Seagate 7200.10 320Gb - Silent @ OCUK

sprognak · 1 Dec 2006 at 09:20

I don't know if this applies to every hard drive currently being sold by OCUK, but I bought a few on Tuesday and the two I have tested so far are absolutely silent! Can't hear them above a Scythe 1200RP 12cm fan. (Which is pretty damned quiet!).

The glue is a clear greenish and date code is 07185.

danoliver1 · 1 Dec 2006 at 16:04

Mines silent too

Bananadude · 1 Dec 2006 at 18:01

Errr....I'm confused....

Xeon · 1 Dec 2006 at 18:36

The noisy drive post was nearly a month ago (bad batch?) - i think what they are saying is that the current Seagates in OcUK stock are quiet.

byron_hinson · 1 Dec 2006 at 18:44

Xeon said:
The noisy drive post was nearly a month ago (bad batch?) - i think what they are saying is that the current Seagates in OcUK stock are quiet.

Seagate I got just yesterday from OCuk is noisy and is the pink paste.

Xeon · 1 Dec 2006 at 20:08

byron_hinson said:
Seagate I got just yesterday from OCuk is noisy and is the pink paste.

This is strange as the pink paste ones from china are all quiet untill now!
1st poster has the green singapore ones - its unusual for the same dealer to have both types in stock?

byron_hinson · 1 Dec 2006 at 20:33

Well pretty sure mine said from China on it too - I'll check in a bit as Its connected via eSATA anyway

MikeHunt79 · 1 Dec 2006 at 21:47

I'm gonna buy 6 of these soon for a raid 5 setup...

If I end up with a noisy one, is there much hassle in getting it exchanged?

Snapshot · 2 Dec 2006 at 08:46

MikeHunt79 said:
I'm gonna buy 6 of these soon for a raid 5 setup...

If I end up with a noisy one, is there much hassle in getting it exchanged?

The problem from the supplier's POV is that it isn't actually faulty so you may meet some resistance.

Massive Attack · 2 Dec 2006 at 09:49

got two green paste ones from a competitor and they are totally silent

byron_hinson · 2 Dec 2006 at 09:52

Just to confirm, the one i got from OcUK this week has pink paste and is noisy.

Slackworth · 2 Dec 2006 at 10:57

Unfortunately, we can't choose which ones we want and Seagate just ship us whatever they fancy and as we sell a lot of these, we get through rather a lot.

byron_hinson · 2 Dec 2006 at 11:05

yeah its not a problem to me anyway as the drive is fine, i'm used to noise!

HighlandeR · 4 Dec 2006 at 00:21

Yeap its a 50/50 thing...

had the same issue when I got 2 x 400giggers SATAs last year even.

sprognak · 4 Dec 2006 at 10:33

Just to add, the green ones are branded "Product of Singapore"

Gommsta · 4 Dec 2006 at 15:16

I got one of the noisy ones.

Just fitted into a Silentmaxx drive enclosure and the temperatures have dropped from 44 to 36. Noise wise its much much quieter.
Can't recommend the enclosure enough!

(running a very quiet watercooling setup)

MikeHunt79 · 4 Dec 2006 at 22:22

Gommsta said:
I got one of the noisy ones.

Just fitted into a Silentmaxx drive enclosure and the temperatures have dropped from 44 to 36. Noise wise its much much quieter.
Can't recommend the enclosure enough!

(running a very quiet watercooling setup)

I do use one of those silentmaxx enclosures on my raptor. Great of you have space in the case.

My 6 drive fileserver RAID thing will be in a MINI-ITX case, so I only have 2 x 5 1/4 inch slots to play with. This is why I'm going to try my best to find 6 that are quiet as possible.

xsnv · 4 Dec 2006 at 23:58

Got a green one and it's silent too.

Btw I don't see what all the fuss is about these drives. Got mine and it doesn't seem any quicker than my diamondmax 10.

sprognak · 5 Dec 2006 at 10:55

xsnv said:
Got a green one and it's silent too.

Btw I don't see what all the fuss is about these drives. Got mine and it doesn't seem any quicker than my diamondmax 10.

Bench it. - And make sure you remove the jumper on the Seagate. It's only SATA-1 with it left in place.

sprognak · 5 Dec 2006 at 10:57

MikeHunt79 said:
I'm gonna buy 6 of these soon for a raid 5 setup...

If I end up with a noisy one, is there much hassle in getting it exchanged?

Not under the distance selling regulations. Instead of formatting it, run a diagnostic tool on it. You'll soon tell if it's a noisy one, if it is, return it.