Quietest, best quality laptop hard drive?

I was told seagate. I have a Samsung now, its fine but man I do NOT like the humming noise coming from it. Is this normal from Samsung drives? My laptop runs noiseless with a 4200rpm drive, but with this hum, with the Samsung 5400.

Im trying to decide if I should sell it and get a Seagate.

 

Seagate definitely is the way to go; they might be a little pricey, but the one I have is relatively fast, and almost completely inaudible unless I put my ear by the touchpad. The 5-year warranty doesn't hurt, either.

 

Thanks for the info.

Will a Seagate perform better than say my Samsung or even any other brand?

 

I would say that the big difference here is the speed. You went from 4200 to 5400 rpm. The faster the drive, the louder it is. Regardless of brand. Well, except for perhaps solid state harddrives.

 

Probably not worth it then. I could live with the hum noise for now.

 

Western Digital makes the best laptop hard drives in my opinion. I own an 80GB 5400RPM drive. It's the best I have ever used, and in the past I have had Hitachi, Samsung, and Toshiba. WD beats them all. You won't find a better-made drive. They're absolutely silent and run nice and cool too.

WD recommended.

Chaz

 

I would have to say seagate as well....
As for your samsung HDD....I too have a samsung HDD in my laptop, I got it after my stock toshiba HDD hit the ****per. (I have a HP Pavilion notebook) It's a Samasung sinpoint (SP-40 I think?) 5400 rpm. I have zero problems with noise or anything like that. However, it does get fairly warm. But perhaps the reason I do not any noise from mine is the way the notebook is designed? But, during extreme usage, I can feel it vibrate. (It's right under the touchpad, so I can feel the vibrations on the palm rest)
Overall, I reccomend seagate, and my samsung HD is not noisy.

 

I've used Toshiba, Fujitsu, and Seagate. The Toshiba was noisy, slow, and died a horrible death. The Fujitsu was relatively quiet and slow. The Seagate is the best of the three by far; it's pretty fast, and very silent even though it's a 5400rpm. You probably won't see a huge performance increase from your Samsung, but it'll definitely be a lot quieter.

 

Hmm, yes I agree Seagate 5400 is fast and quiet, but I have Seagate 4200rpm in Compaq M2000 runs louder than seagate 5400rpm. Dunno why?

 

Never used a seagate in a laptop that I've owned anyway but they are excellent from what I hear (including here!) hitachi's offer the best performance especially in 7200RPM form but run the hottest and loudest. Fujitsu makes the coolest and quietest IMO

Unless you need more size or speed though I wouldn't bother.

 

SlinetPCReview is a good resource.

 

I also recommend Western Digital. I just replaced a Fujitsu 4,200 RPM drive with a WD 80GB 5,400 RPM. The drive is so quiet that I thought it wasn't working after I installed it. Here is a nice comparison:
http://www.storagereview.com/articles/200511/notebook_1.html

 

I say Fujitsu Siemens and Wester Digital are pretty good for staying silent. I don't know which models though

 

Ya thats what im thinking too. Not worth the extra money, since i wont get much for my samsung. I will wait until it dies or the seagates drop in price, then i might switch. But god, I knew I should have picked a Seagate in the first place. I was about to, but the price of the Samsung was the tempting factor, and i heard they were decent...

I will live with the hum for now

 

i have a question for you all. I just reformatted this drive now, but say I get a new one...is there a way I can ghost this image off my HD now and just quickly copy it over to the new one? Without having to spend another 3hrs just installing stuff, settings, etc.

 

Acronis True Image works very well.