Seagate 7200.11 vs. Samsung F1

CarolinaKSU · May 21, 2008

Well my little 500gb WD is maxed out and I want to build a raid0 array for the obvious performance improvments. However, I am torn between two Samsung F1s or Seagate 7200.11s.. input anyone??

newtekie1 · May 21, 2008

I would go with the seagate. Both are going to give you pretty much identical performance, but IMO, Seagate makes better quality drives.

DanishDevil · May 21, 2008

Go with whichever costs you less. I unfortunately dropped about $200 on the Seagate 750GB and a week later they had the Samsungs for $115 :banghead:

CarolinaKSU · May 21, 2008

Of course luck would have it, same price on newegg.. :roll:

Samsung

Seagate

Also interesting to note that neither of these get good reviews on there.. Of course we all know better. :pimp:

wolf2009 · May 21, 2008

WD SE16 640 GB drive is better than both of them . its faster and quiet and uses less power .

FatForester · May 21, 2008

I'm looking to buy the Samsung F1 750gb, and it's $110 bucks at ZipZoomFly.

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10007193

PVTCaboose1337 · May 21, 2008

I vote for the Seagate if those are your two options. I have always been a WD guy though.

mikek75 · May 21, 2008

I just bought a Samsung Spinpoint F1 500GB two days ago, very pleased with it so far. Vista 64 filled my little 80GB Maxtor in no time so it was necessary, LOL. Has improved my system overall, is very quiet and cost £47 (about $94) including 17.5% Value added tax. No regrets, at the end of the day ANY manufacturer has failures, nature of the beast.

panchoman · May 21, 2008

go with the samsung, it out performs the seagate and uses less power etc

mikek75 · May 21, 2008

Cheers Panchoman, nice to know I made a good choice for a change!

panchoman · May 21, 2008

im suprised that seagate is winning in this thread, in other threads, samsung wins hands down..

btw more info on the f1 is here: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/samsung-overtakes-a-bang,1730.html

lemonadesoda · May 21, 2008

I've always been a seagate guy... after failed hitachi, ibms and maxtors. I never had a WD drive fail, but the one I had until recently was slow. The seagates WERE the best (for the last 3-5 years or so). However, I switched to Samsung F1 and am not disappointed. They are: very fast, very quiet, run cool, and lower power consumption. Full recommendation from me.

The WD drives have got a lot better too. But IMO the F1's are still better. And I dont like the way "Green power" jumps onto the eco-bandwagon, but isnt really any more eco friendly that competitors.

I agree with pancho, every review I've seen has F1's the winner *on average*. There may occasionally be ONE benchmark that is better, but across all benchmarks, they win. IF you are considering seagate still, then my tip is *NOT* the 7200.11 but the DB35.3 or DB35.4. They are quieter, cooler and designed for enterprise, RAID and video. Much better than 7200.11, but a bit more expensive.

panchoman · May 21, 2008

finnally got tom's to work:
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/...ead-transfer-performance,658.html?p=1826,1782
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/...ritetransfer-performance,659.html?p=1826,1782
etc.

CarolinaKSU · May 21, 2008

lemonadesoda said:
IF you are considering seagate still, then my tip is *NOT* the 7200.11 but the DB35.3 or DB35.4.

Got a link? I tried looking around and couldnt find any for sale, just that they were announced.

panchoman · May 21, 2008

cant find db drives, do you mean sv or es?

lemonadesoda · May 21, 2008

I just bought a IDE DB35.3 500GB for my MusicCAST to replace the original WD1600 160MB.

The difference was amazing. After ripping a few CDs the MusicCAST got hot to the touch. With the new DB35.3, it is cool to the touch. Not very scientific. But very noticable.

What is your 10-20?

http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/consumer_electronics/db35_series/db35_series_7200.4/

wolf2009 · May 21, 2008

take a look at this review

spinpoint f1 is faster than seagate , and many times wd se16 640 gb is faster than both.

lemonadesoda · May 21, 2008

Thats an interesting review. The WD SE16 640GB is *fast*. Nice. But the speed is achieved through a new, higher, data density. 320GB rather than 250GB per platter. That's impressive. But it also means we can expect Seagate and Samsung to release 320GB platters soon, and they will be top. But quite right... TODAY the WD SE16 seems the fastest. Worth considering.

DanishDevil · May 21, 2008

32mb cache really helps though. I want a 320GB platter 32mb cache drive.

FatForester · May 21, 2008

Samsung uses 334gb platters in their 1TB drive, and it has 32mb cache, so there ya go Danish! As far as speed vs. capacity, the WD 640GB 2-platter is 5 dollars more (at newegg) than the Samsung F1 750GB 3 platter at ZipZoomFly. It all just depends on what your priorities are.

niko084 · May 21, 2008

Samsung F1's are nice but the WD RE2's are where the performance is really at right now.
7200.11's are not too great, lots of them are failing, and they are pretty slow.

wolf2009 · May 21, 2008

FatForester said:
Samsung uses 334gb platters in their 1TB drive, and it has 32mb cache, so there ya go Danish! As far as speed vs. capacity, the WD 640GB 2-platter is 5 dollars more (at newegg) than the Samsung F1 750GB 3 platter at ZipZoomFly. It all just depends on what your priorities are.

ya samsung f1 750mb drive also has 3 platters , same as their 1 tb drive , but has some GB deactivated on the third platter.

FatForester · May 22, 2008

wolf2009 said:
ya samsung f1 750mb drive also has 3 platters , same as their 1 tb drive , but has some GB deactivated on the third platter.

That's true, I didn't know if that was worth mentioning or not.

wolf2009 · May 22, 2008

FatForester said:
That's true, I didn't know if that was worth mentioning or not.

ultimately it consumes more power , but overall its a nice drive .

CarolinaKSU · May 24, 2008

Well, I decided to take the plunge and go with the Samsung F1 750GB ( x2 of course). I cant wait to put them in a RAID and let those puppies scream..

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