Samsung SP1614N wth JVC motor - still quieter than WD2000JB?
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Samsung SP1614N wth JVC motor - still quieter than WD2000JB?
Will the Samsung SP1614N, even without the fabulous NIDEC motor - with the JVC motor - be significantly quieter than my (what I consider to be noisy) Western Digital 2000JB?
Thankyou,
Anthony
Thankyou,
Anthony
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I recently got a 160gig samsung from newegg with the evil JVC motor.
To my surprise, it is just as quiet as all my other samsungs. The only problem i had with it was seeks, it had hearable seek from a meter away
But as soon as i suspended it, the seeks were gone, dunno why.
I have been using it for 2 weeks now and it is great
good luck
~RaNDoM
To my surprise, it is just as quiet as all my other samsungs. The only problem i had with it was seeks, it had hearable seek from a meter away
But as soon as i suspended it, the seeks were gone, dunno why.
I have been using it for 2 weeks now and it is great
good luck
~RaNDoM
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I think that a lot of the hype around the Samsung drives with JVC motors is just 'the-sky-is-falling' rhetoric. Are there a FEW drives that are actually noisy? Probably. Is it really an epidemic? No.
If you read through the comments in the thread about Samsung drive noise, you will read that over 90% of the owners of Samsung drives with JVC motors, cannot hear any whine, without putting their ear within 6 inches of the drive (myself included.)
I think what started as a couple bad drives has escalated into a frenzy.
If you read through the comments in the thread about Samsung drive noise, you will read that over 90% of the owners of Samsung drives with JVC motors, cannot hear any whine, without putting their ear within 6 inches of the drive (myself included.)
I think what started as a couple bad drives has escalated into a frenzy.
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Okay - I'll remember to post my experiences if/when I buy my drives.cmcquistion wrote:I think that a lot of the hype around the Samsung drives with JVC motors is just 'the-sky-is-falling' rhetoric. Are there a FEW drives that are actually noisy? Probably. Is it really an epidemic? No.
If you read through the comments in the thread about Samsung drive noise, you will read that over 90% of the owners of Samsung drives with JVC motors, cannot hear any whine, without putting their ear within 6 inches of the drive (myself included.)
I think what started as a couple bad drives has escalated into a frenzy.
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placing the drive on a coolpack in the bottom of your case is not going to get rid of the drives whine; which is why he's contemplating buying a new hard drive.cruelsister wrote:Take your WD out of the drive cage, place a coolpak on the bottom of the case, put your WD on top of it.
No more noise (and cheaper than buying a new drive).
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