Samsung F1 320GB HDD test!

[largon]

No need to post both 8MB and 32MB - the difference between them is that the latter is merely more accurated.

[XS Janus]

f1 750GB use 3x250GB platters...

[Gr1mR34p3r]

Is this a sign of a faulty drive, access time around 20ms, read speed falling to only 15MB/s?

[largon]

Gr1mR34p3r,
Look like you "used" the disc during the benchmark.

[malware]

Maybe your torrent or antivirus is running on background during the test.

[AliG]

has anyone actually been able to find the f1 320 and 640gb drives in the US? This is pissing me off so much since plenty of european sites have it, but not a single US etailor or brick and mortar has them

[Gr1mR34p3r]

This looks way better, only access time is still rather high, WD5000AAKS has 13.2ms:



So which should be the system drive, is transfer rate or access time more important?

[wyemarn]

My test with two 640GB F1s in RAID0.

8mb


32mb

[BulldogPO]

So Samsung F1 640GB and 1TB models are faster than 750GB ones?

[Gr1mR34p3r]

http://www.samsung.com/global/busine...s/ES_Tool.html
ES-Tool helped me fix the drive, CD didn't start up on my computer, so I had to install the drive in another one, AAM MODE (Automatic Acoustic Management Mode) set to:
FAST - 18ms in HD Tune
QUIET - 15ms
MIDDLE - 14.2ms
DISABLE - 13.5ms

Set to FAST again and it was 13.5ms, then plugged the hard drive again in my computer, again 18ms .

So my question is, where do these settings get saved, surely not on hard drive.
And I guess I need to plug in an ATA DVD-RW, it works on computer with ATA DVD-RW, and not on two computers with SATA DVD-RW.

[XS Janus]

So Samsung F1 640GB and 1TB models are faster than 750GB ones?

[RealTelstar]

My HD103UJ 1tb runs fine

[largon]

RealTelstar,
Any reallocated sectors? (see SMART data)

[TEDY]

my 2

[Richard Dower]

Are they 320GB versions the fastest overall?....faster then then 640GB version?

What model/serial number should one be looking out for please.

[Biker]

Are they 320GB versions the fastest overall?....faster then then 640GB version?

What model/serial number should one be looking out for please.

The 320 + the 640 + the 1tb F1 Samsung drives have virtually identical performance characteristics as has been proven numerous times in this thread.

The 320gb model number is HD322HJ

[Biker]

So Samsung F1 640GB and 1TB models are faster than 750GB ones?

The 320 + 640 + 1TB F1 drives = 334gb per platter = faster

The 750 gb F1 = 250gb per platter = slower

[Richard Dower]

Thus one should opt for the cheaper 320GB models and RAID them up?

[Biker]

Thus one should opt for the cheaper 320GB models and RAID them up?

Exactly

Just read posts #142 and #144 in this thread so you are forewarned about the possibility of getting different rev drives in the same order and do NOT try to raid them on a P5K Premium with serial numbers beginning 28xxxxxx

[SuporterPoli]

So 2x320 or better 2x640?
Or instead 320GB for the OS and a 640 for else?

[Kingcarcas]

^ Don't forget about backups, if money was no object i'd RAID two 320GB and have one 640 + external enclosure for backups.

[keiths]

I think this is ripe for a class action from bait and switch. There's no justifiable excuse for this and they need to be wrapped on the knuckles to stop such behavior. They want to revise the spec, they slap a new model number on it, you don't start selling the inferior parts as if they were the higher performing ones.

[fine]

Here is 2 hd322hj in raid 0

[ihatbs]

I've Ordered the 1TB version for storage.

I havent checked if it was 16mb or 32mb because I thought all F1s comes with 32mb cache.
does it make a difference anyway ?

[ryan92084]

1tb is 32 only the 320 is 16mb