Samsung F1 750GB - $125 shipped

[BehindEnemyLines]

In for one: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD753LJ 750GB

Not sure if it's fixed, but Nforce motherboards may have problems.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

whoa, why isn't everyone jumping on this drive?

 

[skillyho]

I just bit, thanks OP! Great reviews all around the web and pretty quiet too... also seems quicker than a Raptor in most apps....someone can feel free to correct me though.

 

[Old Hippie]

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
whoa, why isn't everyone jumping on this drive?

I was wondering the same thing. A few known problems with NCQ and forced SATAI mode, but nothing unusual.

I'm thinking I'm in for one.

Thanks OP!

 

[BudAshes]

damn this is almost as little as I paid for my samsung 500

 

[chizow]

Originally posted by: Old Hippie

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
whoa, why isn't everyone jumping on this drive?

I was wondering the same thing. A few known problems with NCQ and forced SATAI mode, but nothing unusual.

I'm thinking I'm in for one.

Thanks OP!

Yep exactly. I got this drive for $139 about a month ago and almost sent it back. Did some research and found the NCQ work around and its been a keeper since. Burst rate is a bit lower than benches due to forced SATAI, but it doesn't impact STR at all. Solid drive, very quiet and cool compared to my Raptors.

 

[cmv]

Originally posted by: chizowYep exactly. I got this drive for $139 about a month ago and almost sent it back. Did some research and found the NCQ work around and its been a keeper since. Burst rate is a bit lower than benches due to forced SATAI, but it doesn't impact STR at all. Solid drive, very quiet and cool compared to my Raptors.

Can you compare it to regular (say any recent Seagate 3.5" 7200 RPM drive) drive? I'm considering putting one in a home theater PC.

 

[Cabages]

Almost bit, I should really see if my other drives still under warranty.

Good deal though, almost ordered one a month or so ago for $150

 

[chizow]

Originally posted by: cmv

Originally posted by: chizowYep exactly. I got this drive for $139 about a month ago and almost sent it back. Did some research and found the NCQ work around and its been a keeper since. Burst rate is a bit lower than benches due to forced SATAI, but it doesn't impact STR at all. Solid drive, very quiet and cool compared to my Raptors.

Can you compare it to regular (say any recent Seagate 3.5" 7200 RPM drive) drive? I'm considering putting one in a home theater PC.

Its faster than any Seagate, the only 7200 drives that bench similarly are 320GB platter WDs and a few 1TB drives. I don't have any other 7200 RPM drives to compare to, but sustained reads are ~92 MB/s compared to 85 MB/s for the Raptors. Burst speeds are 165MB/s compared to 122MB/s for the Raptors.

 

[kyzen]

can somebody elaborate on the "bugs" with the drive?

If they aren't major, and easily fixable, in for 4

 

[the unknown]

Nice! Been looking for a HD for awhile now. thanks OP.
(edit: theres tax for CA still a great deal though)

 

[cmv]

Originally posted by: chizow
Its faster than any Seagate, the only 7200 drives that bench similarly are 320GB platter WDs and a few 1TB drives. I don't have any other 7200 RPM drives to compare to, but sustained reads are ~92 MB/s compared to 85 MB/s for the Raptors. Burst speeds are 165MB/s compared to 122MB/s for the Raptors.

Doh! The main concern is quietness both at rest and during seeks for read/write. This is the kind of information Silent PC Review.com would be excellent for but their articles always lag way behind hardware (and their forum threads are usually poor for just popping in and searching to find results).

 

[chizow]

Originally posted by: cmv

Originally posted by: chizow
Its faster than any Seagate, the only 7200 drives that bench similarly are 320GB platter WDs and a few 1TB drives. I don't have any other 7200 RPM drives to compare to, but sustained reads are ~92 MB/s compared to 85 MB/s for the Raptors. Burst speeds are 165MB/s compared to 122MB/s for the Raptors.

Doh! The main concern is quietness both at rest and during seeks for read/write. This is the kind of information Silent PC Review.com would be excellent for but their articles always lag way behind hardware (and their forum threads are usually poor for just popping in and searching to find results).

