Looking for a quiet 7200rpm HDD 16/18TB drive.
If its a recent 7200rpm drive then the performance will be good enough (I'd rather not settle for a 5400rpm drive) so I mostly care about the noise.
The only large drive I currently have is a Toshiba 12TB HDWG31GUZSVA N300 which I would rate as very noisy for reading and writing files. When I stream a movie from my PC upstairs I can hear it from the living room during quiet bits. The idle is fine.
Looking at the options below but almost every review I look at contradicts another review!
I will be using it for downloading torrents, storing /editing photos and videos.
Need some advice from people that actually own these 16 or 18TB versions -
Seagate Exos X18 ST16000NM000J
Seagate Exos T16000NM001G
Seagate IronWolf Pro ST18000NT001
Toshiba HDWG31GUZSVA N300
WD Gold Enterprise WD161KRYZ
WD Red PRO WD161KFGX
If its a recent 7200rpm drive then the performance will be good enough (I'd rather not settle for a 5400rpm drive) so I mostly care about the noise.
The only large drive I currently have is a Toshiba 12TB HDWG31GUZSVA N300 which I would rate as very noisy for reading and writing files. When I stream a movie from my PC upstairs I can hear it from the living room during quiet bits. The idle is fine.
Looking at the options below but almost every review I look at contradicts another review!
I will be using it for downloading torrents, storing /editing photos and videos.
Need some advice from people that actually own these 16 or 18TB versions -
Seagate Exos X18 ST16000NM000J
Seagate Exos T16000NM001G
Seagate IronWolf Pro ST18000NT001
Toshiba HDWG31GUZSVA N300
WD Gold Enterprise WD161KRYZ
WD Red PRO WD161KFGX