Quietest 2.5 HHD

[MonteOfficial]

I've done a lot of research for this and I've come to no conclusion.

 

I need this for a msi gs63VR, which are known for having very loud hard drives. It'll be used in quiet classrooms so that will cause unwanted attention. I need a 1tb drive too, so ssd's are out of the question because since i just bought the laptop, I am flat broke.

 

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

[Changis]

23 minutes ago, MonteOfficial said:

I've done a lot of research for this and I've come to no conclusion.

 

I need this for a msi gs63VR, which are known for having very loud hard drives. It'll be used in quiet classrooms so that will cause unwanted attention. I need a 1tb drive too, so ssd's are out of the question because since i just bought the laptop, I am flat broke.

 

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

i don't think there have been done tests on this, nor is it certain that what one guy says is quiet is acceptably quiet for you.. if you need quietness and storage, why not get a 256 ssd and a big hdd? using the computer for school should be able to work on the ssd alone for quietness (unless you go to a video editor class or such, where in which case the fan noise would drown out any subtle harddrive noice anyway)

you can be glad we don't have the harddrives that were around when i started out

 

 

[jools]

yep go ssd

[MonteOfficial]

1 minute ago, Changis said:

i don't think there have been done tests on this, nor is it certain that what one guy says is quiet is acceptably quiet for you.. if you need quietness and storage, why not get a 256 ssd and a big hdd? using the computer for school should be able to work on the ssd alone for quietness (unless you go to a video editor class or such, where in which case the fan noise would drown out any subtle harddrive noice anyway)

you can be glad we don't have the harddrives that were around when i started out

 

 

My definition of quiet is not audible 3 feet away. the laptop in question already has a 256 nvme drive, but it has a 1tb hard drive as well.

[MonteOfficial]

1 minute ago, jools said:

yep go ssd

I really want to but i don't have the funds. If i did samsung 840 evo without a doubt.

[jools]

actually I believe u can put an m2 ssd in they are cheaper

[Changis]

Just now, MonteOfficial said:

My definition of quiet is not audible 3 feet away. the laptop in question already has a 256 nvme drive, but it has a 1tb hard drive as well.

i think finding the quietest 2.5 HDD might be a struggle.. maybe there is a local computer shop where you can listen to the drives for comparison? but i don't know of any tests where they mention db produced by the drive.. it's always "ssd are silent" which they are.. but it doesn't solve your issue however.. 
i'm not sure where to even begin, but a computer workshop that sees alot of harddrives go through might have a better indication, but i doubt someone thought "wow, that was a quiet hdd, i'll have to remember that" 

but good luck, and post your results here if someone else is looking for the same thing

[jools]

alternative solution .....place laptop on large mouse mat, will cut noise levels

[jools]

 

1tb 2.5 hdd

http://www.ebuyer.com/339395-toshiba-1tb-2-5-9-5mm-sata-mobile-hard-drive-mq01abd100m

this looks ok , silent seek tech ....what ever that is

 

19dBA (seek) and 17dBA (idle)

[MonteOfficial]

4 hours ago, jools said:

 

1tb 2.5 hdd

http://www.ebuyer.com/339395-toshiba-1tb-2-5-9-5mm-sata-mobile-hard-drive-mq01abd100m

this looks ok , silent seek tech ....what ever that is

 

19dBA (seek) and 17dBA (idle)

This is more like what i was looking for! I had a toshiba drive in my old laptop and it was probably the only good part that thing had.