Samsung Spinpoint Drives?

[Virgorising]

Denouement:

Forget the WD black twins to mine, the F3s, that Raptor I almost went for......I just finally went SSD.....modest one, but, as I learned from The Very Savvy... a decent one for a first one.

Many thanks for all the uber input. It all led me to finally putting a toe in the SSD water. I did not expect this, but here we are.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2381301

 

[Deders]

Sorry, was just on hour long conference call re work. Deders, U mean the post I responded to in my #13?

Please tell me, do you have yr OS, all yr apps and data/files on the SSD?

Sorry I didn't see the reply the first few times I looked for it.

most data/music /films etc won't see any benefit using an SSD as the performance demands are very low, I tend to just have my OS and a few select apps/games that benefit from the performance advantage, usually tends to be programs with lots of small files.

O! Did U consider an exorcism?

Seriously, do U think the infamous, blue nylon sleds in my beloved, big Optiplexes would mitigate this? None of my HDDS are screwed in, after all, you just open the pliable blue sleds and surround them perfectly, and then just pinch the tops of the rails and drop them into their slots in the HDD bay and they kinda FLOAT. (But securely.)

U think that would accomplish the same as the rubberbands?

I had no idea these existed, they should be fine so long as there is no direct solid contact.

 

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Seriously, do U think the infamous, blue nylon sleds in my beloved, big Optiplexes would mitigate this? None of my HDDS are screwed in, after all, you just open the pliable blue sleds and surround them perfectly, and then just pinch the tops of the rails and drop them into their slots in the HDD bay and they kinda FLOAT. (But securely.) U think that would accomplish the same as the rubberbands? I had no idea these existed, they should be fine so long as there is no direct solid contact.

Well! The infamous blue nylon Dell sleds are part of every Optiplex. Not sure if they use them in consumer level machines or not. They may even be patented. They are absolute genius. I am now home to work, but, when I can I will open the box and pull a drive and make pics.....cause, Deders, you would be thrilled by these devices.

Tho, now that I finally bought an SSD, I guess it's moot; I was formerly concerned about the noise of the VRs. Not even positive the Raptors with their heatsink fins would fit normally into the sleds.....but the sleds are wondrously flexible., you simply bend them open and slide the drive in....slide the unit into a slot in the HDD bay by pinching the rails at the top.

I mean it, they are genius. And, I think, also noise mitigating. You see/use one for the first time, you are like, OMG, why din I invent that??? (Same reason U din invent Velcro.:sneaky

Some things are obvious, i.e, Why din I buy the Clippers? Other stuff, you jus never forgive yrself for not having done.

 

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K....I thought I'd get the pic taking over wit, cause you deserve to see the infamous blue sleds! Are these AMAZING?

 

[It's Not Lupus]

Spin points F1 and F3 emit an oscillating type hum. Annoys me.

 

[Virgorising]

Spin points F1 and F3 emit an oscillating type hum. Annoys me.

I appreciate knowing this! Discovering them (the F3s), being moved to learn about them to determine if I should go there....part of the journey. We learn this moment, and always in retrospect ongoing. Being a member of a worldclass collective of the sort this site comprises.....augments all of it.

Thanks again!

And I am sooooo glad it's not lupus!!!!!!:thumbsup:

 

[Virgorising]

OKAYYYYY. They have them on ebay! The blue nylon HDD sleds; they call them caddys. They do appear proprietary:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Optipl...808?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a8fb25360

Here's a no money one with an awesome pic if U scroll down.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-HDD-Ha...9?pt=US_Drive_Bay_Caddies&hash=item3cc0186273

I took one of mine from my now backup Optiplex; this system came with only one HDD of course.

 

[Deders]

Just wondering how much of the drive would be touching the caddy, and how exactly it would (kind of) float?

 

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Just wondering how much of the drive would be touching the caddy, and how exactly it would (kind of) float?

Hi again!

Do U mean my current drives or the SSD on the way?

If the former, the drives kinda float in the sleds/caddys, but, when you slip them into a slot by pinching the top rails they kinda click in, so are very secure; they would never fall out even if you stood the box on it's head.

It's different from conventional metal brackets you gotta screw onto the drive. But, my first Optiplex, now long gone, had blue nylon rails you did have to screw into the drives. But those too worked by pinching the tops and slipping the drives into the slots.

Notice in the bottom two pics, the top rails are slightly bowed out. Sprung. You pinch them, slip the drive in and naturally, they compress and become straight and create good tension with the top of the slots. And, they never loose their spring! U pull a drive, they spring out. So interesting how simple inventive genius can be. It's about having eyes by Marcel Proust!

All I know, is were I a HDD, I would want to live in one of these sleds.

 

[VirtualLarry]

My Rosewill Blackhawk has similar trays. They are made of flexible plastic, with metal inserts, that you kind of fold open over the drive's mounting holes and then line them up and let them close over them. Then it slides into a slot on the case and sort of locks in.

My Blackhawk has room for six internal HDDs that way. I believe the Blackhawk Ultra has ten HDD slots, if you're so inclined.

 

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My Rosewill Blackhawk has similar trays. They are made of flexible plastic, with metal inserts, that you kind of fold open over the drive's mounting holes and then line them up and let them close over them. Then it slides into a slot on the case and sort of locks in.

Yes!!!!!!!! SOUNDS VERY MUCH THE SAME GENIUS!!! But mine have no metal at all.

My Blackhawk has room for six internal HDDs that way. I believe the Blackhawk Ultra has ten HDD slots, if you're so inclined.

SIX?

TEN????

Is that a desktop or a chopper made for combat? The Blackhawk.
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Edit: if u look closely at my WD Black, you will see dried tears. Why? Cause when u dissed it cause I bought it used, and said it isn't MODERN....it cried. Took three days for it to dry out.
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K....I now see it; as I thought, it is a chopper made for combat.
http://www.rosewill.com/products/1772/ProductDetail_Overview.htm

 

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O! I see you added an image of the sled/caddy. Very similar in concept, but mine secures the drive on all sides without covering it---well, on one side, the 90 degree lips running the vertical suffice....mine have little plastic nubs where yours have little metal nubs.

And yours has no bottom support. With mine the drive is supported on 3 sides, modestly, but sufficiently.

But those look excellent too!:thumbsup:

Am pasting that good image from ebay, via the lower link.

 

[bbhaag]

When I made the jump to a SSD for my primary drive I gave my son my Spinpoint for the computer we/he was building. I used it for around a year and he's been using it for about three and no problems yet.
I will say it is rather loud and it does seem a little slow but I'm used to a faster ssd so who knows. He does a lot of gaming but the games are not very hdd intensive. Games like Roblox, Minecraft, and whatever else a 12yo is into.

Overall it has been a solid drive but it's had a pretty easy life so far.

 

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When I made the jump to a SSD for my primary drive I gave my son my Spinpoint for the computer we/he was building. I used it for around a year and he's been using it for about three and no problems yet.
I will say it is rather loud and it does seem a little slow but I'm used to a faster ssd so who knows. He does a lot of gaming but the games are not very hdd intensive. Games like Roblox, Minecraft, and whatever else a 12yo is into.

Overall it has been a solid drive but it's had a pretty easy life so far.

Thank you! I am learning heaps! I had no idea I was making a journey to my first SSD.....but, I was! But, knowing even more about the Spinpoints is fab.

What knocks me out......is the fact that your 12 year old built HIS OWN RIG.:awe:

Wonder where he gets that from????:whiste: