"Loud" Seek Times - Overclock.net

pablo420 · 11-26-09

When an application is loading, my Hard drive has noticeable seek times, is there any way I can minimize the noise?
A Hard Drive Enclosure?
Any advice?

*Murlocke* · 11-26-09

1) Get an SSD.

(They are completely silent)
2) Make sure your drive isn't dying, it shouldn't be loud enough to annoy you.

I wouldn't recommend a Enclosure because they usually make the hard drives run hotter.

pablo420 · 11-26-09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Murlocke

1) Get an SSD.

(They are completely silent)
2) Make sure your drive isn't dying, it shouldn't be loud enough to annoy you.

I wouldn't recommend a Enclosure because they usually make the hard drives run hotter.

Well I don't think it is dying, because it's one of those enterprise drives that barely die.

the_beast · 11-26-09

ALL disks die. The enterprise drives are spec'ed to live longer, but it is still average life.

However I suspect your drive is just badly fragmented, causing extra seeks and slowing performance. Run a defrag and see if it helps.

Also see if your drive supports AAM, and if so enable it. For a tiny performance cost (really unnoticeable outside of benchmarks) you get much quieter seeks.

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the_beast Mobo Master Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: London, UK Posts: 1,616 Rep: 209 Unique Rep: 150 Trader Rating: 0	ALL disks die. The enterprise drives are spec'ed to live longer, but it is still average life. However I suspect your drive is just badly fragmented, causing extra seeks and slowing performance. Run a defrag and see if it helps. Also see if your drive supports AAM, and if so enable it. For a tiny performance cost (really unnoticeable outside of benchmarks) you get much quieter seeks.

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