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Building silent PC. Will mechanical HDD for storage make noise when not in use?
So, the main one will be a SSD. However, I need a regular HDD for video/music/photo storage, as SSDs have limited space. My question: Will the HDD always be on, and thus creating whatever little noise it makes at all times? Or, will it only start up when I'm writing/accessing files to/from it? I want it to be off when not accessed. Thanks.
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- starpc11Lv 76 years ago
There is no real way of turning the hdd off unless it's disable , it will go into idle until files are written to and from it, the noise will be very low barely be able to hear it while in idle
- Anonymous6 years ago
Yes it will be on unless you tell the power controller to shut it down on inactive. It will slow down the machine though. And there is no such thing as a silent computer.
