you do somehow remove it, then you won't be able to fit the drive in your case's hd bay. The heatsink is designed to be the right size for a desktop hard drive. The drive in itself is only a 2.5 but quite thick.

Oh I'm aware of that, but accoustics are far more important to me, and the drive is apparently completely different noise wise once it is taken out of the heatsink.

Greenlizard0 · 17 Apr 2009 at 22:25

But much much hotter though.

mrochester · 17 Apr 2009 at 22:38

Greenlizard0 said:
But much much hotter though.

I can live with that too since heat doesn't really effect HDDs

FreeStream · 17 Apr 2009 at 23:03

These get HOT tho.

In my MP its at the front (IE by the fan) and its still 5C hotter than all 5 HDs behind it!

Its noisy either way, I don't recommend it tbh

mrochester · 17 Apr 2009 at 23:28

Concorde Rules said:
These get HOT tho.

In my MP its at the front (IE by the fan) and its still 5C hotter than all 5 HDs behind it!

Its noisy either way, I don't recommend it tbh

Well as long as it's 60º or less, it's fine.

racerboy59 · 17 Apr 2009 at 23:28

Mine is quiet as a mouse. I don't know, maybe you have got super hearing.

jrwagh333 · 17 Apr 2009 at 23:38

I really wouldn't take it out of the heatsink... If you are worried about noise but still want speed. May I recommend a SSD

BlackBat · 18 Apr 2009 at 00:07

If you want one without the heatsink why don't you buy one of these?

WD3000BLFS

mrochester · 18 Apr 2009 at 09:00

jrwagh333 said:
I really wouldn't take it out of the heatsink... If you are worried about noise but still want speed. May I recommend a SSD

The only problem there is for the same price, I'd only get a 60GB SSD, which wouldn't be enough for my C drive. I would need at least 128GB, which more than doubles the cost!