Please can you tell me how loud is this hard drive? I am very interested in buying
1733008
It's pretty quiet. When I have my computer on I don't even hear it, only the sound of the fans in the computer.
1733009
I have used this HD for about a year now and have found that it's as loud as your average drive or louder depending on your use.
1733010
Your desktop 8 mm. case fan makes several times the noise of this HD; hard drives don't have cooling fans, only electro-magnetics which move the "reada/write" arms (usually 7 or 8) approximately 3 inches back and forth in a complete vacuum. The only noise is the rotation of the electric motor driving the discs at 7200 rpm and the electromagnetic moving each "finger" seeking the data or program requested. Hope that helps; total db noise should be less than 3.
1155322
I think the only meaningful way I can answer that is to say the I have (4) of these drives in a Drobo mini on my desk and hear no noticeable noise above my PC fan. I think they are plenty quiet.Hope that helps.
931535
I don't know, but my Thunderbolt version effectively has no fan noise at all and the drive in it's black enclosure is much much quieter than the duel-disk 8TB Hitachi G-Raid w/fan sitting just next to the Seagate on the same desk. I cannot hear the Seagate spinning, in fact.
1111529
It's quite loud~ much louder than my previous laptop. I'm not sure about the quality... It's good for me~
2103744
The fan isn't any louder then a normal case fan. Most of noise comes from the hard drives spinning, which can vary from none if using ssds or very loud if using something that is 10k plus.
960696
I have the drive sitting next to the computer on my desk less than two feet away from where I sit and i hear nothing.Hope this helps. Have a good day.
1533965
It's loud at higher speeds probably due to the direct drive mechanism. I've only used a PC two or three times but I think it's safe to say that the Flex is easily a good bit louder.
784001
It is a little louder than most other laptops I've dealt with, but it's not something many people would notice. It seems the more you use it the quieter it gets.
2097066
mine makes noise too, many HDD's do make noise, especially at the higher speeds.
2060541
I definitely have noticed the fan noise, when I switched to this device from a single-drive enclosure that did not use a fan. But the device was on top of the desk right next to me, and w/o music playing it did create enough noise to make me wish it was quieter. I just moved the unit under the desk, and now it does not bother me at all. As others have said, with 2 drives spinning in there, you don't want to turn off the fan or your disks will be running hot and fail before their time.
1247942
I wouldn't say my drive is loud. The noise level seems typical but this is my first external writer.
1613910
Very little noise and you probably won't notice if unless the room is quite. Plus you can as many others do and swap-out the hard drive and install a solid state drive and zero noise and 3 to 4 sec boot times (and that is from a cold start!) -- that also gives you lightening fast processing. Kind of turbo charging your machine.
2097069
I noticed the same on mine when I was transferring a lot of data onto the new drive. It is very quiet now, although any large program installation will make the drive somewhat noisy. Placing it sideways will not change or help things. It's very quiet in normal usage.
1418565
The fan is definitely not loud and is actually pretty quiet, but always runs. I have this in the bedroom behind the TV and definitely put it into sleep before bed because you can hear the fan. It would not bother me when awake even if on the desk next to me. The hard drive is amazingly quiet, possibly in part to the rubber grommet mounts.
1561796
There is a low level fan noise with a slight rattle if I put it up to my ear. I do not have a drive installed because I have a 4TB NAS attached via ethernet cables. The unit is not on my desk . It is on an interior window ledge somewhat in the middle of the the house so sound not detectable.
457431
I only notice some noise when the drives spin-up which is only momentary and not an audible problem at all. The unit sits on my desk approx. 3 feet from me. I don't notice it while backing up except for the initial spin-up of the drives.
1844127
I also just bought the laptop and I am hearing this weird clicking sounds constantly!I called tech support and they said it was part of the HDD Protection Settings, so I turned it off and the noise stopped briefly but came back. I think I will have to call again because this is noisier than the 2007 laptop I had before.If it doesn't stop I will return the laptop.