Caviar RE3
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Caviar RE3
Has anyone used or tested the 1TB Carviar RE3 drives? Wondering how much noise they make. Is the acoustic signature acceptable in a system built for quiet rather than silence?
Enterprise drives are not interesting for SPCR so there are no serious noise measurements made.
According to WD
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WD RE3 1 TB
Acoustics
Idle Mode 28 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 0 33 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 3 29 dBA (average)
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=503
WD Caviar Black 1 TB
Acoustics
Idle Mode 24 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 0 33 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 3 29 dBA (average)
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=488
WD GP 1TB
Acoustics
Idle Mode 25 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 0 27 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 3 25 dBA (average)
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=559
But you have probably already checked this.
This might give you an idea of how loud it will be.
We do not know how WD tested it.
Hardmounted to a steel chassis etc. ?
According to WD
------------------------------
WD RE3 1 TB
Acoustics
Idle Mode 28 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 0 33 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 3 29 dBA (average)
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=503
WD Caviar Black 1 TB
Acoustics
Idle Mode 24 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 0 33 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 3 29 dBA (average)
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=488
WD GP 1TB
Acoustics
Idle Mode 25 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 0 27 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 3 25 dBA (average)
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=559
But you have probably already checked this.
This might give you an idea of how loud it will be.
We do not know how WD tested it.
Hardmounted to a steel chassis etc. ?