Are big hard drives 1TB and super fast HD (15000) OK for DAW

sonicstrav · Post by **sonicstrav** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:07 am

I was thinking of gettiing a Seagate Cheetah (72GB 15000 RPM) for use with samples I use a lot - Kontakt and VSL and getting a massive 1TB (at 72000 rpm) drive for all other stuff -

Are there any probs regarding noise for these drives as I want a really quiet system?

erminardi · Post by **erminardi** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 7:18 am

mmh, 10.000 and 15.000 rpm drivers are full of noises and requires a lot of air (fan) to operate without heat problems...

It's better if U put this drive in another room (firewire external connection is the ideal)

I really hate any fan noise in my recording room!!!

Neutron · Post by **Neutron** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 7:37 am

Im using a 10,000RPM raptor 150 on my other system in a different room, "quiet" gaming and rendering box
noise-wise it is not too bad, it needs to be cooled, 120mm fan is very slow and barely audible, but it is audible.
but the new seagate 7200.11 with 32GB cache comes in much bigger sizes. is quieter, and is almost as fast, you cant really notice a difference in speed while using it. (thats what i have on scope systenm)

also if you use a SCSI card, you will have another driver in windows, and thing using IRQ + bandwidth and adds complexity to your system. scope likes simple

sonicstrav · Post by **sonicstrav** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:02 pm

Thanks for the reply

- I think I'll stick to the 7200 RPM - I'll go for 2 x 500GB seagate barracudas. I hate noise - this PC i've got sound like a boeing 747

dawman · Post by **dawman** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:17 pm

I use one of these w/ 4 x 10k Raptors and hear zero effects.

They also are well cooled this way.

A CPU fan makes more moise than this whole rack of HDD's.

1TB drives are very fast, but I prefer having several drives that share content. The single platter approach is even better now w/ drives that can use 300+ GB's.

I swap mine out after 3 years even though they would last much longer, just to play it safe.

If you are performing or recording the single platter way is safest, but having a large offline HDD to store everything would be cool if it's in the budget.

sonicstrav · Post by **sonicstrav** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:06 am

Would this fit in an Antec Titan? - what are these HDD enclosures called?
Maybe I should go for a 10000rpm Raptor if they can be quiet - I need a quick drive for Kontakt 3 and the VSL stuff.
I have looked WD Raptors before - they must be a bit cheaper now they been around a while.

sonicstrav · Post by **sonicstrav** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 6:07 pm

emphazer · Post by **emphazer** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:26 pm

strav100 wrote:Would this fit in an Antec Titan? - what are these HDD enclosures called?
Maybe I should go for a 10000rpm Raptor if they can be quiet - I need a quick drive for Kontakt 3 and the VSL stuff.
I have looked WD Raptors before - they must be a bit cheaper now they been around a while.

no they arent quite
but they are still very cool
get a ADFD raptor
but DON'T get the RaptorX!
this one is very loud, 39 db while idle and up to 46,0 db while reading/writing

Silent test results:
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article622-page2.html

sonicstrav · Post by **sonicstrav** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:50 pm

Thanks guys