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Tim S · 9th Dec 2008, 09:52

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/200...point-f1-1tb/1

Solid State Drives might be speedy, but for most of us the traditional mechanical drive is still king. We take a look at Samsung's Spinpoint F1 1TB hard disk and see how it faces up against the competition.

LeMaltor · 9th Dec 2008, 10:06

Been thinking about a new hdd for a while now, think this will be the one I get, thanks for the review

nukeman8 · 9th Dec 2008, 10:22

Surprised it didnt score a 10, any way it could be improved on?
Its cheap, beats all other mechanical hard drives in just about every test.
Cant see another hard drive beating it before SSD's become the standard.

Otherwise extremely good review as normal.

bubsterboo · 9th Dec 2008, 10:28

Nice HDD review.

I've got one of these guys, and I can honestly say it's noticeably faster then all my other HDDs. Beat all my friends at game load times with similarly spec-ed PCs.

A lot quieter and cooler then my other drives as well.

kenco_uk · 9th Dec 2008, 10:32

I've got two (and two of the 750GB model, and two of the lesser 500GB model).

Quiet and quick. Shame the read times can't match the write times, but you pay through the nose for that sort of thing.

BIS · 9th Dec 2008, 10:32

I bought one a few weeks ago for my new pc, it's big (storage-wise), fast, and silent. The quietness is what I have noticed most (it neither whines nor chatters).

p3n · 9th Dec 2008, 10:32

Got 4 of these in my lil readynas, great performance and still all alive and kicking (probably near 6 months+ uptime now) despite what the interwebs may say about reliability.

r4tch3t · 9th Dec 2008, 10:44

I have one of these, can copy from a 320GB WD and a 5400rpm laptop drive at the same time with good speed. Just wish I could afford a few more and a RAID card.

djDEATH · 9th Dec 2008, 10:47

yup - i have one too, and it is very fast. A lot faster than my old WD 250GB drive that was my main drive for over two years, this just blows it away. nice to see that i actually chose the fastest one, cos in all fairness, i actually just went for the cheapest 1TB i could get my hands on, and i paid less than the quoted price too.

Aria.co.uk had it for £67.99 + P&P over two months ago

Oclocker · 9th Dec 2008, 10:53

Interesting review - makes the Raptor seem overpriced - makes me wonder if my 640gb F1 is twin platters?

Kúsař · 9th Dec 2008, 10:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by p3n

Got 4 of these in my lil readynas, great performance and still all alive and kicking (probably near 6 months+ uptime now) despite what the interwebs may say about reliability.

Mechanical HDD's are reliable despite all those common bullshits spread all over the internet. They are reliable as long as people are not kicking them around or use them in terribly filthy cases. In fact most of them are failing due mistreating or improper use - like when some moronic cheapskates use small HDD's in servers(80GB drive with small cache, running 24H/7D = murder).

Arkanrais · 9th Dec 2008, 11:30

do you guys at Bit have any 1.5TB drives in house for testing?from what I've seen (at least on the seagate model) is that they're the same $/GB as 1TB drives ($0.19/GB here in NZ), but I'd like to see some performance comparisons before whipping out the wallet on one.

Tim S · 9th Dec 2008, 11:31

AFAIK, Harry is getting the 1.5TB Seagate in (I've certainly asked him to do so).

phuzz · 9th Dec 2008, 11:45

hmm, our file server here at work is showing it's age (4*160Gb drives), perhaps I can get my boss to spring for four of these...

Mankz · 9th Dec 2008, 12:18

I use three of these 1Tb drives in my PC. Two as my Windows/apps/games one which are set in RAID 1 and the other as a dump drive..

Nice and quiet, and cheap for what they are...

Baz · 9th Dec 2008, 12:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arkanrais

do you guys at Bit have any 1.5TB drives in house for testing?from what I've seen (at least on the seagate model) is that they're the same $/GB as 1TB drives ($0.19/GB here in NZ), but I'd like to see some performance comparisons before whipping out the wallet on one.

Seagate are shipping us the drive today - review incoming!

Pookeyhead · 9th Dec 2008, 12:58

Great review, thanks!

I know what my next drive is going to be

tranc3 · 9th Dec 2008, 13:02

Been looking for a new drive, 250gbs just isnt cutting it for me. was looking at 650gbs but i can go for a TB especially for 100 bucks

plagio · 9th Dec 2008, 13:04

I can't believe raptors got beaten up in almost all tests.
So, my next gaming rig will have a couple of Intel SSD in RAID0 and one of this Samsung for data.

Thanks bit-tech

Denis_iii · 9th Dec 2008, 13:10

Does it show as 1000GB's in Windows?

