Seagate Barracuda Drive?

[DSteiny18]

Quick question, I pulled a 2 TB barracuda drive out of an external enclosure I used to use for storing xbox games. Now that i sold my xbox and have a PC i figured why not put it in there for mass game storage? The problem is that its REALLY loud when it spins up... like louder than the rest of my entire system. I dont think the drive has any issues with it physically or anything, its just super loud. Are these drives any good? Or should i just look for a higher performance, more reliable, and quiter alternative? (that isnt an SSD)

[Coaxialgamer]

Just now, DSteiny18 said:

Quick question, I pulled a 2 TB barracuda drive out of an external enclosure I used to use for storing xbox games. Now that i sold my xbox and have a PC i figured why not put it in there for mass game storage? The problem is that its REALLY loud when it spins up... like louder than the rest of my entire system. I dont think the drive has any issues with it physically or anything, its just super loud. Are these drives any good? Or should i just look for a higher performance, more reliable, and quiter alternative? (that isnt an SSD)

Depends what model it is ( the baracuda lineup stretches across a few drive generations.  I personally love my drive.  I got around 215MB/s last time i benched it ( with wear it probably is lower now), its quiet and has no issues.  However,  it seema people have had bad experiences with baracuda drives. 

[Piemanfood]

Yeah depending on what generation drive you have that would explain it, I can't remember what one it was but one set of them had a really high failure rate and just a bunch of problems 

[Guest]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Grow-Up-Japan-Silencer-GUP-SMDNEO-QQ/dp/B002A4MICM something like this if it becomes available, or if you can find an alternative 

[DSteiny18]

Awesome, thanks guys. I'll check the model and see if I have one of the bad ones. if I do ill look at getting something like a 4TB WD black or something cool.