Simple justice? :) More like pain...
Yes, apparently the newer stuff makes less noise than the other stuff.
But I had a whine, man, a whine. Not just some spin up noise. I killed
it off now by just putting in a slightly younger drive that had been in
an external case. It's much quieter now, but not nearly as quiet as you
know who! :) The CPU fan is next to go.
I have a Seagate in here too...one of those external FreeAgent jobbies.
I like the looks of it. It's quiet, but rather slowish. It's going to
become my MP3 backup drive, I think.
I've been reading a lot on silentpcreview and endpcnoice now. Good sites.
DHSinclair wrote:
Anthony,
Some simple justice here.
Hard Drives- They make "noise". Period. Some less than others. Choose
accordingly; and spend the money.... :)
Cooling Fans - Most make lots of "noise." Whoever they are. Some
less than others. The "less than others" usually cost us dollars to
own, and we discuss their value here in often couched terms. YMMV.
I do comprehend that you now own a "quiet PC." Nice. Wish I did
too. I do not, yet. Please sort your queries to technical business I
can understand minus your own personal affectations attached.
Believe Hayes shared a link to "quiet" fans. Hard Drives might be a
very personal discussion! I live with Seagate. I know that many on
the list do not care for Seagate for a variety of 'maybe' valid
reasons. Hmm. Shrug! LOL!
Best,
Duncan
At 20:28 09/30/2007 -0400, you wrote:
Yeah, I got a 250 I'm trying to get going now. If I can't live with
that, I'll order a 500 from newegg tomorrow.
I get I'm getting old or something, but somethings I'm just not going
to live with in my own house! Noise I don't like is one of them. I'd
swear it's raising my blood pressure.
Greg Sevart wrote:
Why in the hell are the WDs so loud? Gosh, they are awful. They have a
high pitched whine that drives me nuts. Spin up is terrible. One
is a
180 GB and I think the other is a 200 GB. Is there any software that
will put them in quiet mode?
Those are ancient drives. Old drives are loud. WD was among the last to
switch to fluid bearing motors in general. You might be able to
enable some
acoustic management, but my guess is that it's bearing whine you're
hearing,
not seek noise. IF that is indeed the case, there's nothing you can
do short
of outright replacement. FWIW, the new WD's are among the quietest
drives
available.
Greg
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