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System Name | ICE-QUAD // ICE-CRUNCH |
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Processor | Q6600 // 2x Xeon 5472 |
Memory | 2GB DDR // 8GB FB-DIMM |
Video Card(s) | HD3850-AGP // FireGL 3400 |
Display(s) | 2 x Samsung 204Ts = 3200x1200 |
Audio Device(s) | Audigy 2 |
Software | Windows Server 2003 R2 as a Workstation now migrated to W10 with regrets. |
I have a WD10EADS-00L5B1 1TB "green power".
It's very quiet, it is low power, and it is cool. And it is also relatively fast. Yes, there are faster drives, but it is up there. Speed is quite fine for my purposes on this PC.
EXCEPT for one fact. It is NOT silent at all. The drive keeps going CLUNK. It is very irritating for an otherwise silent PC. The clunk is so loud it is like an old HDD drive from ten years ago doing a sector 000 search.
If I dont use the PC for 5 minutes (and my power settings are to idle the HDD at 5 mins) then the CLUNK goes away. However, if I start using the PC again, then CLUNK CLUNK CLUNK.
Does anyone else have this experience with the WD10EADS (-00L5B1)? I wonder if the heads are faulty.
It's very quiet, it is low power, and it is cool. And it is also relatively fast. Yes, there are faster drives, but it is up there. Speed is quite fine for my purposes on this PC.
EXCEPT for one fact. It is NOT silent at all. The drive keeps going CLUNK. It is very irritating for an otherwise silent PC. The clunk is so loud it is like an old HDD drive from ten years ago doing a sector 000 search.
If I dont use the PC for 5 minutes (and my power settings are to idle the HDD at 5 mins) then the CLUNK goes away. However, if I start using the PC again, then CLUNK CLUNK CLUNK.
Does anyone else have this experience with the WD10EADS (-00L5B1)? I wonder if the heads are faulty.