It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/VYDEOS on 2025-04-15 08:47:20.

Thinking about buying either a 8tb Seagate barracuda or a 8tb western digital blue. The Seagate is 5400 rpm and wd is 5640 rpm, so on the lower end. My question is, will it be loud enough to hear on my PC? My case fans are running around 900-1000 rpm and CPU fan is running 600-700 rpm, so it's pretty quiet.

I've looked up videos testing sounds but it seems a lot louder than it would be in real life. The videos are also testing the drive directly, but if my HDD is in my case, it could muffle the sound. Also Would it be noticeably louder if I got a 7200 rpm drive instead? Is the extra speed worth the price despite being hotter and louder?