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Mandrake5

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  1. Hello everyone! I finally bought the Goflex 3TB USB3 hard drive, i decided that i will test it myself. It's definitly not silent. It makes more noise than my LaCie 2TB hard drive. I can detect the sound as far as 10 feets from it. So i decided to use the GoFlex as backup purpose on my PC, and i will use my less noisy LaCie instead in my listening room. What i plan to do is making some kind of sound absorbing noise box with slow ventilating fan to put my hard drive. If someone has some ideas on this i'am interrested. I know the LaCie 2TB hard drive is very quiet but i'm very very picky and my wife consider me as too perfectionist, and she can't hear that sound.... But for the moment i will wait for a real silent solution in the future, maybe SSD drive when they will be more affordables... Thank you all!
  2. I read other reviews on the Go Flex 3TB and it was not encouraging somes told that the connector between the HD and the USB interface is not very solid that can lead to malfunctionning... The body is made from plastic, that can produce more noises, so i am not ready to buy this HD for that purpose. Somes says the unit becomes very hot... So is there any other suggestions from actual owners of a whisper quiet external USB drive >= 3TB ? Maybe a combination of enclosure/hardrive successfull result story? Budget is around $300.
  3. Hello I have a WD Live TV multimedia player and i want to use it as my main HiFi source. I need a very quiet USB external HD for storing a lot of FLAC files. Now i have a Ximeta 1TB that is very quiet, whith everything off and only the Ximeta on i have to stuck my ear to the body to ear that is functionning. But i want to expand to 3TB and i want something bigger faster and as quiet if possible. I bought a 2TB from LaCie that is not very quiet at all, it makes a kind of low whistling white noise i can detect that sound 10 feets of the drive... I found the Seagate Go Flex 3TB USB 3 that seems interresting but i do not know if it quiet enough for me. Maybe i will have to buy an enclosure to put a superquiet HD with USB support? Do you have suggestions base on real testings (what i need is a USB HD 3TB that you cant know its on at about let say 3 feets, when its on and functionning) Thank you.
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