Our results are Decibel values dB(A). Mathematically speaking, a 10dB difference on power measurements is a 10X (1000%) increase in actual power. Hower, the human ear does perceive a 10X increase in audio power to be only twice as loud.
Disc Temperature
The Seagate and Fujitsu drives are quite hot models! Here, Western Digital did very good work once again, as the 15 GByte drive is still less than 40 degrees.
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Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.
