Barracuda IV vs. V vs. 7200.7

markanini · Post by **markanini** » Thu Jun 12, 2003 8:01 am

I want to have one 40 GB disk and one 160GB disk.
Ideally both will have s-ata.
The rest of my system will be very fast, p4 2.8c,1024Mb memory.
So the performance should mach.

Here are my questions:

What 40GB barracuda drive should should i get for performace and low noise?

How silent is the 7200.7 160GB S-ATA?

Maby the differences between the differnet barracuda series noise-level wont make any difference in my system,
cause the p4 2.8c will need some cooling from a zalman 7000cu, so might just get all 7200.7, but does seagate make 7200.7 series in 40GB?

EDIT: I looked at seagates website and they make a 40GB 7200.7 IDE and a 160GB 7200.7 S-ATA drive.

So my question is how quiet the 7200.7 is and should I care, my system with the loud cooling needed for the p4 2.8c.

aphonos · Post by **aphonos** » Thu Jun 12, 2003 11:04 am

markanini wrote:So my question is how quiet the 7200.7 is and should I care, my system with the loud cooling needed for the p4 2.8c.

*gasp* "Should I care?"

Of course you should care about the noise.

Have you already seen Dru's Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 HDD Review from the main site? If not, it would be a good starting point to answer your question.

I don't have experience with the 160GB drive, but multiple drives will raise your noise table and multi-platter drives are louder than single platter drives. But we can't all get along with a single-platter 'Cuda or Samsung.

The other articles in the Storage section of the main site will have ideas on suspending, boxing, sandwiching, etc. the drive for further quieting.

sorenbro · Post by **sorenbro** » Thu Jun 12, 2003 1:06 pm

I have a Zalman CNPS7000cu and my baracudda V is noisier than the fan, but not much, if I listen carefully I can here both. Especially vibrational noise is annoying

markanini · Post by **markanini** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 12:12 am

okay i will get the 40 GB and the 160 GB sata barracuda 7200.7 drives. I will make an article about the quiet system i'm building and tell you how the 7200.7 sounds among the other parts.

pingu666 · Post by **pingu666** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 5:13 am

my 7200.7 80gig dont have idle whine most of the time

suspend it

chiahaochang · Post by **chiahaochang** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 6:42 am

Well, I have a 40Gb and 80Gb Barracuda IV, and a SATA 160GB 7200.7. The 80GB was in the same machine as the 7200.7 and the 7200.7 is a little noisier. However, the 7200.7 w/8Mb cache is so much faster than the IVs are.

Either way, I can only hear the 7200.7 when I'm really close to my machine (<2ft from the front bezel) and when the ambient room noise is extremely low (late at night).

XPav · Post by **XPav** » Sat Jun 14, 2003 11:40 am

I just got a Seagate 7200.7 120GB.

Firstly, its so much quieter than my older Maxtor D740X 40GB. I couldn't hear the video card fan behind the whining of that drive, and now the loudest thing I've got is the video card fan.

I've never had a Cuda IV or V, so I can't compare it to that, and I suspect that since I"m just starting out with this slien PC thing, my standards are lower than many of the other people on this list.

pingu666 · Post by **pingu666** » Sun Jun 15, 2003 4:24 am

i think there pretty close, i dont see how (well hear ) how a IV can be significantly better. unless u talkin in f1/audiofile sence

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