The panel is currently running as a system disk and is read with 125MB / s fast enough, and very quiet. I have a system with Silent Be Quiet and Arctic Twin Turbo II cooling and hear the disk only when active copying easy "rasping" but not annoying, because. In very low tone range, from the PC
I have bought a plus Sharkoon Wibe Fixer Pro in order to optimally decouple the plate, not really necessary, since it is super quiet and does not vibrate!
---> IMPORTANT! Pay attention to the ending "ST31000524AS" that are genuine Seagate Barracuda and not as in the 001 or 003 entries umgelabelte SAMSUNG F2 SPINPOINT plates through the acquisition of Samsung by Seagate still in the camp and the so-called chirping problem (high frequency whistle of plate) have!
PRO:
+ No umgelabelte Samsung F2 plate
+ No chirping
+ With 125MB / s very fast (for normal plate)
+ Sata III (actually at 125MB / s unnecessary)
+ Significantly quieter than eg WD Cavier Green
+ Hardly vibrations
+ Very short response time
Contraindications:
- Is considerably warmer than WD Cavier Green (Seagate about 44 ° C - WD 35 ° C)
- Miserable packaging, but arrived safely Fortunately!
Strong buy recommendation! ... Especially since now finally drop the price of hard drives!