How are those Samsung F1's

kenkickr · Sep 24, 2008, 01:32 PM

I recently sold my 500Gb Seagate to my friend cause he needed a drive and I had to send my motherboard to Asus for RMA, and soon will be looking to purchase a 750Gb or 1Tb drive. I've been looking at HD's from Seagate, WD, and Samsung. It seems the F1's are all the rage and are pretty high on people's list of HD recommendations. I've read reviews on all the manufacturers I listed but newegg reviews, I generally take them with a grain of salt, kind of have me worried cause it seems there are alot of failures shortly after receiving them. Anyone here have a F1 and if so how have they been from 6 months on. Warranty doesn't really concern me as long as it's not 1 year cause I generally don't keep hardware that long. Any info much appreciated.

FatForester · Sep 24, 2008, 01:52 PM

Buy one- you won't regret it. I've been lugging the 750gb F1 in an external for about 4+ months now, and it's still running great. It's bounced around in my backpack before when I forgot it was in there, and it hasn't skipped a beat. It's VERY quiet, the only thing you'll notice is it's start-up "whine" which lasts about 2 seconds. In a desktop environment it stays very cool, although the external case I've put it in lets it get a bit toasty (it blocks two of the airholes, so I might try a different one). I bought mine for $110 on ZZF, but newegg now has the better price @ $95. Best hard drive I've ever owned. Only other consideration would be looking at the 640gb drives if you want more speed... but that's it!

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xubidoo · Sep 24, 2008, 01:57 PM

ive had a Samsung F1 750gb for a couple of months ,its very quiet and is faster than my wd500gb,so far so good.

as mentioned above if u want faster then i suggest either the 640gb or 1tb versions as they are a little faster than the 750.

Jmatt110 · Sep 24, 2008, 02:01 PM

MY 750gb F1 is going great, very fast and extremely quiet. Better in all area than my 500gb WD. Get one, you won't be disappointed.

kenkickr · Sep 24, 2008, 02:40 PM

Thanks for the info guys, and girls if any. I'm hoping to go with the 1Tb drive but will see how the money situation works out for me.

KieranD · Sep 24, 2008, 02:51 PM

1tb has different platters so it is faster but overall my 750gb gives me large space and rapid load times, i thought at first this is shit but vista loads in seconds and games loading times are better overall so over time i started to notice how dynamite this hard drive was

it worth the money honest its only competition is some WD 600 odd gb with 16mb cache

ZenZimZaliben · Sep 24, 2008, 03:43 PM

I have 2 1TB's F1's in RAID 0 in my HTPC...they are awesome. Very fast. I would say they are as fast or faster in some cases then my Raptors. Strongly recommend.

niko084 · Sep 24, 2008, 03:47 PM

Anyone beat on these drives real good, like raid setup with 24/7 running with constant writes?

I'm interested in buying a few for my daw if they hold up really well, a good bit cheaper than RE2/RE3s.

kenkickr · Sep 24, 2008, 07:03 PM

I found on Newegg there is a Seagate 1.5TB drive for $189.99. It's not in stock right now but probably in a couple weeks I'll be looking again cause that should be about the time I get my motherboard back from Asus. If the Samsung comes down in price in that time I think I'll go with it depending on what the price/gb is.

largon · Sep 26, 2008, 08:27 AM

If you're going to get a Samsung F1 don't even consider the 750GB model. F1 750GB is built using older lower density platters and as such is slower than the 640GB/1TB models.

lemonadesoda · Sep 26, 2008, 08:37 AM

I've got the 750GB. It's fast. True, the 1GB model has higher density platters, and is a little faster in some benchmarks, but even the 750GB is very fast and quiet. You can base your decision on your budget.

red268 · Sep 26, 2008, 09:45 AM

I was considering the 1TB version, so was glad to see this thread.
Do the drive run much slower if they're filled with stuff?
For example, put 600GB of videos on the 1TB drive along with my operating system and all my games, would there be any performance loss compared to if it was just my OS and games?

VulkanBros · Sep 26, 2008, 10:07 AM

I have 2 Spinpoints (1 TB) in RAID 0 and I have 2 VelociRaptors (300 GB) also in RAID 0
and they are head to head in most tests I have performed....with a slight overtake for the WD´s ....
Whatever... they a both very fast compared to anything else I have owned..

kenkickr · Sep 26, 2008, 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by red268

I was considering the 1TB version, so was glad to see this thread.
Do the drive run much slower if they're filled with stuff?
For example, put 600GB of videos on the 1TB drive along with my operating system and all my games, would there be any performance loss compared to if it was just my OS and games?

