tomshardware reviews 5400 Samsung Spinpoint

dan · Post by **dan** » Tue May 25, 2004 9:40 am

http://www.tomshardware.com/storage/20040525/index.html

tomshardware apparently the 5400 samsung spintpoint is even more quiet and puts out even less heat than the sp80, which should not be surprising as it is rotating at a lower frequency.

does anyone know how much more quiet the 5400rpm is over the sp80?
tomshardware itself does not say.

systimax · Post by **systimax** » Tue May 25, 2004 11:40 am

I cant find these drives anywhere..i think there all discontinued

anyone have a link..this is what i need for my xbox

DonP · Post by **DonP** » Tue May 25, 2004 1:10 pm

Has anyone seen any evidence that they are queiter and by how much? Obviously 5400RPM should be quieter than 7200RPM but I want to see figures. And, obviously, Tomshardware can't be trusted with (many things, but amongst them) noise figures.
I would however take the word of SPCR regulars

CoolGav · Post by **CoolGav** » Wed May 26, 2004 2:35 am

I have 3 in my server, along with a Seagate U6 (also discontinued 5400rpm), and a 1614N. I can't hear any of them - certainly to my ears they have been the quietest drives I've had. Since getting the 7200rpm drive, they're all suspended and damped as wella s activly cooled - I hear the 5v 120mm fan but not the drives. I wish they still made them...

edit: I have ones from 18 months ago, 80GB, possibly a previous generation.