WD Raptor 74GB

[Pegano]

My question is, to any of you who already own one of these: Are the reports of a constant high-pitched whine emanating from the drive accurate, and to what degree? Thanks for the help in advance.

 

[SpaceMagic]

I second this question. I've been thinking about putting 2 in Strip RAID for SPEED

 

[brap]

I second this question. I've been thinking about putting 2 in Strip RAID for SPEED

I third (well, I only want a pair of 36Gb drives for an OS partition, but still, noise).
I have some Seagate Cheetahs in a server I've got lying around, and yes, those 10k suckers are awfully loud. Hoping WD get it right...

 

[musicpyrite]

I have a friend who has 2 36GB drives in a RAID.

From what he tells me: He orderd 2 HDs and one of them occasonially made a high piched noise. He sent them back, got a new one, and hasn't had any problems with either of them.

It's appearently hit or miss.

Try reading some of the rewiews at newegg.

 

[Pegano]

Well thanks to you all. I'm looking forward to having one of these bad boys as a boot drive. VROOM VROOM!

 

[Laslo Panaflex]

I have the 74 gig raptor as a boot drive. It is significantly faster and quieter. I got the 74 gig raptor becuase the seek time was faster the the 36 gig. I got my drive from newegg for $200, I highly recomend it for all G5 owners.

 

[keysersoze]

I have the 74 gig raptor as a boot drive. It is significantly faster and quieter. I got the 74 gig raptor becuase the seek time was faster the the 36 gig. I got my drive from newegg for $200, I highly recomend it for all G5 owners.

Hey Laslo-

How has the Raptor been treating you in your months since writing into this thread? Any new whining coming from it? Any other problems/difficulties?

 

[Celeron]

I have a 74gig Raptor in my PC and I can't hear it at all. I used it to replace 3 10,000 rpm SCSI drives and this drive is barely audible. Nice drive over all, you can get it at Newegg now for about $160.

 

[slughead]

My question is, to any of you who already own one of these: Are the reports of a constant high-pitched whine emanating from the drive accurate, and to what degree? Thanks for the help in advance.

Every 10K RPM HD I've ever seen makes this noise, I've yet to test my raptor.

 

[keysersoze]

I have a 74gig Raptor in my PC and I can't hear it at all. I used it to replace 3 10,000 rpm SCSI drives and this drive is barely audible. Nice drive over all, you can get it at Newegg now for about $160.

Hey! Thanks for the info! I was looking at OWC and almost shelled out $210! You saved me a bit of a cash--

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