Hello,
I would like to buy a couple relative silent 8TB CMR HDDs, I would like to move away from WD RED disk (I have a few of them from past years, but the new ones are not reliable). So I am looking at Toshiba and Seagate offers.
As i see, there is no equivalent of 5400 rpm WD Red disk (which are silent), so both Toshiba and Seagate only offers 7200 RPM disk to NAS-like usage.
I will use them in Fractal Design XL R2 tower case (I will remove both side covers of the case)
I have red conflicting reviews / reddit comments / videos about which is louder - some say Toshiba is louder other say Seagate is louder.
Could you give me a definitive answer: which is louder?
Also I would like to understand some of the comment related to disk size vs noise level. It was told, that Toshiba 8 TB drives are louder than the 10 TB one, as 10 TB uses helium. Is it means, if I am concerned, I should buy 10 TB disks?
One last question: in the past the rule of thumb was: only but 2 TB, 4 TB or 8 TB HDDs, as 3 TB, 5 TB, 10 TB, 14 TB disks are unreliable because of these had odd number of plates inside. Was it changed? Are 10 TB drives are the same reliable as 8 TB ones, regadless of they have 5 or 6 plate?
Thank you!