Great drive, but loud.
924144
It does it's job, it's a little loud though.
1041756
Very fast drive for large files, but the trade off is slower speed for random read writes for small files
2592977
I thought the other reviews of these being noisy was an exaggeration. No, they are really loud. They make a crunching sound. I have had drives like these in the past but they were really old drives. Most new drives don't make that sound. They are definitely not suitable for a NAS box sitting in a living room. These would be better suited for a data center NAS. Good drives though, nothing wrong with their performance. Had to send them back due to their noise. I guess I will have to spring for the WD Red Pro drives if I want quiet, cool, and high performance.
3579941
The drive is reasonably quiet and works well as a backup device. But the power supply is very large.
3371945
The only thing keeping me from giving this five stars is that it is noisy. I will trade a little noise for the speed any day. Compared to the old IDE drive I replaced this DVDRW screams. Make sure you have the SATA cables and a power converter if your motherboard does not have SATA power because it does not come with them.
1908690
This is a noisy HD, but is well built and it has a warranty backing it better than most. I purchased it as shared drive which I randomly access, I recommend turning the advanced power settings to "turn off hard disk after: Never", this I recommend if you want HD accessible asap all the time, if not it will sleep and you'll have to wait a few seconds before it wakes up which can be aggravating, this again has nothing to do with the HD but the settings on windows. It is built to take a pounding, so it is great as a main drive as well, that is actually what it is built for.
1317156
I bought this hard drive to replace the 160 GB 5400 rpm that came with my Macbook.

Overall I am really pleased with this drive. It doesn't get hot and I do not notice any noise or vibration coming from the drive.

It is a fast HDD, however I am not noticing a big difference when reading or writing. In more detail I usually hibernate my mac instead of making it sleep. So, it takes longer to wake up cause it has to read the session from the disk. Having said that, I  was expecting to see a big difference when waking up compared to the other disk but I do not notice such thing.

Other than that I am very pleased with the drive, it has been an good and cheap decision. I really recommend it.
2677220
This Seagate NAS is wrapped in a sleek black outfit.  The device is not too difficult to setup.  The only draw back as mentioned by other is how loud it sounds.  After having it for couple of months, there is a pretty loud hum all the time.  Good thing this is a NAS.  Going to find some place to put it so I don't have to hear the constant HUM.
133398
Brand new hard drive (detected by HD tune pro). The noise to me is minor, only slightly louder than my 1TB WD blue 7200 rpm drive.
3612278
This grinder does everything I want, and does it well. Love the cord storage, too.

But this machine is SO LOUD I CAN'T HEAR MYSELF THINK!

Two stars off just for that. And I'm taking it back.

*I notice I'm the only person who has complained about the noise, so maybe I have a defective one.

EDIT: Nope, it's really noisy. I exchanged it and the new one is almost as loud as my chainsaw. :) So this product is not for me.
45391
Corsair rocks and this drive lives up to its speed. Its also not as big as some have indicated in reviews. The only drawback is that it comes with a cap that I already lost. (I have a kitten that got it)
608834
I've had this drive installed for about a week and give it a strong three stars.  On my computer (PIII 500, 368Mb RAM, Win98SE) using Media Jukebox I've had no problem burning error free CD's. With this setup the drive pretty much works as advertised, burning at 16x with no buffer problems (I bought it because of the decent on board buffer).
BUT, be prepared, because this is the noisiest drive I've ever heard.  I ripped a CD from the drive (which is in a tower case on a carpeted floor) and during the process I was treated to significant vibration on my desk (about two feet away) and a noise that brought my wife up from downstairs with a very worried look on her face.  Loose CD's on top of the tower started to move around and fall off.  Really, it was almost comical.  However, the drive is mostly silent during burns, so I'm keeping it for trouble free burns and using my other drive (an Hitachi DVD) for all other CD read needs.
3486476
the internal hard drives make a lot of noise - constantly clicking.

I bought to use as my main drive for editing but can't stand the noise - now I only use it to back stuff up, which is a waste when you can buy a much cheaper drive as a backup.  I have the older version too, silver and drives are horizontal - that one is quiet.

If you only edit with headphones it will not bother you, or if you can put it on the other side of the room
102079
Overall I like the enclosure.  However, after 1 year, the fan is making too much noise.  I am currently looking for a replacement (for the fan).  I do like the USB3.0, the speed, the simplicity.  Have Segate Blacks installed.  I've verified failure scenarios and have swapped disks in and out.  Eventually all gets synced back for RAID1.  Its just the fan after a year of use that is disappointing - loudest device in my office at the moment.
2987552
Works well, good capacity for the price and supposedly very reliable.  My only issue is it is louder than other hdds I have used.
2520521
Great drive! A little noisy but all of them are.. Thought it might read 'burned' discs that my pos iMac internal drive wouldn't but other than that delivers nicely.
1473037
Drive is great. It is a bit noisy which had me concerned when I first installed it but it has been running great so far.