I've bought this hard drive, because they will be very fast according to various tests. She is indeed. I hesitated but because after many reportedly the disk accesses to be loud and clearly audible uncomfortable. I can confirm this is not. The number of hits can be heard, but this is more a faint dull hum and even not at all unpleasant. My second hard drive Seagate ST3500630AS is a - which is definitely too loud.