Any drive is going to slow down the more data you put on it. I love do a system tuneup for a customer that has less than 15% HD space on their system and seeing their eyes light up when they get it back noticing how much faster the system is. That's why I have my 500Gb External so I'm not loading my OS/Game drive up with a bunch of shit that just sits most of the time(movies, music, pics, etc).

It seems the Seagate 1.5Gb(1.36Gb formatted) is the drive to go with for the price. 189.99 on newegg right now. I'll see though cause hopefully the Samsung will move down to 119.99-125.99 soon.

xubidoo · Sep 27, 2008, 05:39 PM

just to compare a Samsung 750gb Vs WD 640gb..

Sep 24, 2008, 01:32 PM	#1
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Sep 24, 2008, 01:57 PM	#3
xubidoo Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lancs,UK Posts: 853 (0.42/day) Thanks: 231 Thanked 73 Times in 71 Posts System Specs	ive had a Samsung F1 750gb for a couple of months ,its very quiet and is faster than my wd500gb,so far so good. as mentioned above if u want faster then i suggest either the 640gb or 1tb versions as they are a little faster than the 750. __________________ XBOX LIVE Gamertag - xubidoo feel free to add me

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Sep 24, 2008, 01:52 PM	#2
FatForester Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 937 (0.41/day) Thanks: 94 Thanked 155 Times in 139 Posts System Specs	Buy one- you won't regret it. I've been lugging the 750gb F1 in an external for about 4+ months now, and it's still running great. It's bounced around in my backpack before when I forgot it was in there, and it hasn't skipped a beat. It's VERY quiet, the only thing you'll notice is it's start-up "whine" which lasts about 2 seconds. In a desktop environment it stays very cool, although the external case I've put it in lets it get a bit toasty (it blocks two of the airholes, so I might try a different one). I bought mine for $110 on ZZF, but newegg now has the better price @ $95. Best hard drive I've ever owned. Only other consideration would be looking at the 640gb drives if you want more speed... but that's it! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822152100

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kenkickr Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Springfield, IL Posts: 4,490 (2.25/day) Thanks: 1,024 Thanked 1,328 Times in 1,094 Posts System Specs	Thanks for the info guys, and girls if any. I'm hoping to go with the 1Tb drive but will see how the money situation works out for me.

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kenkickr Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Springfield, IL Posts: 4,490 (2.25/day) Thanks: 1,024 Thanked 1,328 Times in 1,094 Posts System Specs	I found on Newegg there is a Seagate 1.5TB drive for $189.99. It's not in stock right now but probably in a couple weeks I'll be looking again cause that should be about the time I get my motherboard back from Asus. If the Samsung comes down in price in that time I think I'll go with it depending on what the price/gb is.

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Sep 26, 2008, 09:45 AM	#12
red268 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: UK Posts: 400 (0.16/day) Thanks: 43 Thanked 39 Times in 39 Posts System Specs	I was considering the 1TB version, so was glad to see this thread. Do the drive run much slower if they're filled with stuff? For example, put 600GB of videos on the 1TB drive along with my operating system and all my games, would there be any performance loss compared to if it was just my OS and games? __________________ CPU: Q6600 G0 @ stock 2.4Ghz with a TRUE and a Xilence Red Wing 120mm fan \| Mobo: ASUSTeK - P5N-E - SLI nForce 650i SLI(C55) \| RAM: OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 800Mhz/PC2-6400 GOLD XTC \| GPU: Sapphire HD3870 XT 512MB Arctic Cooling Acellero 1 Rev.2 Cooler \| HDD: Seagate ST3500320AS 500GB SATA II 7200rpm 32MB Cache \| DVD: LightScribe Super Format 20x Dual Layer DVD Writer +R/-R/RW/RAM \| PSU: 550W \| Case: Antec 1200 “Whenever I break wind it smells horrible.” -erocker

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Sep 27, 2008, 05:39 PM	#15
xubidoo Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lancs,UK Posts: 853 (0.42/day) Thanks: 231 Thanked 73 Times in 71 Posts System Specs	just to compare a Samsung 750gb Vs WD 640gb.. __________________ XBOX LIVE Gamertag - xubidoo feel free to add me

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