Benchmark Results: Temperature And Noise
This is one of the coolest drives we’ve had in our storage test lab; 36°C maximum surface temperature is an all-time low.
Idle noise hasn’t changed much compared to the EADS.
The drive is quieter at high head activity, as when running the workstation I/O benchmark.
Also check out our Desktop Hard Drive Charts for comparison with many more disk drives.
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Increased throughput at the cost of higher latency... I'll take it, but it depends on what you use your computer for I guess.