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Samsung HDD Sata-II 200GB

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I saw this samsung HDD model on a product list of a supplier. I want comments from people who have had experience with these SATA-II drives by Samsung. What is the general quality and reliability of Samsung HDDs? I usually use Seagate but this SamsungHDD is the only available option for me right now.

Anything I should avoid or be wary of in these drives?

Please reply. Any help will be appreciated!
 
Storagereview.com is generally the best source for hard drive reliability and performance testing (although Silent PC Review has also looked at the recent Spinpoint models, since they're pretty quiet).

I haven't seen anything specifically on the 200/250GB models, but the smaller ones in the same line perform well and don't seem to have any reliability problems that I've heard of. I'm using four SP1614Cs in RAID5 in my HTPC right now, and they haven't hiccuped in the last year (other than when my motherboard blew up because the chipset fan died, but that's a different problem). I haven't specifically tested performance, but they seem plenty fast and they're very quiet.
 
Well I happen to own that very same drive....one thing about these drives is they are whisper quiet...even if i turn my fans down i can hardly hear them spin up while loading, and they are generally very cool, mine idle around 26C...generally it's a very quick drive....using DOD:source as an example, map changes take about 10 seconds at most. It's been very reliable so far, no crashes bad writes anything like that. I'd say you really have nothing to worry about...and PS these drives feel like they were built by diebold...really sturdy construction
 
Originally posted by: Varun
Tom's Hardware is one of the few places I have found a review for the SP120's

I bought one last week, great drive. I currently own a 120GB P80, and an 80GB P80. The P120's are just as quiet and have even better performance.

I just see no reason to buy any other brand in the sub 250GB range.
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My only caution is that your motherboard must support SATAII natively, otherwise you'll have to jump the board to SATA 150 for your mobo to recognize it, my mobo supports SATAII so I had no problems but just figured i'd give you a heads up
 
Originally posted by: DeathBUA
Originally posted by: Varun
Tom's Hardware is one of the few places I have found a review for the SP120's

I bought one last week, great drive. I currently own a 120GB P80, and an 80GB P80. The P120's are just as quiet and have even better performance.

I just see no reason to buy any other brand in the sub 250GB range.
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My only caution is that your motherboard must support SATAII natively, otherwise you'll have to jump the board to SATA 150 for your mobo to recognize it, my mobo supports SATAII so I had no problems but just figured i'd give you a heads up
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Actually there is a jumper on the drive to force it to SATA 150 if required, however this doesn't affect most motherboards as they are almost completely backwards compatible. I used the drive on an Asus K8N for instance, which is only at SATA 150 board, and there were no issues detecting the drive.
 
Originally posted by: asadasif
Should MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI be OK for SATA 2?
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You know their website contains just this sort of information:

supports 4 SATA II ports (SATA1-4). Transfer rate is up to 300MB/s.
 
On-Board IDE/SATA

? An IDE controller on the nVIDIA nForce3 Ultra chipset provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA133/100/66 operation modes.
- Can connect up to 4 IDE devices
? NV RAID supports 4 SATA II ports (SATA1-4). Transfer rate is up to 300MB/s.
? NV RAID (Software)
- Supports up to 4 SATA plus 2 ATA 133 Hard drives
- RAID 0 or 1, 0+1, JBOD is supported
- RAID function work w/ ATA 133 + SATA H/D or 2 SATA H/D
? Silicon Image's SATARAID supports another 2 SATA II ports. Transfer rate is up to 300MB/s
- RAID 0 or 1 and JBOD groups are supported
- Support up to 2 SATA devices connected to a single controller
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I guess MSI's K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI would be OK.
 
I've had my Samsung Spinpoint for 2 years and I did alot of research before I bought them. They are the most quietest drives I've owned and fast too. I have never had a problem with these drives, just good running solid drive. For a performance example, Coupled with my 1.5 gig ram I'm usually the first 5 to get into map changes. I dont know why Samsung drives are not more popular then they are now because they are certainly better then the competition.
 
Originally posted by: Remy XO
I've had my Samsung Spinpoint for 2 years and I did alot of research before I bought them. They are the most quietest drives I've owned and fast too. For a performance example, Coupled with my 1.5 gig ram I'm usually the first 5 to get into map changes. I dont know why Samsung drives are not more popular then they are now because they are certainly better then the ones people are buying.
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Amen to that...5-10 seconds to change maps on DOD:source is beautiful!
 
