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<blockquote data-quote="risu" data-source="post: 288939" data-attributes="member: 25038">Actually I know about noise management on modern HDDs. I've used silentdrive util in the past. Trouble is, it slows Vista too and it needs to access HDD a lot. Plus there's still problem that not all SATA-drives support it. I happen to have Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 on my HTPC and it doesn't support it and man that seek noise is bad there. I have Samsung T166 on my other comp but it's seek noice isn't that bad even to begin with, there it's the motor spinning and rumbling the whole drive.Anyway I have heard HDD motors spinning on every disk I've used so far, so making a silent system needs more radical approach <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> It's all about what you personally think is silent enough. I don't want to hear HDD seeking noises when there's a quiet moment in the movie. For desktop it would do but on HTPC I need complete silence <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I've heard some people even use stock CPU coolers on HTPC..</blockquote>

[QUOTE="risu, post: 288939, member: 25038"] Actually I know about noise management on modern HDDs. I've used silentdrive util in the past. Trouble is, it slows Vista too and it needs to access HDD a lot. Plus there's still problem that not all SATA-drives support it. I happen to have Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 on my HTPC and it doesn't support it and man that seek noise is bad there. I have Samsung T166 on my other comp but it's seek noice isn't that bad even to begin with, there it's the motor spinning and rumbling the whole drive. Anyway I have heard HDD motors spinning on every disk I've used so far, so making a silent system needs more radical approach :) It's all about what you personally think is silent enough. I don't want to hear HDD seeking noises when there's a quiet moment in the movie. For desktop it would do but on HTPC I need complete silence :) I've heard some people even use stock CPU coolers on HTPC.. [/QUOTE]

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