WD WD4005FZBX 4TB Black - Intrusively audible seek noises

[DrSNAFU]

I don't know if this is normal for this particular drive but ever since I got my new black, the seek noise this thing is putting out is worryingly loud and intrusive. I don't think I've had anything this loud since old IDEs in the 90's. I have a brand new 8tb WD Red external, a WD easystore small, my old dual hitachis, an ancient samsung I still use for media, heck my old Barracuda from 2013 (yes, that barracuda) is dead silent except when it spins up/down. Is this normal for this particular drive? All I've seen online is people getting upset about the faint click noise it makes every 4-5 seconds. I can hear that too, when it's not being drowned out by the far more prominent thrashing sounds, leading me to worry that others just aren't getting this noise.

I recorded a clip of it but my mic is bad at high range sound so it's a little fainter than actual. It doesn't sound like it's dying or anything but I'm wondering if this is off-normal for this model of drive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW2KVj31VHk

[DrSNAFU]

I'll go ahead and include a screencap of the disk info and benchmark, if that'll help.

I keep looking for more threads about the sounds coming out of WD black drives and the only threads I keep seeing are the tiny tapping noises every few seconds, not the very loud seek noise I'm getting that all but drowns out my little tap.

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[Samir]

It depends on the drive. Generally ime louder drives are more enterprise designs while the quiet ones are consumer. If it's a WD black, that's basically enterprise.

[HddDonorMarket]

I have heard same noises with customers new bought drive. WD40EFAX-68JH4N1. WD Red Nas