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Hello everyone, I'm building an extremely passive build and I'm looking for a quiet HDD. WD is preferred but I am up to other suggestions, thanks in advance!

 

-Playbunni

 

You should consider a SSD.

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You wont get a silent HDD, my HDD (WD Red) is a little louder than my whole system (but my whole system is silent otherwise). I can recommend you the WD Red though

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I think greens are kinda quiet, I guess 5400RPMs are more quieter than 7200

But why no SSDs and a external NAS somewhere where you can't hear it ?

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500GB WD green

 

larger HDDs make more noise but still pretty quiet

WD greens have horrible speeds though, so for a bit more noise you should buy a WD red

 

green:

http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/SpecSheet/ENG/2879-800026.pdf

red:

http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/SpecSheet/ENG/2879-800002.pdf

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Hello everyone, I'm building an extremely passive build and I'm looking for a quiet HDD. WD is preferred but I am up to other suggestions, thanks in advance!

 

-Playbunni

 

You should consider a SSD.

+1

 

You wont get a silent HDD, my HDD (WD Red) is a little louder than my whole system (but my whole system is silent otherwise). I can recommend you the WD Red though

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500gb Seagate barracuda.

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the wd caviar green i have is fairly quiet for an hdd (still clicks and makes wirrs as it starts and stops tho) , but my 2.5" scorpio black is near silent 

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500GB is a bit small for my taste.

1tb then.

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What should?

usually either cpu or gpu cooler or some fans. i almost never hear my hdd, but then again, my gpu cooler is loud.

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usually either cpu or gpu cooler or some fans. i almost never hear my hdd, but then again, my gpu cooler is loud.

Yeah fans normally or gpu cooler, when your pc is under loads fans have to work pretty hard, hdd generally stays fairly quiet, all im saying is hdd is not what makes pc's loud.

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My 1TB Barracuda is pretty damn quiet. Definitely quieter than my 250GB WD Blue. Only way I can hear it is if I kill my case fans and GPU fan(s) and then beat the thing to death doing something like loading a virtual machine.

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