2Western Digital SATA2 drives, is one quieter thn the other?

dentaku · Post by **dentaku** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 5:15 pm

Would I be correct in assuming that these 2 drives sound exactly the same?

Western Digital SATA2 250GB 16MB Cache 7200RPM WD2500KS
http://www.greenlyph.com/new/product_in ... cts_id=311

AND

Western Digital SATA2 250GB 8MB Cache 7200RPM WD2500JS
http://www.greenlyph.com/new/product_in ... ucts_id=87

mits · Post by **mits** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 9:31 pm

Hi,
i can't tell you if these drives sound the same, but i can assure you that the two WDs 2500AAKS that i have in my case are very very quiet.

JimX · Post by **JimX** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 10:56 pm

I own both, they sound about the same. I think that mechanically they are the same.

porkchop · Post by **porkchop** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 1:09 am

they will have the same acoustic properties unless the batch dates are different.

the only difference between a js/ks(se/se16) is the amount of cache.

dentaku · Post by **dentaku** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 7:15 am

JimX wrote:I own both, they sound about the same. I think that mechanically they are the same.

Yup, I was assuming they where the same parts just with more cache in one.

tsmvengy · Post by **tsmvengy** » Tue May 01, 2007 1:29 pm

The drives with the "AA" specification (AAKS and AAJS) will be quieter because they have fewer platters.