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NigeEss

posted on 26/2/14 at 06:21 PM Reply With Quote
Quiet hard drives

Any recommendations for super quiet 2tb internal drives ?

Nige

quote:
Originally posted by tegwin
Depends on your budget.... you can get pretty big solid state drives these days.... no noise atal!


Fair point.

£150 max

[Edited on 26/2/14 by NigeEss]





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tegwin

posted on 26/2/14 at 06:29 PM Reply With Quote
Depends on your budget.... you can get pretty big solid state drives these days.... no noise atal!





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Slimy38

posted on 26/2/14 at 07:04 PM Reply With Quote
I've found that most hard drive noise is transmitted through the case. I bought a case that was half metal half sound deadening material, the hard drives are all mounted on rubber and the only sound that comes from it is a gentle 'swoosh swoosh' from the really slow but really large fan on top.
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jossey

posted on 26/2/14 at 07:10 PM Reply With Quote
As above put it in a foam frame and it will be silent almost.

Just the wurrr of the drive spinning up.





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NigeEss

posted on 26/2/14 at 08:42 PM Reply With Quote
So....
Get a 2.5" drive and put it in my 3.5" bay with some foam

Sorted then..

ETA..

It's for my always on dedicated music server.

[Edited on 26/2/14 by NigeEss]





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Slimy38

posted on 26/2/14 at 09:05 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by NigeEss
So....
Get a 2.5" drive and put it in my 3.5" bay with some foam

Sorted then..

ETA..

It's for my always on dedicated music server.

[Edited on 26/2/14 by NigeEss]


Or a 3.5" drive in a 5.25 drive bay...

Don't use foam that's too dense, drives still get hot.

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nick205

posted on 26/2/14 at 09:19 PM Reply With Quote
My external HDD was irritatingly noisy sat at the back of my desk. The noise was actually amplified through the desk. It now sits on two soft squash balls cut in half to make four rubber domes - noise suppressed. A trick I learnt from an audiophile friend who has his Hi Fi components sat on them to isolate from external vibration (can't hear the difference myself, but he swears by it).






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DJT

posted on 27/2/14 at 12:37 PM Reply With Quote
I've had a couple of Samsung Spinpoint hard drives in my Media Centre for a number of years. I bought them because they were supposed to be quiet and I think they are. Maybe others are quieter. I don't know. The first of the drives has been running on and off, mostly on(!), since start of 2006 with no issues. Very impressed.





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