Better disc and quieter

[tigre_est]

Hello, I am hesitating between buying a WD Caviar Black 2T (€175) or a Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB (€148), both SATA3 64MB.

Looking at the features, I have seen that the Seagate has a sustained data transfer rate slightly higher than the WD, 156Mb/s versus 138Mb/s. According to this, I think the Seagate would be faster -correct me if I am wrong-

What I cannot find is the noise data for the Seagate to compare it with the WD.
Do you know what levels the Seagate presents, or if it is quieter than the WD?

Regards.

[Obione]

The Blacks are noisy and expensive disks but, they have a 5-year warranty. The performance will be similar.

[tigre_est]

So, is the BarraCuda quieter? Is it a lower quality drive than the WD?

Regards.

[Nemo]

It's not better or worse, let's say they are designed for different jobs. The Seagate is more for home use and all-terrain and the Caviar Black for higher performance environments.
As they tell you, the Caviar Blacks are noisier than the Seagate. I have a seagate.12 in the HTPC and you can't hear it. However, the pair of Blacks I have next to me, keep scratching and although it's not even annoying, their performance compensates for it.
Regards.

[Fassou]

Let's say that WD, like Harley Davidson, have a characteristic noise, and making a silent model means giving up their distinctive feature.

+1 to Seagate

Salu2!

[tigre_est]

Thanks Nemo. I like the Caviar Black, but I think that then my hard drive will be heard, because the PC I have configured does not go above 17db in any component... Any ideas with the hard drive?

I was saying about the Seagate because I saw it as a good option, when reading in its specifications that it has a transfer rate even higher than the CBlack, but I will listen to you if you say that it is more for home use.

Regards.

[ferelxyx]

if you want silence, the Seagate is very quiet
the WD black is faster and noisier

regards

[Sylver]

My vote is also for the Seagate, it's not that "if I don't buy a Caviar Black everything will go slower for me", sometimes when they tell us "this disk A gives a superior performance than this B within the same range" we automatically (and wrongly) get the idea that with disk B everything will go slower and that we will feel that our computer has aged prematurely, when in reality the difference is not as big as it is painted.
As things are, the Caviar Blacks are superior, there is no denying it, but if you are looking for silence the solution is in other disks like the Seagate and you won't lose performance. Let's say that with a Black you gain performance over other disks, but putting other disks does not imply losing performance.
Regards

[Obione]

I would say that you pay for the warranty.

[Sylver]

+1 Obione, eso sobre todo

[amd125]

I have the Black Caviar 2 TB bought a year and a bit ago on hard2mano sealed for 90€ ;D and it gives me very good performance. It may make a bit more noise, but at the time I had a Raptor of 36 Gigas and then the one of 74 Gigas so let's say I've had years with those disk scratches and they don't bother me. When I'm at work with the typical office HP computer that makes no noise, I say to myself... this computer is missing something :ugly: it doesn't scratch :ugly:

That being said, paying what this disk is worth now seems excessive to me, and I would lean towards the other disk, more for the fact of being cheaper and having 50% more capacity than for anything else.

[tigre_est]

Thank you very much for the comments, colleagues. With all this, I'm going to get the Seagate. I already have it in the cart.

Best regards.