My HDD that is in my PC is louder than my cpu cooler lol
Relevant_One_2261
I always wonder if people complaining about HDD noise live underground in some sealed basement without a single other source of noise around them.
Bear_of_dispair
I feel validated, thank you!
The_Crimson_Hawk
When the power of hard drives is more than the rest of the systems combined (aka every homelab server)
mixedd
Same people: “those fans are pretty quite running 2000rpm. I use headphones BTW, so it doesn’t bother me”
Crafty_Life_1764
solution: you can put all your hdds in different case, different room and you are welcome :=)
Thatnudist0
I think my laptop has you beat the fan for the GPU and the CPU is the loudest thing I have ever heard. That’s the price you pay when you want a smaller form factor that’s portable.
TheHooligan95
you can set manually in Windows to put the HDDs in standby after 2 minutes of inactivity, instead of the default 20. You will have to wait for them to spin up when you need files, but it will make them silent.
jhguitarfreak
Then you hear “Whir, click… Whir, click, click, click… Whir, click…”
And suddenly your PC becomes unresponsive.
itsapotatosalad
Yeh after I added my external radiator and my pc was silent apart from those spinning platters I bought a single 4tb nvme drive and have never loved my pc more. A single big fast storage drive really beats out multiple drives for me.
I only game on my pc nowadays, and only use legitimate sources that all have cloud saves and I have gigabit internet so if I ever need to do a full wipe and clean install I’m back up and running in a day. I may add a 1tb drive for the odd backup of files and media, but most stuff is backed up online and on my laptop so it seems redundant.
r573
I don’t mind the HDD’s in my system, rather, it’s my terrible choices of 120mm fans that makes the loudest noise in my system
DeTomato_
I like HDD sound.
superhamsniper
HDD are affordable and have alot of space though, not to mention that some of them can be pretty fast.
As a complement to my two NVMe, I have two 4tb WD black for storage… they’re noisy compared to the rest of the computer… but that’s 8 cheap tb of storage…
Remarkable_Pain_5017
mine buzzes and i have to smack my pc to get it to stop
YesNoMaybe2552
It isn’t all bling success if you are still using spinning rust instead of going all NVMe only.
But that’s why I have mine in a NAS in my storage closet, 2.5Gb is more than enough to match mechanical storage speeds.
URA_CJ
Dude, if noise from a modern HDD annoys you, then you never experienced the true musical sounds of older drives!
I haven’t heard noise coming from a desktop HDD since upgrading from a 486DX to a Pentium 4 back in 2002 and certainly can’t hear my 1TB HDD in my current build and barely notice my old desktop 500GB that’s in a external enclosure.
theholypigeon888
Me: need to add an ssd
My friend: noo use hdd is cheaper
Really are you the one waiting for your game to load asshole?
vainlisko
I got a fanless laptop thinking it would be silent. The emmc makes noise 😂
Hottage
I just disconnected by 3TB HDD and eventually sold it because it was so noisy. Realised 2TB of solid state was more than enough for the time being.
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My HDD that is in my PC is louder than my cpu cooler lol
I always wonder if people complaining about HDD noise live underground in some sealed basement without a single other source of noise around them.
I feel validated, thank you!
When the power of hard drives is more than the rest of the systems combined (aka every homelab server)
Same people: “those fans are pretty quite running 2000rpm. I use headphones BTW, so it doesn’t bother me”
solution: you can put all your hdds in different case, different room and you are welcome :=)
I think my laptop has you beat the fan for the GPU and the CPU is the loudest thing I have ever heard. That’s the price you pay when you want a smaller form factor that’s portable.
you can set manually in Windows to put the HDDs in standby after 2 minutes of inactivity, instead of the default 20. You will have to wait for them to spin up when you need files, but it will make them silent.
Then you hear “Whir, click… Whir, click, click, click… Whir, click…”
And suddenly your PC becomes unresponsive.
Yeh after I added my external radiator and my pc was silent apart from those spinning platters I bought a single 4tb nvme drive and have never loved my pc more. A single big fast storage drive really beats out multiple drives for me.
I only game on my pc nowadays, and only use legitimate sources that all have cloud saves and I have gigabit internet so if I ever need to do a full wipe and clean install I’m back up and running in a day. I may add a 1tb drive for the odd backup of files and media, but most stuff is backed up online and on my laptop so it seems redundant.
I don’t mind the HDD’s in my system, rather, it’s my terrible choices of 120mm fans that makes the loudest noise in my system
I like HDD sound.
HDD are affordable and have alot of space though, not to mention that some of them can be pretty fast.
Oh, you find HDD noise annoying?
Check out the storage noise [we had to deal with back in the days](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0EfycbDhiw)
Louder than your speakers?!
As a complement to my two NVMe, I have two 4tb WD black for storage… they’re noisy compared to the rest of the computer… but that’s 8 cheap tb of storage…
mine buzzes and i have to smack my pc to get it to stop
It isn’t all bling success if you are still using spinning rust instead of going all NVMe only.
But that’s why I have mine in a NAS in my storage closet, 2.5Gb is more than enough to match mechanical storage speeds.
Dude, if noise from a modern HDD annoys you, then you never experienced the true musical sounds of older drives!
I haven’t heard noise coming from a desktop HDD since upgrading from a 486DX to a Pentium 4 back in 2002 and certainly can’t hear my 1TB HDD in my current build and barely notice my old desktop 500GB that’s in a external enclosure.
Me: need to add an ssd
My friend: noo use hdd is cheaper
Really are you the one waiting for your game to load asshole?
I got a fanless laptop thinking it would be silent. The emmc makes noise 😂
I just disconnected by 3TB HDD and eventually sold it because it was so noisy. Realised 2TB of solid state was more than enough for the time being.
Hard drives make a noise?