Looking for Quiet External HD...

Bought my server with 1TB installed at www.endpcnoise.com . I LOVE it! comletely silent! relize you are looking for brands and an external hard drive. If you have to ask? I left it to the experts. no issues just enjoyment. p.kogan

Installed the Oyen MiniPro 2.5" Firewire 800 drive today. It is marginally quieter than the DataTale 3.5" FireWire 800/400, and it does not require a separate DC power supply, so I'm going to stick with the Oyen drive for now.

Interesting, i have been learning towards the Mini pro also...been considering to get this unit. It would be a perfect portable HD.

I place the drive on 1/2" sorbothane and place a brass weight on top, which also quiets the drive and isolates the shelf from vibration caused by the drive.

Samsung used to be king of the quite HD, now many Western Digital match in terms of dB. Samsung more thud, thud, thud when the drive is seeking, vs. Western Digital kinda sounds like rattling chains when in seek mode. Western Digital drives have improved a lot in terms of quiet. As someone else mentioned, try end pc noise dot com as they're masters of quiet.