Sammy Posted November 27, 2012 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 31 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 2.06 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 30, 2023 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Share Posted November 27, 2012 Hi... Opinions: Going to get a new 1TB drive and have been looking at different Seagates and WD. Never realized the change but I do NOT like Seagate going with a 1 year warranty. I think I did have one of theirs replaced under warranty once... still within its 3-years... and there was the defective one a couple years ago that required the firmware update. But that happens. The other, looking and blue vs black WD drives. Given the choice I think I would rather go with the black for its performance and 5 year warranty. But I am concerned about the noise which some say is substantial compared to others of its size. Anybody have a black WD drive? How noisy is it? The 1 TB model can be had for $90 US right now. Thx. RustyRifle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
simplemod Posted November 27, 2012 Member ID: 623 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 21 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1072 Content Per Day: 0.20 Reputation: 417 Achievement Points: 7809 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 10/24/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 27, 2018 Birthday: 10/26/1982 Share Posted November 27, 2012 I've got a black 1tb WD, and I don't hear it over my fans. the stock fans in a haf 932 case. Blackbart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Asylumn Posted November 27, 2012 Member ID: 809 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 41 Topic Count: 251 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 2835 Content Per Day: 0.53 Reputation: 1016 Achievement Points: 20374 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/29/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 17 hours ago Birthday: 06/25/1979 Device: Windows Share Posted November 27, 2012 i have the 1 tb 32mb black and i dont hear it if your motherboard will support the 64mb black edition i would get that one in a heart beat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Katana Posted November 27, 2012 Member ID: 2898 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 11 Topic Count: 29 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 180 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 62 Achievement Points: 1272 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/15/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 23, 2014 Birthday: 09/02/1954 Share Posted November 27, 2012 sammy, if you want a really really hot hot drive get an western digital veloci raptor. they are pricey but they are the fastest hdd on the planet. the next best thing is the western digital black 1tb. they are best for those of us on a budget. it is what i have. i am sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy Posted November 28, 2012 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 31 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 2.06 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 30, 2023 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Author Share Posted November 28, 2012 Looked at Raptors but yea they are more than I can afford right now. The black drive should work with my mb since it seems others have used it. Going to need a bios update since I would like to get a quad core for it also anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Sammy Posted December 1, 2012 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 31 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 2.06 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 30, 2023 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Author Share Posted December 1, 2012 Got my HDD yesterday. Dunno what all the fuss is about the black drives being noisy. But I do tend to have alot of ambient stuff especially this time of year when its cold and my space heater is going. Now going to take forever to transfer probably 500gb of data over to it, and try to organize things as I go. Doing that so hopefully I will be able to remove those partitions from the main drive and resize it so all of it can be used for C. Primary is full with all the programs and such. Especially games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
simplemod Posted December 1, 2012 Member ID: 623 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 21 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1072 Content Per Day: 0.20 Reputation: 417 Achievement Points: 7809 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 10/24/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 27, 2018 Birthday: 10/26/1982 Share Posted December 1, 2012 I work in a factory and have for the last 11 years. People who complain about noise levels of computers that operating properly, are just plain crazy, they ain't loud, unless something's bearings are going bad. Good luck with the transfer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyRifle Posted December 1, 2012 Member ID: 3572 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 147 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 832 Content Per Day: 0.19 Reputation: 592 Achievement Points: 7645 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 07/22/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 29, 2017 Birthday: 05/28/1975 Share Posted December 1, 2012 i dont hear mine at all. i have installed windows 7 and the games in the internal drive and thats what i suggest and everything else on the portable one. because the portable isnt as fast as the internal one so you might loose a minimum second when gaming online. well not might you do lose sec for it...same thing as wireless mouses they also sometimes have the issue where you loose just that trigger time and its not fun. // Rusty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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