Hard disk whine

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Feel free to snip my ramblings below, but my question in short is, will I be
able to hear a Western Digital Caviar (WD2500JB - in 200GB or 250GB) when
inside a PC case, under a desk in a silent room. Now, nowhere is ever
silent, but this room is truely quiet - I have designed it this way. The
only thing that would stop me hearing a pin drop is the carpet! So will I be
irritated by a whine from this drive, or should I get another whisper quiet
Samsung Spinpoint?

I am very sensitive to (irritated by) PC 'hum' and hard disk 'whine', so
have spent a great deal of effort in silencing my PC with zalman equipment
from QuietPC. The only noise I hear is makes is a faint spinning from the
Samsung Spinpoint drive and the clicking sound of the heads (which is fine).
The quiet buzz produced by my desk lamp is louder than my PC. However, I've
filled my HD with junk and I don't want to delete most of it, so I need
another hard disk.

I have had bad experiences with several Maxtors in the past and very good
experience with Western Digital drives, so I would like a WD drive. I asked
the other day about hard disk sound levels and Paul pointed me to
http://www.storagereview.com/comparison.html with a warning that raw decibel
readings tell you nothing about the pitch or annoyance of the noise
produced. According to the readings on that website, there is very little
difference in sound levels, so I would like some real world opinion on the
noise levels between the Samsung Spinpoint hard disk and the Western Digital
Caviar hard disk.

The day WD can produce a silent and affordable Raptor, then I'll buy it!!
 
So will I be
irritated by a whine from this drive, ....
I am very sensitive to (irritated by) PC 'hum' and hard disk 'whine',
Click to expand...
The day WD can produce a silent and affordable Raptor, then I'll buy it!!
Click to expand...

the ultimate solution to HD 'whine' is on my site under comp/mods ...
 
Go get one of those boots to put on it. It might not be called a boot, but
it looks like a rubber glove. It covers the whole drive, and I believe it is
really supposed to reduce vibration. I have one on my western digital. It
helped reduce noise a little bit.
 
JuJuBeed said:
Go get one of those boots to put on it. It might not be called a
boot, but it looks like a rubber glove. It covers the whole drive,
and I believe it is really supposed to reduce vibration. I have
one on my western digital. It helped reduce noise a little bit.
Click to expand...

Boy, that must help keep it nice and cool.

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On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 16:43:40 +0100, somebody wrote:

+On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 12:42:36 -0000, "GT"
+
+> So will I be
+>irritated by a whine from this drive, ....
+>I am very sensitive to (irritated by) PC 'hum' and hard disk 'whine',
+
+>The day WD can produce a silent and affordable Raptor, then I'll buy it!!
+
+the ultimate solution to HD 'whine' is on my site under comp/mods ...

My wife keeps whining that her hard drive is overloaded. I booted her a
couple of times, but she still whines. What should I try next?
 
It doesn't cover the bottom of the drive, and if it effected heat
negatively, they would not be selling them. If you don't know about them,
then don't comment on them.
 
BTW, it has been on my hdd for two years. You would think if there was a
heat problem then the HDD would have quit by now.

"CBFalconer" > Boy, that must help keep it nice and cool.
 
It doesn't cover the bottom of the drive,
Click to expand...

That's a start but there is still some heat dissipated via
the frame itself... touch a drive that isn't cooled well, if
it feels warm there's heat radiating off the part you
touched.

and if it effected heat
negatively, they would not be selling them.
Click to expand...

Ha!
So much you have to learn about the PC parts industry.
They'll sell anything that makes them a buck regardless of
whether it has positive, negative, or no effect. If they
get a bad brand-name association they'll just make like
gypsies and move to another branding for other products.
 
BTW, it has been on my hdd for two years. You would think if there was a
heat problem then the HDD would have quit by now.
Click to expand...

Different drives can have different sensitivity to heat and
in different areas. Suppose your drive died from
overheating 6 months from now but would've lasted 2x as
long. Point is a single-sample isn't conclusive.
 
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