hi guys... i'm about to build my 1st PC. the boot drive is in SSD, and the hdd drive will be used for storage. I will buy 2 or 3 internal HDD for this storage.
I read reviews that WD Red HDD is ideal for a quiet PC because its less noisy than a seagate barracuda. I'm leaning more towards barracuda because of it's higher RPM. But i'm also being sold on reading WD red description on their website.
there are a couple of questions that's nagging me though.
1) i just finished reading WD red drive review link wd red review. the reviewer said "WD Red don’t employ rotational vibration sensors, which is another reason they're being positioned as solutions in smaller storage systems, and not big racks loaded down with spinning disks that weather more severe vibrations.".
After reading that i googled the meaning of rotational vibration sensors. and then i read this link RV sensor.
It said "Additionally, enterprise-class drives must also maintain high performance levels in multi-drive configurations where physical vibrations transmitted through a cabinet occur. This phenomenon is known as Rotational Vibration (RV)..... RV itself is a twisting/torqing type action experienced by a hard drive inside a cabinet...... The main sources of RV energy are: 1) the drive’s self-actuation 2) additional drives inside the cabinet accessing data, and 3) external forces acting on the cabinet."
basically.. my question is um... i'm going to buy a total of 2tb drive x 3 or 4 in the next couple of months. So i will "stack couple drives" on my case.
Should i be concern about Rotational vibration if i choose WD Red when i "stack 3 drives" on my rig...?
Does WD green / WD blue / Seagate barracuda have a rotational vibration sensor? or is that RV sensor an enterprise-drive only feature?
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2) I read that seagate barracuda is noisy for storage. If i'm watching a video file, will the HDD get noisy if i choose barracuda over red / green?
==> When does HDD emits noise? does it emits noise all the time or only when its being accessed? what's the definition of being accessed? does watching video file considered being accessed?
3) i always thought that all things being equal, a 7200 RPM will have better transfer rate than a 5400 RPM, is that wrong?
==> by transfer rate i mean copy / paste-ing large files between drives. For an internal SATA drive does RPM matters to the speed of copy / paste-ing large files?
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i know my build isn't a NAS but um i was a notebook user before a month ago i decided to buy a PC for myself. i couldn't tell left from right regarding what PC components does what and which ones suits my needs. Extensively googling since then. I wanted to build a NAS probably someday, because i hv to take it slow from all this new knowledges i'm learning from building a PC
I read reviews that WD Red HDD is ideal for a quiet PC because its less noisy than a seagate barracuda. I'm leaning more towards barracuda because of it's higher RPM. But i'm also being sold on reading WD red description on their website.
there are a couple of questions that's nagging me though.
1) i just finished reading WD red drive review link wd red review. the reviewer said "WD Red don’t employ rotational vibration sensors, which is another reason they're being positioned as solutions in smaller storage systems, and not big racks loaded down with spinning disks that weather more severe vibrations.".
After reading that i googled the meaning of rotational vibration sensors. and then i read this link RV sensor.
It said "Additionally, enterprise-class drives must also maintain high performance levels in multi-drive configurations where physical vibrations transmitted through a cabinet occur. This phenomenon is known as Rotational Vibration (RV)..... RV itself is a twisting/torqing type action experienced by a hard drive inside a cabinet...... The main sources of RV energy are: 1) the drive’s self-actuation 2) additional drives inside the cabinet accessing data, and 3) external forces acting on the cabinet."
basically.. my question is um... i'm going to buy a total of 2tb drive x 3 or 4 in the next couple of months. So i will "stack couple drives" on my case.
Should i be concern about Rotational vibration if i choose WD Red when i "stack 3 drives" on my rig...?
Does WD green / WD blue / Seagate barracuda have a rotational vibration sensor? or is that RV sensor an enterprise-drive only feature?
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2) I read that seagate barracuda is noisy for storage. If i'm watching a video file, will the HDD get noisy if i choose barracuda over red / green?
==> When does HDD emits noise? does it emits noise all the time or only when its being accessed? what's the definition of being accessed? does watching video file considered being accessed?
3) i always thought that all things being equal, a 7200 RPM will have better transfer rate than a 5400 RPM, is that wrong?
==> by transfer rate i mean copy / paste-ing large files between drives. For an internal SATA drive does RPM matters to the speed of copy / paste-ing large files?
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i know my build isn't a NAS but um i was a notebook user before a month ago i decided to buy a PC for myself. i couldn't tell left from right regarding what PC components does what and which ones suits my needs. Extensively googling since then. I wanted to build a NAS probably someday, because i hv to take it slow from all this new knowledges i'm learning from building a PC
