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System Name | Room Heater Pro |
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Processor | i9-13900KF |
Motherboard | ASUS ROG STRIX Z790-F GAMING WIFI |
Cooling | Corsair iCUE H170i ELITE CAPELLIX 420mm |
Memory | Kingston Renegade RGB, 32GB 2x2x16GB, DDR5, 6400MHz, CL32 |
Video Card(s) | Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC 24GB |
Storage | Kingston FURY Renegade Gen.4, 4TB, NVMe, M.2. |
Display(s) | ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG48UQ, 47.5", 4K, OLED, 138Hz, 0.1 ms, G-SYNC |
Case | Thermaltake View 51 TG ARGB |
Power Supply | Asus ROG Thor, 1200W Platinum |
Mouse | Logitech Pro X Superlight 2 |
Keyboard | Logitech G213 RGB |
VR HMD | Oculus Quest 2 |
Software | Windows 11 21H2 |
Yes, I know, what possessed me to buy that, especially since I read buyer reviews complaining about unbearable noise.
I bought it this weekend, and it was delivered in a small envelope with bubbles inside that seemed to have received a bit of abuse, as they didn't even bother to mark it as fragile. But the drive looked fine, no obvious damage. I bought a similar 5400 RPM Baracuda 8TB drive this summer, delivered in a similar envelope, and I had to return that one, as it was working for only 2-3 minutes before disconnecting. And it was also making a lot of noise, while it worked.
As for the new drive, it seemed to work fine for the first day, I ran a full test on it, and there were no errors. Noise was significant when seeking, but I can live with that, as I only plan to use it for backups.
But today it seemed to make more noise than usual, even when idle with no seeking. It's continuously making an annoying hum, and the entire computer case vibrates. And it is also quite hot, 40 degrees Celsius when idle in a 25 degrees room, with an open case that normally provides reasonable cooling even when closed. That doesn't seem normal to me.
Hoping it will reduce the noise, I put the cover on the case, which I usually keep open. However, that made it worse, as the cover started to vibrate in resonance with the drive. Then I tried to set Windows to turn it off if it stays idle for more than one minute. But this drive seems to ignore that setting, and remains running continuously, even when it's not accessed. That's unacceptable.
Now I opened the case again, downloaded the Seagate tools, and started a 14-hour test on it. After a few minutes of testing the temperature has now reached 48 degrees Celsius. I went to the Seagate site, they say temperatures up to 50 degrees are OK, or even 60 degrees with the "newer drives", whatever that means. I still don't like it. I can't even keep my hand on it since it's so hot. And I'm starting to develop a headache from all that noise.
My old hard drive, a 2TB 7200RPM Seagate, stays at 29-30 degrees Celsius when idle, and except when seeking makes no significant noise or vibration. So, I'm not getting it. Was I just unlucky, or did Seagate start to make poor quality drives recently?
I really hope it dies soon. I could return it even if it doesn't fail, but I don't want to get on some blacklist at that retailer for returning too many products.
I bought it this weekend, and it was delivered in a small envelope with bubbles inside that seemed to have received a bit of abuse, as they didn't even bother to mark it as fragile. But the drive looked fine, no obvious damage. I bought a similar 5400 RPM Baracuda 8TB drive this summer, delivered in a similar envelope, and I had to return that one, as it was working for only 2-3 minutes before disconnecting. And it was also making a lot of noise, while it worked.
As for the new drive, it seemed to work fine for the first day, I ran a full test on it, and there were no errors. Noise was significant when seeking, but I can live with that, as I only plan to use it for backups.
But today it seemed to make more noise than usual, even when idle with no seeking. It's continuously making an annoying hum, and the entire computer case vibrates. And it is also quite hot, 40 degrees Celsius when idle in a 25 degrees room, with an open case that normally provides reasonable cooling even when closed. That doesn't seem normal to me.
Hoping it will reduce the noise, I put the cover on the case, which I usually keep open. However, that made it worse, as the cover started to vibrate in resonance with the drive. Then I tried to set Windows to turn it off if it stays idle for more than one minute. But this drive seems to ignore that setting, and remains running continuously, even when it's not accessed. That's unacceptable.
Now I opened the case again, downloaded the Seagate tools, and started a 14-hour test on it. After a few minutes of testing the temperature has now reached 48 degrees Celsius. I went to the Seagate site, they say temperatures up to 50 degrees are OK, or even 60 degrees with the "newer drives", whatever that means. I still don't like it. I can't even keep my hand on it since it's so hot. And I'm starting to develop a headache from all that noise.
My old hard drive, a 2TB 7200RPM Seagate, stays at 29-30 degrees Celsius when idle, and except when seeking makes no significant noise or vibration. So, I'm not getting it. Was I just unlucky, or did Seagate start to make poor quality drives recently?
I really hope it dies soon. I could return it even if it doesn't fail, but I don't want to get on some blacklist at that retailer for returning too many products.