Are APM and AAM controls disabled on newer WD Green drives?

(hddscan, crystaldiskinfo report that APM and AAM are not supported on my WD20EZRX)

Should I assume based on sources below that WD20EZRX uses 1TB platters? Which should I buy? Should less platters reduce noise? Are there any other good choices for silent 2TB drives? HNY :) http://rml527.blogspot.com/2010/10/hdd-platter-database-western-digital-35_1109.html http://www.wdc.com/wdprod...

Sapphire Radeon GHz EDITION HD7770 1GB 11201-00-20G http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?cid=1&gid=3&sgid=1159&lid=1&pid=1452&leg=0 minimum fan speed ~1300rpm surprisingly quiet, IMO recommended for most users (especially compared to MSI version http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/view...

R7770-2PMD1GD5/OC
http://www.msi.com/product/vga/R7770-2PMD1GD5-OC.html

FYI:

• minimum RPM of fans at 0% is ~1400 (probably too fast and loud for most readers of this site)
• somewhat crappy acoustic characteristics - fans are most silent at 30 and 34% speed (~1600rpm)

Iiyama B2776HDS - silent

Asus VE278Q - high pitched whine, fortunately only hearable from few centimeters away, so silent in normal use


EDIT 15-09-12: Unfortunately over time it became slightly louder (now it has audible high pitched whine)

my dell 2209wa does buzz and whine a little... you shouldn't settle for your monitor making noise. There are several ways you can troubleshoot the sound. When I first bought my 22" samsung, it was making a faint humming. After troubleshooting, I found out that increasing or decreasing the brightnes...

Ironically, the fact that they make no noise at all (with a few exceptions) takes them off our radar

oh really?:P

last time I searched for a LCD I was able to find someone mentioning noise in all of the models that I considered
and my dell 2209wa does buzz and whine a little...

Mine makes buzzing noise if brightness is below 100 and slight whine at all contrast settings (higher contrast -> louder whine)

both noises are very quiet

Review mentioning noise:
http://blog.szynalski.com/2009/05/01/re ... ll-2009wa/

For idle you can lower the mem speed and core speed/voltage to save power and run cooler. How do you lower the mem speed and core speed/voltage for idle? check the values in catalyst control center or other program ; they are probably already lowered by the drivers when in 2D mode About MEMIO tempe...

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does 16mb cache in wd3200aakb make any significant difference?

I'm searching for a quiet min. 200gb ATA drive. Is Samsung HD300LD a good choice? Any other options?

edit: hd400ld would be faster?

edit2: why not wd3200aakb... I'm getting more and more confused:)