WD6400AAKS vs Samsung HD642JJ

[Lewis23]

Hi! I want to change my old WD hard drives (250gb & 320gb both raid edition) with one, maybe two 640gb disks. I was not able to find some compare tests which one is better. I prefer the WD, but the Samsung is about 20€ cheaper. So if someone has some experience, please help

Thanks

Greets!

[AliG]

I say wait for the 320gb samsung f1 drives to come out and raid 0 those, that'll be at or higher than raptor performance

[Lewis23]

Are there any news which one of those two disk is better? I saw one post on one other forum, and the user said that the WD was better. Tnx! Greets!

PS: The Price in Europe is almost the same...

[gonx_me]

Some tests. Just got one of the WD6400AAKS.

[Lewis23]

I found something about the Samsung:





User: nebula @ Planet 3DNow Forum

[Lewis23]

"Two Samsungs HD642JJ in RAID0, Write-Back Cache Enabled, Vista x64 instaled 15 min..."

User bidybolder @ slo-tech.com

[wyemarn]

Here are my 2 Samsungs. 640GB (320GB platter). I'm using matrix RAID so the total of space is only 850GB. 200GB for RAID1. First pic is 8mb and 2nd is 32mb test. Tested with Vista SP1 with my rig.

[sobih25]

What about noise with this hd's guys? I'm looking for quiet disk and i'm thinking about WD6400AAKS.

[Lewis23]

Today was posted a little update from the user bidybolder @ slo-tech. Here's the picture:



Greets!

[Gorod]

Single and RAID0 - WD6400AAKS -

Mobo: 680i eVGA

Drive # 1 / Drive # 2 /RAID0 :










Looks like WD is a bit faster with its lower access time

[TEDY]

many thanks for test, i will get both of them and will test them.

[jcool]

Idle noise with the Samsung F1 drives is incredibly low, lower than anything in that market except maybe for the WD GP drives, but they suck performance-wise.
But you do recognize HDD access very clearly with the F1.

[Lewis23]

I saw on Geizhals.at a Samsung model HD643JJ? I think it's a mistake, but a rather ask

here's the link:
http://geizhals.at/eu/a330591.html

[GamingDaemon]

Hi Everyone,

I'm buildign a new rig and I would say 99% of the time, I will be playing games. On my current rig, I have about 250GB of games installed. So I'm thinking about this configuration:

Two 250GB 32MB cache ES.2 Seagates in RAID 0 with the 640 AAKS WD as a backup drive.

Is that a good idea?

[gonx_me]

I think it's a great idea! But you can buy 2x320Gb WD Single platter and the 640 for storage.

[GamingDaemon]

Originally Posted by gonx_me

I think it's a great idea! But you can buy 2x320Gb WD Single platter and the 640 for storage.

Are the single platter 320GB WD drives faster than the 32MB 250GB seagates?

[gonx_me]

As i have read, yes they are. And they are from WD (i do prefer WD to Seagate)!

[wyemarn]

My F1s are very quite and vibration are quite low compared to my old Seagate 7200.10 250GB which is the noisiest part in my rig along with LG DVD burner.

[adamsleath]

are all WD 3200AAKS single platter?
i think there are currently mostly 160GB per platter, with the same naming scheme.

also; i wonder whether there are any 6400AAKS that do NOT have 320GB platters?

[rockqc]

Originally Posted by adamsleath

are all WD 3200AAKS single platter?
i think there are currently mostly 160GB per platter, with the same naming scheme.

They don't advertise which ones have the new platters, so atm it's luck of the draw which you get as WD/Retailers want to clear old stock.

also; i wonder whether there are any 6400AAKS that do NOT have 320GB platters?

I wouldn't think so.

[YukonTrooper]

3200AAKS has a much higher seek time compared to the 640GB version. It cannot be adjusted.

[jpcastro]

alo everyone

i´ve just bought a WD 640GB AAKS and here is the firsts results:

HDtach small test 8mb





HDtach long test 32mb




very happy with the disk and next week another one will be added for raid0 price was 104€

[CERO]

is it me or the images arent working?

[YukonTrooper]

Originally Posted by mc2k

is it me or the images arent working?

You. Imageshack could have been down when you tried though.

[jpcastro]

images are working, sometimes imageshack is overloaded