Quietest non SSD Hard drive around ?

Snow-Munki · 8 Dec 2009 at 13:45

Hi,

Looking to upgrade my HTPC HDD for a quicker and quieter one. Currently have the Seagate 7200.10 320gb.

I would only need 500gb max, as I have a file server. So what would be the quietest ?

Looking at the Seagate 7200.12 / Samsung F3's and the Western Digital Green's at the moment,

Thanks.

shadowscotland · 8 Dec 2009 at 14:08

why not put your existing drive in a GUP caddy?
or a bungee mod - you will need a spare 5.25 bay for both ideally

samir_ansari · 8 Dec 2009 at 14:34

I would say my samsung F1 is near on silent

MikeHunt79 · 8 Dec 2009 at 15:06

samir_ansari said:
I would say my samsung F1 is near on silent

Samsung F2 is quieter however

CaseyChaos · 8 Dec 2009 at 15:17

If speed ain't too important you could always go down the 2.5" laptop drive route and get a scorpio blue at 5400rpm. Depends how quiet you want to go before performance gets to be an issue.

Snow-Munki · 8 Dec 2009 at 15:21

yeah that's the issue, I still want it to be quick aswell

Looking around most of the better drives are around the 1Tb size.

CaseyChaos · 8 Dec 2009 at 15:57

Well I have the WD caviar green & black in a shuttle and can't say that is loud in the slightest. According to the website both have the same rated decibel level.

Geckovich · 8 Dec 2009 at 20:26

I'm currently using a 320gb WD scorpio black in my main PC. 7200rmp but 2.5" so nice and quiet compared to bigger drives - which was why I bought it,

Sadly I'm not big on HDD benchies but It doesn't "feel" slower than my old Sammy F1 1TB in desktop usage.

I can post a HD tune screenshot if it'll be of use to you though.

PakJai · 8 Dec 2009 at 21:10

You can't go wrong with the WD drives.
If you don't mind noise so much and want to lean more towards performance, then go with the WD Caviar Black. If you want the quitest possible and worry less about performance, then the WD Caviar Green. If you prefer to be somewhere in between, then go with the WD Blue.