Well, sound for me is the main reason I kept this drive instead of taking a chance on a 1TB drive from Hitachi or even a WD 7200rpm (which are known to be quiet). This drive is virtually silent in a moderately quiet case with lots of 120mm fans. The F1 is inaudible compared to my very loud and obnoxious Raptors lol. Oh ya, forgot to give you the disk access speeds, they're as published, 14.2 or so for the F1, 8.1 for the Raptors. For typical use access speed on the Raptor isn't enough to outweigh the other advantages of these newer, larger drives: price, size, noise, heat.

 

[obeseotron]

I would think this drive should be one of the better options out there for an htpc. Samsung has always made quiet drives, and this one has 3 platters (same as the 1TB Spinpoint F1), which should make it pretty quiet for a high capacity drive. Get a case with rubber mounting gromits (I know spelled horribly wrong) and you probably won't ever hear it unless there is literally no fan noise.

 

[Old Hippie]

Originally posted by: kyzen
can somebody elaborate on the "bugs" with the drive?

If they aren't major, and easily fixable, in for 4

1. If you're using the nForce SATA drivers, disable NCQ.
2. Some older chipsets will need the drive forced to SATA1 mode. It looks like there's a hardware and a software fix to do so.

 

[Basilisk]

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
whoa, why isn't everyone jumping on this drive?

If 3 weeks ago -- when it was on sale for $136-$140 -- you'd told us this was coming, we would be jumping all over this instead!

I haven't stressed my newly built system enough to give definitive answers to any Q's -- I've been playing with OC'ing CPU & RAM and trying to repair another -- but
-- even in a still-open case, it's pretty quiet -- much quieter than my old Maxtors;
-- I've experienced no problems (under a G35[33?] chipset);
-- I can't guess the relative speed as this is in a new Vista build and the system's still indexing the bejeeziz out of the disk, so everything's slowed by that.

Hmmm... the comments above have me wondering about an old system I built: it's an nVidia chipset (6150?) and I couldn't get a Samsung HD501J to boot XP; ended up using the Samsung as a secondary disc, not the boot, and it's been fine as that. And quiet. But maybe the comments above reflect a general problem, not something limited to my system. Frankly, nVidia's spent 3 years making sucky chipsets; I hope the new ones improve on things -- or that AMD's subsidiary starts making chipsets for intel once again!!

 

[Lurker1]

OOS.

I would have bought at least 2. Waiting on them to notify me, but I'm not holding my breath.

 

[Jtorrespr1]

Out of Stock

 

[Bad Dude]

How fast is this compares to the Seagate 7200.11 drives? I have the Seagate 7200.11 500GB and it sustain around 100 MB/s. So if this is around 85 MB/s, wouldn't it be slower than the Seagate? There is a factor of 5 year vs. 3 year warranty. Which one would you pick?


Thanks.

 

[CrazyHappyY]

Originally posted by: Jtorrespr1
Out of Stock

In stock. just bought 3 and only $10 bucks to ship them all for FedEx 2 day

 

[deepinya]

Originally posted by: Bad Dude
How fast is this compares to the Seagate 7200.11 drives? I have the Seagate 7200.11 500GB and it sustain around 100 MB/s. So if this is around 85 MB/s, wouldn't it be slower than the Seagate? There is a factor of 5 year vs. 3 year warranty. Which one would you pick?


Thanks.

you can compare using this chart....just pick the drive and go

http://www23.tomshardware.com/...6&model2=1085&chart=41

 

[TheDrake]

darn good deal, you buy two and combined shipping brings them down to about $120 each for me.... so darn tempting...

 

[Bad Dude]

I am just worry about the negative reviews, that's all. The price is now $114.99. I think ZZF is trying to get rid of the old stock or something.

 

[deepinya]

Im gonna hold off as newegg is at 129.99 with free shipping. It seems like these drives will come down even more shortly.

 

[Lurker1]

I went ahead and bit. The deal's too hot, 2 drives came in $25 less than the Egg, even with shipping.

I don't think they're dumping old stock, as they've been OOS for about a week.