O yeah and I also have a Samsung 52x CDR/DVD drive that quiet and awesome too. I think I might turn into a Samsung Fanboi
 
Originally posted by: DeathBUA
Originally posted by: Remy XO
I've had my Samsung Spinpoint for 2 years and I did alot of research before I bought them. They are the most quietest drives I've owned and fast too. For a performance example, Coupled with my 1.5 gig ram I'm usually the first 5 to get into map changes. I dont know why Samsung drives are not more popular then they are now because they are certainly better then the ones people are buying.
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Amen to that...5-10 seconds to change maps on DOD:source is beautiful!
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Im about to get another one and put in into RAID-0
 
For DVD and CDR/RW, I am going wiith Creative DVD+-RW Dual 16X Internal drive alongside a Creative CD Writer IDE 52X 32X 52X.
 
Originally posted by: asadasif
I saw this samsung HDD model on a product list of a supplier. I want comments from people who have had experience with these SATA-II drives by Samsung. What is the general quality and reliability of Samsung HDDs? I usually use Seagate but this SamsungHDD is the only available option for me right now.

Anything I should avoid or be wary of in these drives?
Please reply. Any help will be appreciated!
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All major manufacturers are already pretty reliable but I think Samsung make the most reliable mainstream consumer drives for the past 4-5 yrs running so you can't go wrong with Samsung. I have a 250Gb samsung and it is fast, quiet and I'm sure it will be reliable like the older models.

I think one of the reasons for Samsung's higher reliability comes from larger amount of space allocated for hardware correction.


 
Originally posted by: asadasif
I am always wary because of those IBM 'Desk/Death Stars'😉 or whatever they were called.
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You can never go wrong with Samsung. Except maybe their MP3 players
 
Originally posted by: asadasif
I am always wary because of those IBM 'Desk/Death Stars'😉 or whatever they were called.
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You shouldn't be. People forget that IBM had been making harddisks for almost 50+ years which were highly regarded for performance and reliability before the deathstar model.
Compare their track record with some of the smaller so called enthusiast companies who spring out of nowhere.

IBM I believe were the first to research and release innovations like the ceramic platter/bearings, GMR. Both technologies were still abit too ahead of its time and underdeveloped but used in the deathstar. Even FDB I believe was first used in the Hitachi era 180GXP drives.
 
Originally posted by: orangat

You shouldn't be. People forget that IBM had been making harddisks for almost 50+ years which were highly regarded for performance and reliability before the deathstar model.
Compare their track record with some of the smaller so called enthusiast companies who spring out of nowhere.

IBM I believe were the first to research and release innovations like the ceramic platter/bearings, GMR. Both technologies were still abit too ahead of its time and underdeveloped but used in the deathstar. Even FDB I believe was first used in the Hitachi era 180GXP drives.
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My friend still had that drive running since recently. He called me just the other week telling me his hard drive isnt responding. I asked him what brand it was and he said "I think its called deskstar from IBM". My reply "It's dead".
 
Originally posted by: Remy XO
Originally posted by: orangat

You shouldn't be. People forget that IBM had been making harddisks for almost 50+ years which were highly regarded for performance and reliability before the deathstar model.
Compare their track record with some of the smaller so called enthusiast companies who spring out of nowhere.

IBM I believe were the first to research and release innovations like the ceramic platter/bearings, GMR. Both technologies were still abit too ahead of its time and underdeveloped but used in the deathstar. Even FDB I believe was first used in the Hitachi era 180GXP drives.
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My friend still had that drive running since recently. He called me just the other week telling me his hard drive isnt responding. I asked him what brand it was and he said "I think its called deskstar from IBM". My reply "It's dead".
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The last deathstar model I believe was the 120gxp or even the 80gxp.

http://www.storagereview.com/articles/200211/20021127IC35L180AVV207_7.html
The storagereview survey seems to think the 180GXP is one heck of a reliable drive.

Its too bad for IBM/Hitachi that the deathstar syndrome is being applied to every drive since made.
 
Originally posted by: orangat



The last deathstar model I believe was the 120gxp or even the 80gxp.

http://www.storagereview.com/articles/200211/20021127IC35L180AVV207_7.html
The storagereview survey seems to think the 180GXP is one heck of a reliable drive.

Its too bad for IBM/Hitachi that the deathstar syndrome is being applied to every drive since made.
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I don't know when the Deathstar model was made but he had that drive for 5 years or so.

 
5 yrs sounds like a bit before the deathstar models.

And I was mistaken in my earlier post. Seagate was the first to sell fdb drives.
 
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