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Samsung F3 vs Seagate 7200.12 vs WD 640 Black

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angelkiller said:
:eek: Well then. I'm wrong.

:toast:
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The RAID0 performance of two of these is even better! I was really impressed actually, I expected really crappy performance from them since they rae only 5900RPM, but they really impressed me. Now I just need to hook them up to a proper RAID controller instead of the shitty 650i controller they are currently on...
 
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ok heres my HD Tune screenies of this Samsung F3 1TB drive


pretty decent... beats my Raid 0 setup i was using before handsdown... looking forward to getting another to run in raid 0 with :)

My previous drives were WD 320RE16 (raid edition) in raid 0 64kb stripe
 
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I want two of those 500GB F3s in Raid0. Those drives are impressive.

Here is a screenshot of my 1TB F1 for comparison.



This is 2 250GB AAKS dirves in Raid0.

 
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Heres the Blue 2x320GB WD AAKS in Raid 0
Get you 2 of these and put them in raid0.
At about $55 apiece thats some good bang for the buck.
Looks like there just as fast as the blacks also.
 
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What is RAID? :)
 
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Don't have any HD Tune benchmark screenie, but i have a HD Tach one :D.



I was used to a Maxtor with 3.5 years old, this Samsung F3 1TB is a beast :D.
 
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So has anyone done a direct comparison between F3 500GB and Black 500GB?
Aside from the Bit Tech review of course! ;-P
 
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jalyst said:
So has anyone done a direct comparison between F3 500GB and Black 500GB?
Aside from the Bit Tech review of course! ;-P
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when i finally get out of bed i will do a test i have a 500gb wd black. im in a blizzard so i dont want to get up:) last i checked we where at 13" at 10pm yesterday still snowing
 
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you're a legend, 220am here time for bed :)

Delta6326 said:
when i finally get out of bed i will do a test i have a 500gb wd black. im in a blizzard so i dont want to get up:) last i checked we where at 13" at 10pm yesterday still snowing
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heres my test the first one is horrible going to do a retest


Heres my second test after i did a disk cleanup


so i would say get the F3 Sammy my WD really hasn't impressed me much
 
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LAN_deRf_HA said:
Only real problem with samsung is I don't trust their reliability... even if they are the fastest drives out now
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That's exactly it. You got very close to defining the very fact of the matter: the faster a drive is, the the faster it will fail and/or the more likely it is to fail.
 
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I've had a pair of Samsung F1 1TB drives in RAID 1 for over 3 months, not a single issue here. These are my first Samsung drives, too (long time WD and older Maxtor user).
 
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Jstn7477 said:
I've had a pair of Samsung F1 1TB drives in RAID 1 for over 3 months, not a single issue here. These are my first Samsung drives, too (long time WD and older Maxtor user).
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I've had a pair of F1 640GB non-raided for just over a year now, and these have been the quietest and coolest running drives I've ever used. These were my first Samsung drives as well, but now I wouldn't hesitate to go Samsung again.

Then again it's really luck of the draw when it comes to mechanical HDD's and quality. There really isn't any manufacturer that can boast the 'best overall quality and reliability' anymore.
 
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