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Samsung HD103UJ 1TB SATA2 7200rpm 32MB Hard Drive

how do you guys deal with big hard drives , partition for OS and leave space for rest? does that impact performance any?
 
Originally posted by: thepieces
how do you guys deal with big hard drives , partition for OS and leave space for rest? does that impact performance any?
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3 partitions for me:

~250gb for main OS (WinXP Professional SP3)
~100gb for secondary OS (Windows 7 beta currently)

remaining space is my data storage partition (mp3, pics, videos...)
 
anyone knows if these drives are quiet? I hate hate noisy drives, esp drives that hum or whine even while idle.

how is samsung reliability vs WD? (I'm not gonna mention seagate 🙂
 
Originally posted by: thepieces
how do you guys deal with big hard drives , partition for OS and leave space for rest? does that impact performance any?
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I just leave one big partition. However, I typically have a Raptor for boot/OS/apps and some big drive for just data.

Originally posted by: pctwo
anyone knows if these drives are quiet? I hate hate noisy drives, esp drives that hum or whine even while idle.

how is samsung reliability vs WD? (I'm not gonna mention seagate 🙂
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They are as reliable as any, and are pretty quiet.

Originally posted by: Cabages
These are the ones that have problems with nforce4 chipsets right?
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Supposedly you jumper the drive for SATA 150 and it works fine.
 
I have had one DOA Samsung hdd but worse with Seagate and WD.
I like Samsungs better than Seagate or WD because of their stellar reliability and their quietness.
This is a gr8 deal.
 
tempted, but i read on newegg reviews that you get no warranty from samsung b/c it's oem. call them with a dead driver and they'll tell you to call whoever sold you your computer.
 
Originally posted by: pctwo
anyone knows if these drives are quiet? I hate hate noisy drives, esp drives that hum or whine even while idle.

how is samsung reliability vs WD? (I'm not gonna mention seagate 🙂
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See here
 
Originally posted by: thepieces
how do you guys deal with big hard drives , partition for OS and leave space for rest? does that impact performance any?
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600GB for Windows
250GB for backup (music, essentials, movies, etc.)
Any remaining space is left for linux partitions.
 
Originally posted by: Cabages
These are the ones that have problems with nforce4 chipsets right?
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I had issues with the 750GB F1 with my 650i with lockups shortly after accessing the disk. The workaround I found in the Newegg reviews was to disable NCQ from device manager, which worked. This would be a bit of a problem though if you planned to boot from this disk. The DOS utility from Samsung's site may allow you to disable NCQ from there but I'm not sure about that.

 
Originally posted by: Karaktu
Originally posted by: pctwo
tempted, but i read on newegg reviews that you get no warranty from samsung b/c it's oem. call them with a dead driver and they'll tell you to call whoever sold you your computer.
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Not accurate. The Samsung RMA form is online. The phone people often don't have a clue.
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the online RMA form doesnt work. i've tried it, and cant get it to work. i had to call them directly, and they referred me to another place that does the RMA for samsung.
 
Originally posted by: thepieces
how do you guys deal with big hard drives , partition for OS and leave space for rest? does that impact performance any?
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use a smaller hard drive for the primary windows drive... use the big drive as a storage/program installation drive.
 
Originally posted by: Fayd
Originally posted by: thepieces
how do you guys deal with big hard drives , partition for OS and leave space for rest? does that impact performance any?
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use a smaller hard drive for the primary windows drive... use the big drive as a storage/program installation drive.
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This.
 
Originally posted by: chizow
Originally posted by: Cabages
These are the ones that have problems with nforce4 chipsets right?
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I had issues with the 750GB F1 with my 650i with lockups shortly after accessing the disk. The workaround I found in the Newegg reviews was to disable NCQ from device manager, which worked. This would be a bit of a problem though if you planned to boot from this disk. The DOS utility from Samsung's site may allow you to disable NCQ from there but I'm not sure about that.
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uh oh, i have an nforce socket 939 mobo

i found this

http://www.samsung.com/global/...utilities/ES_Tool.html

but it doesn't mention ncq.

i probably should spring for a caviar, but i'm el cheapo.
 
Originally posted by: JLee
Originally posted by: Cardio
Now shows only 44 cents off. Was good deal.
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Free shipping is gone, too. I was about to order it.. 😛
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I've been tempted for the last 2 days whether to order a second or not. I'm sorry some missed out, but I'm glad I'm not so tempted now 🙂
 
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