[juneau-lug] Re: Quiet hard drives
- From: "Tony Taylor (ISD)" <tony.taylor@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 08:17:27 -0800
http://www.endpcnoise.com/cgi-bin/e/00020.html
This is a review of the 80 Gig Seagate Barracuda IV Quiet Hard Drive.
Seems like it might not be a bad drive, and isn't a terrible price.
Of course, YMMV. I have no real experience with quiet computers. I've
gone deaf to compensate.
- Tony
James Zuelow wrote:
> Anyone have advice for finding QUIET hard drives? I keep a machine in the
> living room at home, and it is noisy. I bought one of those Costco 20GB
> drives a few years ago (Western Digital IDE) and it has a high pitched
> whine that just cuts through the case and computer hutch. It sounds like
> a fan that is out of alignment, and in fact for a long time I thought it
> was a fan making the noise.
>
> I'd like to replace the drive with something quieter, but before I go
> shopping I thought I'd ask around about models people might know of that
> are quieter than others.
>
> Cheers,
>
> James
>
>
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