how noisy are external hard drives?

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how noisy are external hard drives? #32607 01/26/15 03:56 PM
Joined: Aug 2009 Likes: 7 New York State jchuzi OP
OP jchuzi Joined: Aug 2009 Likes: 7 New York State	In the near future, I will probably buy a 5K iMac Retina. My elderly Mac Pro has spoiled me because it has four internal hard drives. So, I will need to get external drives for backup purposes. My only experience with an external occurred about 12 years ago when I had bought a LaCie drive for use with my G4 DP 450. It was quite noisy and annoying. How noisy are modern external drives? I don't mind a quiet hum but if there is a noticeable din, I'll be very unhappy (and so will my wife). Jon macOS 11.7.10, iMac Retina 5K 27-inch, late 2014, 3.5 GHz Intel Core i5, 1 TB fusion drive, 16 GB RAM, Epson SureColor P600, Photoshop CC, Lightroom CC, MS Office 365

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how noisy are external hard drives?	jchuzi	01/26/15 03:56 PM
Re: how noisy are external hard drives?	joemikeb	01/26/15 05:46 PM
Re: how noisy are external hard drives?	jchuzi	01/26/15 05:59 PM
Re: how noisy are external hard drives?	joemikeb	01/31/15 05:38 PM
Re: how noisy are external hard drives?	jchuzi	01/31/15 06:56 PM
Re: how noisy are external hard drives?	Ira L	01/26/15 05:59 PM
Re: how noisy are external hard drives?	jchuzi	01/26/15 06:00 PM
Re: how noisy are external hard drives?	ryck	01/28/15 01:23 AM
Re: how noisy are external hard drives?	Ira L	01/28/15 05:15 PM
Re: how noisy are external hard drives?	alternaut	01/26/15 08:16 PM
Re: how noisy are external hard drives?	Virtual1	02/03/15 03:23 PM
Re: how noisy are external hard drives?	jchuzi	02/03/15 05:34 PM
Re: how noisy are external hard drives?	artie505	02/03/15 08:33 PM
Re: how noisy are external hard drives?	Virtual1	02/04/15 01:31 PM
Re: how noisy are external hard drives?	artie505	02/04/15 09:34 PM
Re: how noisy are external hard drives?	jchuzi	02/19/15 12:31 AM
Re: how noisy are external hard drives?	joemikeb	02/19/15 03:32 PM
Re: how noisy are external hard drives?	jchuzi	02/19/15 08:55 PM
Re: how noisy are external hard drives?	joemikeb	02/20/15 04:24 PM
Re: how noisy are external hard drives?	jchuzi	02/20/15 05:51 PM
Re: how noisy are external hard drives?	tacit	02/21/15 03:32 AM
Re: how noisy are external hard drives?	jchuzi	02/21/15 11:16 AM
Re: how noisy are external hard drives?	jchuzi	02/21/15 12:17 PM
Re: how noisy are external hard drives?	joemikeb	02/21/15 02:50 PM
Re: how noisy are external hard drives?	jchuzi	02/21/15 05:36 PM
Re: how noisy are external hard drives?	jchuzi	02/22/15 11:52 AM
Re: how noisy are external hard drives?	Ira L	02/24/15 05:16 PM
Re: how noisy are external hard drives?	jchuzi	02/24/15 06:02 PM
Re: how noisy are external hard drives?	Virtual1	02/24/15 08:19 PM
Re: how noisy are external hard drives?	jchuzi	02/19/15 09:43 AM
Re: how noisy are external hard drives?	Ira L	02/19/15 01:24 PM

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