Samsung is a quiet drive

[Stacey]

I just picked up a samsung drive form my "silent" PC as the older WD 15gig
5400RPM drive was by far the loudest part of the machine now, It was the
whine it makes when spinning that was irritating. The drive I got was one
of their 'spinpoint' 40 gig's but it's almost -silent- compared to the WD
drive. Just a heads up for anyone looking for a quiet drive.

 

[Moderately Confused]

I just picked up a samsung drive form my "silent" PC as the older WD 15gig
5400RPM drive was by far the loudest part of the machine now, It was the
whine it makes when spinning that was irritating. The drive I got was one
of their 'spinpoint' 40 gig's but it's almost -silent- compared to the WD
drive. Just a heads up for anyone looking for a quiet drive.

I just picked up a Samsung 160 gig hard drive from newegg.com ($100,
woohoo), and while it is reasonably quiet, there is a detectable high
pitched hum that I can hear over my 4 80mm case fans plus several other
fans. It's not enough to be bothersome, but it's just enough to let you
know it's there.

MC

 

[half_pint]

I have an old samsung 2gig sw2021a drive and in compariosn to my
3Gig WD drive it is really quiet, a faint bubling rustling in comparison
to the anoying loud ticking from the WD (which I was so annoyed
with I felt like returning), I was so annoyed I bought extra memory
and move certain files (swapfile, TIF, and OE files) onto the slower
samsung drive, otherwise it would have drove me crazy(ier).

half_pint.

(

 

[Lou]

I just picked up a samsung drive form my "silent" PC as the older WD 15gig
5400RPM drive was by far the loudest part of the machine now, It was the
whine it makes when spinning that was irritating. The drive I got was one
of their 'spinpoint' 40 gig's but it's almost -silent- compared to the WD
drive. Just a heads up for anyone looking for a quiet drive.

I built a near silent PC for my wife using the Samsung SP drive, large heat
sink with 80mm fan on the CPU (spinning very slow), a fanless VGA card and a
300W Coolmax PS with 120mm fan.
I learned a lot from a web site and NG on silent PC info
http://www.silentpcreview.com/
They have reviews on products and how quiet they are and the Samsung SP HDD
is rated as one of the best. I made it even quieter by mounting it on super
soft rubber called Sorbathane. No vibration noise transfered to the case.
My new PC is an Athlon 64, 1GB RAM, ATI 9800 PRO with silent HS, a 400W
Coolmax 120mm fan PS, one 120mm case fan, two Samsung SP drives in RAID 0
and a modified Antec P-160 case. Its not what I would call silent but it is
very quiet and with high performance.
I think if more PC users (and builders) realized how quiet you can make a PC
with the right design and components, then there would be more of a market
for it and more parts made quiet.

Lou

 

[~misfit~]

I just picked up a samsung drive form my "silent" PC as the older WD
15gig 5400RPM drive was by far the loudest part of the machine now,
It was the whine it makes when spinning that was irritating. The
drive I got was one of their 'spinpoint' 40 gig's but it's almost
-silent- compared to the WD drive. Just a heads up for anyone looking
for a quiet drive.

That's good to hear. I just got home from buying a Samsung 80GB 'Spinpoint'
7,200rpm drive for the missus' machine to replace the two 20GB (Seagate and
Maxtor) drives she's currently running. It hasn't been installed yet si I
don't know what it'll be like. I usually buy Seagate drives but the Samsung
was a bit cheaper, I'm broke and I've been hearing good things about them.
Hopefully I won't be dissapointed.

 

[kony]

I just picked up a samsung drive form my "silent" PC as the older WD 15gig
5400RPM drive was by far the loudest part of the machine now, It was the
whine it makes when spinning that was irritating. The drive I got was one
of their 'spinpoint' 40 gig's but it's almost -silent- compared to the WD
drive. Just a heads up for anyone looking for a quiet drive.

I like mine too...
Have a new build in front of me with an 80GB Maxtor +9, an 80GB WD "JB",
and an 160GB Samsung SP 1614N in it. The Samsung drive (leaving default
AM setting as "On/Fast") is a little quieter than the Maxtor but much
quieter than the WD. Plus Samsung seems to have retained a 3 yr.
warrantly on more (or all?) of their drives.

 

[Stacey]

I like mine too...
Have a new build in front of me with an 80GB Maxtor +9, an 80GB WD "JB",
and an 160GB Samsung SP 1614N in it. The Samsung drive (leaving default
AM setting as "On/Fast") is a little quieter than the Maxtor but much
quieter than the WD. Plus Samsung seems to have retained a 3 yr.
warrantly on more (or all?) of their drives.

Where I really notice the difference is the noise when it's just spinning
and not reading/writing. Seems like their fluid bearing technology really
works? And yes it has a 3 year warranty as well.

 

[Trent©]

I like mine too...
Have a new build in front of me with an 80GB Maxtor +9, an 80GB WD "JB",
and an 160GB Samsung SP 1614N in it. The Samsung drive (leaving default
AM setting as "On/Fast") is a little quieter than the Maxtor but much
quieter than the WD. Plus Samsung seems to have retained a 3 yr.
warrantly on more (or all?) of their drives.

I've installed a few of the Raptor's lately...mostly the 36's...and
they're extremely quiet.


Have a nice week...

Trent©

Follow Joan Rivers' example --- get pre-embalmed!

 

[Benjamin Neu]

I just picked up a samsung drive form my "silent" PC as the older WD 15gig
5400RPM drive was by far the loudest part of the machine now, It was the
whine it makes when spinning that was irritating. The drive I got was one
of their 'spinpoint' 40 gig's but it's almost -silent- compared to the WD
drive. Just a heads up for anyone looking for a quiet drive.

Your absolutly right. Some months ago I bought my second Samsung HD.
Sure, the first one was pretty loud, but it worked like a dream for over
5 years (actually it's still running flawlessly, but it's just to loud
to put it into my new system, just to have 8gb more cypacity). That's
something I can't say about my old 40gb IBM harddisk.
I bought the 160gb Harddisk with 8mb cache, spinpoin, and it is a great
harddisk. The only indicator that it is aactually working is the HD-light.

 

[pnell2112]

I got a spin point 40 n its also v v v quiet.
Compared to the 5Gb SCSI drive I used to have.
Mr P.

 

[half_pint]

I got a spin point 40 n its also v v v quiet.
Compared to the 5Gb SCSI drive I used to have.
Mr P.

I don't really think SCSI drives are really intended for desktops
and are more designed to be hidden away in a seperate room
where they can make as much noise as they like (and they do like
to make noise!!), but they are of course faster.
I think more speed means more noise generally.

 

[kony]

I don't really think SCSI drives are really intended for desktops
and are more designed to be hidden away in a seperate room
where they can make as much noise as they like (and they do like
to make noise!!), but they are of course faster.
I think more speed means more noise generally.

Situation is usually that these older drives are ball-bearing, and often
higher RPM than contemporary drives. Other drives of same age may easily
be loud after months to years of use, but contrasted with a new
liquid-bearing drive, of course the new drive is quieter.