[mythtv-users] Sugestion for low-noise HD

[Bert Meersma]

Ben Lancaster schreef:
> On 4 May 2007, at 13:07, Adilson Oliveira wrote:
>
>   
>> I'm building my first MythTV box and I'm using a Seagate Barracuda
>> 7200.10 model ST3320620AS which is a fine HD, big, fast but a bit  
>> noisy
>> and also works a bit hot. Can you recomend a more silent one and that
>> runs colder?
>>     
>
> Harddrive noise is a tricky one, as they produce two kinds of noise:
>
> 1) The noise of the disk spinning (high pitch whine at worst, often  
> masked by fan noise, but MUCH more prominent with "silent" fans)
> 2) Clicking/rubling during read/write as the head flicks around the disk
>
> Until recently, the quietist consumer drives on the market were the  
> Samsung SpinPoint drives, with the 'cudas a close second in that they  
> absolutely no noise from #1. You still get the hard drive click/ 
> rumble - this can be minimised with rubber dampers if you mount the  
> disk in an optical drive bay. I use a pair of them in my mythbox with  
> dampers, and you can hear very very little.
>
> Western Digital have recently made some BIG progress in countering #2  
> - see here:
> http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=280&Language=en
>
> I'm yet to hear one myself, but the technology they speak about  
> (there's an animation somewhere on there) looks very convincing and  
> seems to make sense.
>
> £0.01 GBP
>
> Ben
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>   
I bought a Samsung SP2514N 250Gb IDE ATA133 drive yesterday and I must 
say it's really quiet. I have it also mounted with rubber dampers (in an 
Antec Fusion case). Besides the low noise, the performance is also good. 
There are many reviews of this drive available on the net.

Regards,
Bert