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ripken204
12-04-2007, 08:21 PM
so i'm looking to get a 1TB hdd. which one is the best right now?
the new samsung is getting some nice reports i hear but what do you guys think?

XS Janus
12-05-2007, 03:03 AM
2 Facts:

Hitachi unit for speed and performance and lfrequent local usage,

WD GreenPower for low power consumption and silent builds

BenchZowner
12-05-2007, 05:29 AM
Janus, the new Samsung 1TB drive ( HD103UJ ) F1 drive is faster in terms of read/write rates, and should be equal or even better in IOs.

At least that's what I've seen from some preliminary tests.

tiro_uspsss
12-05-2007, 06:41 AM
2 Facts:

Hitachi unit for speed and performance and lfrequent local usage,

WD GreenPower for low power consumption and silent builds

the hitachi or the samsung that is...

& for warranty: Seagate... if its a concern... :up:

XS Janus
12-05-2007, 01:01 PM
I have a feeling storage will be a new "happening" scene in 2008! :D
Good times ahead!

I have a the WD drive in a networked low power server and it really delivers the promissed. It's not a bottleneck using a 1gb regular home network.

MikeB12
12-05-2007, 01:14 PM
the seagate 7200.11's are pretty good.
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=c89ef141e7f43110VgnVCM100000f5 ee0a0aRCRD&locale=en-US
I have the little brother 500gb, here's a hdtach.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/B12MHudson/1-23.jpg

ripken204
12-05-2007, 03:10 PM
well i think i will be going with the samsung, i'll be buying something later tonight..

lefy
12-05-2007, 03:24 PM
I've been researching these this week. Looks like i'm going to go with the Samsung F1 (HD103UJ) or the WD GP (WD10EACS). both already mentioned here

XS Janus
12-05-2007, 03:42 PM
Good choices.
I remember reading about new seagate recently and it was pretty bad.
Which i found strange. I think it was tested on anandtech along with WD and hitachi...

ripken204
12-05-2007, 03:53 PM
well all 3 drives are compared here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/11/21/samsung_overtakes_with_a_bang/

the WD drive has some crappy results..

cantankerous
12-06-2007, 05:10 PM
The Hitachi drive has a new firmware which greatly improves performance.

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2228906,00.asp

Soulburner
12-06-2007, 05:34 PM
http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3161