Quiet but fast storage

[Sonefiler]

I want a VERY quiet build, and news more storage than my 256GB SSD. What is a quiet drive with lots of space and 7200rpm for the smallest price possible?

[WoodenMarker]

Quiet and 7200rpm don't go together.

I'd take a look at high capacity WD Greens. 

[nsyedhasan]

Hard drive aren't quiet really, you can a dampener for them though. You could always store off site.(away from your PC but on the network)

[flibberdipper]

Pretty much the quietest mass storage you can get would be a WD Green. You could get a 1 TB SSD, but those aren't really cheap.

[MrBucket101]

quiet is all relative. I've got a 7200 rpm drive in my gaming rig and I can't hear it at all. The air being moved from my case fans is MUCH louder than my hard drive.

 

Same can be said for my server, I've got 10 7200rpm drives in it, and I can't hear those drives either.

If you are going to build a deathly silent rig, then a 7200rpm might make some noise, if you're going to have some case fans moving air, then I doubt you'll be able to hear anything

[helping]

quiet is all relative. I've got a 7200 rpm drive in my gaming rig and I can't hear it at all. The air being moved from my case fans is MUCH louder than my hard drive.

 

Same can be said for my server, I've got 10 7200rpm drives in it, and I can't hear those drives either.

If you are going to build a deathly silent rig, then a 7200rpm might make some noise, if you're going to have some case fans moving air, then I doubt you'll be able to hear anything

You must have a very loud system, I can hear clearly when any of my 7200's fire up. 

[MrBucket101]

You must have a very loud system, I can hear clearly when any of my 7200's fire up. 

10 - 1850rpm Scythe GT's in push/pull on my rads, 200mm side panel fan, and a 120mm exhaust

[helping]

10 - 1850rpm Scythe GT's in push/pull on my rads, 200mm side panel fan, and a 120mm exhaust

odd, I'm using all Fractal fans at 5v, dual tower Phanteks at <500 RPM in an R4 and any of my three hard drives are easily the most noticeable.

[Sonefiler]

quiet is all relative. I've got a 7200 rpm drive in my gaming rig and I can't hear it at all. The air being moved from my case fans is MUCH louder than my hard drive.

 

Same can be said for my server, I've got 10 7200rpm drives in it, and I can't hear those drives either.

If you are going to build a deathly silent rig, then a 7200rpm might make some noise, if you're going to have some case fans moving air, then I doubt you'll be able to hear anything

My meaning of deathly silent is, I'm running like 14 corsair quiet edition SP and AF fans at 200rpm

[MrBucket101]

odd, I'm using all Fractal fans at 5v, dual tower Phanteks at <500 RPM in an R4 and any of my three hard drives are easily the most noticeable.

Yep, a fan controller is definitely on my todo list. All of my fans run full speed =\. Gotta find a way to mount it, my rads take up too much room lol

@Sonefiler I dunno about you, but I've got loads of old 3.5" drives. See if you can dig one up and give it a test run?

[Sonefiler]

Yep, a fan controller is definitely on my todo list. All of my fans run full speed =\. Gotta find a way to mount it, my rads take up too much room lol

@Sonefiler I dunno about you, but I've got loads of old 3.5" drives. See if you can dig one up and give it a test run?

I have the only PC in the house, and it's my first one. My family is a mac family ew. I don't even know if I can call them family anymore

[MrBucket101]

I have the only PC in the house, and it's my first one. My family is a mac family ew. I don't even know if I can call them family anymore

 

Macs still have hard drives in them. Try and borrow one

[Sonefiler]

Macs still have hard drives in them. Try and borrow one

iMac, Two MacBook Pros that are still being used, my MacBook Air and a PowerBook G4. Can't salvage anything from that.

[BirdyTheMighty]

i'll say the quietest you can ever get is WD green. Seagate SV35 HDD is pretty quite IMO as I can hardly hear it

[Prokart2000]

get a wd blue

[BirdyTheMighty]

blues are loud really loud

[Faa]

Measured from 10cm (3" orsomething)

- WD10ezex blue 7.2K:

Idle: 36.1dBa
Load: 37.3dBa

- WD10ezrx green 5.4K

Idle: 27.1dBa
Load: 27.5dBa

- Seagate 7200.14

Idle: 30.2
Load: 31.2

Taken from hardware.info (actually the blue drive barely performs any better than the green one). The blue is like 10dBa louder, our ears perceive this as twice as loud so the green is noticeably quieter.

[steffen_anywhere]

get a wd blue

Might as well recommend Velociraptors...gosh