Samsung Hard Drives

[amol]

thinking about getting a 160GB for $93

EDIT: SATA & NewEgg

 

[KoolDrew]

They are not bad, but I would rather get a Seagate. They are great performing drives, very reliable and very quite.

 

[DaveSimmons]

So are the Samsungs, they cost less too.

search samsung for a bunch of "which hard drive brand?" threads. Advanced Search > archived threads for a bunch more.

 

[amol]

JW are samsungs "pure" SATA drives or is it just "bridged" (forgot term for describing it)

and what is the big difference between seagate's 7220.7 and .8?

btw, the mobo i'm getting will have SATA II and NCQ . . . though i dunno if it would matter

 

[DaveSimmons]

Check www.StorageReview.com for detailed specs and reviews.

 

[The Godfather]

how much rpm?

 

[amol]

Originally posted by: The Godfather
how much rpm?

7200, not interested in raptors (they cost too much for the capacity and performance)

 

[BW86]

Originally posted by: Amol
thinking about getting a 160GB for $93

EDIT: SATA & NewEgg

I have the same HDD. It's been great. It does it's job and its quiet.

 

[amol]

would it be worth $20 extra to get a seagate with NCQ? http://www.newegg.com/app/View...tion=22-148-034&depa=1

 

[ChrisQuintero]

have the same HDD. It's been great. It does it's job and its quiet.

I have the same one as well... i've been extremely happy with it

 

[amol]

what about the NCQ (2 posts up)

 

[Gerbil333]

I installed a Samsung 120GB SATA hd last July in a computer I built for a friend. It's much quieter than either of my Seagate 7200.7s. The Seagates make a very high pitched whine that most people don't notice. I hear it, and I don't like it. The Samsung is silent.

Here are benches of all of my hard drives plus the Samsung: HD Tach results.

The Samsung felt very fast. It felt faster than my Seagate 120GB drive, but then again the Samsung was backed by an Athlon 64, and the Seagate is used by an XP 1700+. Random access time on the Samsung is pretty bad, so you'll need to defrag more often than other drives if you wish to keep it up to speed.

Personally, I like the Samsung much more than the Seagate. I can't hear the Samsung at all. As a matter of fact, I'm going to buy one when I rebuild my computer this summer to use as a storage drive (Windows/Apps will be stored on my 74GB Raptor).

 

[SunSamurai]

I have the 120s. they are fine. Odd marks in HDtech though.

 

[Tostada]

Samsungs are great drives. A lot of IT ppl swear by them for reliability. I think only Seagate drives and the newer Maxtor ones are native SATA right now, but that's honestly not really very relevant.

 

[Blain]

I understand that people always focus on the cost of their hardware. But, in my estimation, this should not be the primary factor when considering which "this that or the other" to get.

The primary focus should be on Quality/Reliability...
Fitness for use (can I use a loud/hot HD, or do I need cool/quiet)...
Performance vs. competitors...
And finally Price.
My 2 cents :laugh:

 

[Texun]

I've got 2 Samsungs, both running for about 6 months or so and they are perfect but that's not exactly a marathon. I purchased my first Sansung to replace a 5 month old dead Seagate. The Seagate is very quiet but I believe the Samsungs are even quieter and still quite fast.

 

[Tostada]

Originally posted by: Blain
I understand that people always focus on the cost of their hardware. But, in my estimation, this should not be the primary factor when considering which "this that or the other" to get.

The primary focus should be on Quality/Reliability...
Fitness for use (can I use a loud/hot HD, or do I need cool/quiet)...
Performance vs. competitors...
And finally Price.
My 2 cents :laugh:

Many people argue Samsungs are more reliable than anything else. Just because Seagate has moved from 1-year to 5-year warranties all of a sudden (while Samsung always had 3-year) doesn't make them more reliable.

Samsung = $93.50
Seagate = $108.50

I really don't think there are many applications where it's worth paying $15 more for the Seagate. You're basically gambling that there is over a 16% chance that the drive will fail after 3 years but before 5.

The drives perform almost exactly the same, while the Samsungs are cooler and quieter.

Here's the benchmarks:

http://www.storagereview.com/p...1&devID_2=266&devCnt=3

It's interesting how many times the Seagate without NCQ is faster than the Seagate with NCQ.

Anyway, I rank Seagate/Samsung/Hitachi as the best brands. For some reason I just like Seagate better (not sure why, maybe just because they used to be so cutting-edge with the Cheetah), but I certainly don't think it's worth the extra price, especially when the other two are arguably better performing drives.

The last drive I bought for my own system was a 160GB Hitachi just because it's the fastest one and almost as cheap as the Samsung. I think too many people still don't like IBM because they had some drives that liked to blow up, but IBM is actually the only brand that I haven't had several failures from. I know that's just luck, but I still think IBM/Hitachi is probably 95% as reliable as Seagate/Samsung.