9th Dec 2008, 09:52	#1
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9th Dec 2008, 10:28	#4
bubsterboo Hypermodder Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 781	Nice HDD review. I've got one of these guys, and I can honestly say it's noticeably faster then all my other HDDs. Beat all my friends at game load times with similarly spec-ed PCs. A lot quieter and cooler then my other drives as well. __________________ DFI LANPARTY UT P35-T2R - Q6600 @ 3.4ghz - 8GB OCZ Platinum - evga 9800gx2 - 2x500gb seagate, 1x250gb hitachi, 1x320gb seagate, 1x1tb samsung - Benq FP241W

9th Dec 2008, 10:32	#5
kenco_uk I feel your presents. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Bourne, Lincolnshire, UK Posts: 6,309	I've got two (and two of the 750GB model, and two of the lesser 500GB model). Quiet and quick. Shame the read times can't match the write times, but you pay through the nose for that sort of thing. __________________ MSI X58M - i7 920 4Ghz - 6GB Corsair - GTX260 648/2520 ::: Vote for bit-tech T - theevilelephant - "it sounded like bouncing around on a pogo stick, screaming in chinese while occasionally throwing a cat at a door."

9th Dec 2008, 10:44	#8
r4tch3t hmmmm.... Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 2,885	I have one of these, can copy from a 320GB WD and a 5400rpm laptop drive at the same time with good speed. Just wish I could afford a few more and a RAID card. __________________ Fight my Brute The quantum limit of reality might be scaled up because we're all holograms. Obviously. Once more we see that sufficiently advanced physics is indistinguishable from getting really stoned. From here

9th Dec 2008, 10:22	#3
nukeman8 Supermodder Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 273	Surprised it didnt score a 10, any way it could be improved on? Its cheap, beats all other mechanical hard drives in just about every test. Cant see another hard drive beating it before SSD's become the standard. Otherwise extremely good review as normal.

9th Dec 2008, 10:32	#6
BIS What's a Dremel? Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 3	I bought one a few weeks ago for my new pc, it's big (storage-wise), fast, and silent. The quietness is what I have noticed most (it neither whines nor chatters).

9th Dec 2008, 10:32	#7
p3n Hypermodder Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 736	Got 4 of these in my lil readynas, great performance and still all alive and kicking (probably near 6 months+ uptime now) despite what the interwebs may say about reliability.

9th Dec 2008, 10:47	#9
djDEATH gert rubbish or summat Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: BRISTOL Posts: 370	yup - i have one too, and it is very fast. A lot faster than my old WD 250GB drive that was my main drive for over two years, this just blows it away. nice to see that i actually chose the fastest one, cos in all fairness, i actually just went for the cheapest 1TB i could get my hands on, and i paid less than the quoted price too. Aria.co.uk had it for £67.99 + P&P over two months ago __________________ BEASTIE Lian-Li PC-07b ASUS M2N-E nForce 570 Ultra OCZ StealthXtreme 600W PSU Phenom X3 8750 BLACK EDITION @ 3.103 Ghz (14.5 x 214 FSB, HTT @ 1070 Mhz) Gainward 8800GT Golden Sample @ 730/1825/1000 Mhz 4GB (2x2GB) OCZ Blade PC8500 CL5 Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB WD Caviar SE 250GB

9th Dec 2008, 10:53	#10
Oclocker I Mod, Therefore I Own Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: N E Scotland Posts: 3,120	Interesting review - makes the Raptor seem overpriced - makes me wonder if my 640gb F1 is twin platters? __________________ e-mail njc123@gmail.com msn same

9th Dec 2008, 11:30	#12
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9th Dec 2008, 11:31	#13
Tim S Pewlius Caesar bit-tech Staff Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Ascot, Berks Posts: 18,021	AFAIK, Harry is getting the 1.5TB Seagate in (I've certainly asked him to do so). __________________ Tim on Twitter \| Tim's Blog \| Tim's Flickr The bit-tech Blog \| bit-tech on Twitter \| Join the bit-tech & Custom PC folding team (#35947)

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phuzz Hypermodder Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bristol, UK Posts: 955	hmm, our file server here at work is showing it's age (4*160Gb drives), perhaps I can get my boss to spring for four of these...

9th Dec 2008, 12:58	#17
Pookeyhead It's Big, and It's Clever Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Blackpool Posts: 4,937	Great review, thanks! I know what my next drive is going to be __________________ Intel i7 920 @ 3.8GHz ¦¦ Asus P6T Deluxe ¦¦ 6Gb Corsair Dominator C8 ¦¦ XFX GTX295 ¦¦ 2x 1Tb Samsung F1 ¦¦ 1x Seagate 7200.11 1.5Tb ¦¦ Gigabyte Odin 800W PSU ¦¦ Dell 2405FPW.

9th Dec 2008, 13:02	#18
tranc3 It's a series of tubes!! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: VA, USA Posts: 1,393	Been looking for a new drive, 250gbs just isnt cutting it for me. was looking at 650gbs but i can go for a TB especially for 100 bucks __________________ Project: Cool Master Centurion 267 [AMD Kuma 7750 2.77 \|Asus M3N78-EM\|mushkin 4x1GB DDR800 \|WD Caviar 500GB\|GeForce EVGA GTS 250 512MB\|OCZ StealthXStream 600]

9th Dec 2008, 13:04	#19
plagio Multimodder Join Date: May 2004 Location: Rome, Italy Posts: 141	I can't believe raptors got beaten up in almost all tests. So, my next gaming rig will have a couple of Intel SSD in RAID0 and one of this Samsung for data. Thanks bit-tech

9th Dec 2008, 13:10	#20
Denis_iii Hypermodder Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 874	Does it show as 1000GB's in Windows?