Looking to get a quiet mechanical drive to use as a Tvbuffer/recorded tv drive as I dont want to use the SSD for this task. Dont record much TV so size unimportant, just need it to be quiet and cool.
Any suggestions??
Quietest Mechanical drive?
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Fleadh
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holidayboy
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2.5" laptop drives are nice and quiet, you can get reasonably quick ones too.
They're relatively expensive once you get up to large sizes though I guess...
They're relatively expensive once you get up to large sizes though I guess...
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Pretty much any newer HDD will run quiet and cool(green ones more so). A 2.5" laptop drive might run a bit quieter and cooler but they the price per GB is much more and a green drive is nearly twice as fast as the a faster laptop drive. With that said since you don't record much a laptop drive might be a great fit your needs but won't give as much room to grow as a similarly priced green drive.
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If 500GB is your target, consider this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... wd5000aads
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21 dBA idle, 22 dBA seek.
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great reviews on that one!!!