Seagate 3TB ST3000DM001

kmufc77 · 5 Jun 2012 at 17:32

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-256-SE&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1955

Are they quiet? im sure there are a few owners on these forums.

Im looking at getting one 3TB and selling all my other HDD's.

Surveyor · 5 Jun 2012 at 18:56

Mini review of the 2TB version: Mini Review - Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200 RPM (ST2000DM001)

What about noise? As before with the DOA scare stories some people reported these as being loud. If mine were going to be loud, chucking 2 in RAID-0 would surely be a nightmare?

They are not. They are entirely silent and inaudible above my fans. (My fans are not delta screamers either!). Even when hammering 100s of GBs and 1,000s of files worth of data to them I cannot hear them. The ONLY audible element of the drive is a short sharp click when they first power on and at times rarely after booting in what I assume is the head moving onto the platters from idle states. It's a non-issue basically.

kmufc77 · 5 Jun 2012 at 19:10

Thank You.

Surveyor · 5 Jun 2012 at 19:29

No problem.

I don't imagine the 3TB is much different than the 2TB.

mayebaza · 7 Jun 2012 at 07:51

Very Impressed with mine. Gonna get a bunch of these and stick em in a Drobo.

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