Originally Posted By: mlord
Now that WD has 8TB, they do appear to be the better choice.

..but noticeably noisier than the Seagate drives they replaced.

The 8TB Seagates were silent. Nothing there, any noise from them was masked by the very gentle airflow of the case fans in the HTPC box.

The WD Red 8TB have a noticeable low frequency "thumping noise" that sounds kinda like the kid across the street (300' away) bouncing his basketball.

Very subtle, and distracting. And those two drives are already on silicone isolation mounts.

Someday..