Looking for a quiet HDD

smilertoo · 16 Feb 2014 at 23:08

Can anyone recommend a 2tb hdd that's very quiet, speed isn't an issue as i boot from ssd; i am just trying to remove as many sources of noise as possible.
Is there anything quieter than the WD Greens?

Spudgun · 16 Feb 2014 at 23:41

my new western digital red 3tb drive is very quiet and I am very conscious of noise. It is significantly quieter than the 2tb samsung drive it replaced

GefGz · 16 Feb 2014 at 23:49

Samsung(Seagate) drives are substantially louder than their WD counterparts, red/green drives are great.

photoshop · 16 Feb 2014 at 23:58

WD Green and Red's

Ripshod · 17 Feb 2014 at 09:26

As speed isn't an issue defo the WD Green, mine are silent in use.

*edit*

Been that long since I bought them so I forgot one little detail. When I first installed them I downloaded a little app (maybe direct from WD) that set them to a silent mode somehow. Sorry for the vagueness, it's been a long time lol