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Samsung SpinPoint F 1 1TB HD103U
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Great hardware!
(5 out of 5) by B. D. Warrington on Nov 15, 2008 (UK)Quick Headline: Consider this as your primary drive!
I bought this on the reccomendation of a `Total PC Gaming` review. They said that it was equivelent to a Raptor 10,000RPM 150G drive, but bigger and cheaper.
As I have the Raptor drive as my primary and am constantly running out of space, I went for it.
My findings (first extra drive I have ever installed, it was all new to me!)
1: It is much quieter than the Raptor drive
2: Physical installation was easy, although it comes with no cables.
3: Once connected, it took me a while to work out how to format it to be recognised. Vista Help is your friend (although it took around 3 hours without using quick format)
4: Seek time is excellent ATM - I imagine it will decrease as I populate the drive with data.
5: Historical Anecdote - When I bought my first computer in 1997 (£2,100, Pentium 233, 64Meg of RAM), I was told that I would never ever fill the hard drive. Within 6 months, games such as Bladerunner were releaqsed (1.5G recommended.)
I bought this on the reccomendation of a `Total PC Gaming` review. They said that it was equivelent to a Raptor 10,000RPM 150G drive, but bigger and cheaper.
As I have the Raptor drive as my primary and am constantly running out of space, I went for it.
My findings (first extra drive I have ever installed, it was all new to me!)
1: It is much quieter than the Raptor drive
2: Physical installation was easy, although it comes with no cables.
3: Once connected, it took me a while to work out how to format it to be recognised. Vista Help is your friend (although it took around 3 hours without using quick format)
4: Seek time is excellent ATM - I imagine it will decrease as I populate the drive with data.
5: Historical Anecdote - When I bought my first computer in 1997 (£2,100, Pentium 233, 64Meg of RAM), I was told that I would never ever fill the hard drive. Within 6 months, games such as Bladerunner were releaqsed (1.5G recommended.)