raevin Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD753LJ 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM $0.14 per GB is pretty spiffy ... Make sure you use the promo code to get $10 off: EMCAFBDAC Just ordered mine! Model Brand SAMSUNG Series Spinpoint F1 Model HD753LJ Performance Interface SATA 3.0Gb/s Capacity 750GB RPM 7200 RPM Cache 32MB Average Seek Time 8.9ms Average Latency 4.17ms Physical Spec Form Factor 3.5" Features Features SATA Native Command Queuing Feature set Enable / Disable Staggered Spin-up Hot-Plug and Presence Detect Device Initiated Power Management Asynchronous Notification PMR technology FOD(Flying On Demand) technology NoiseGuard SilentSeek Quote Link to comment
NAS Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 Just got a couple of 1TB Spinpoints and I have to say whilst they look a bit cheap (or put anotehr way Industrial) they are quiet, spin up down perfectly and WAY WAY cooler than my WD drives (were talking easily 5-10 deg C cooler) Quote Link to comment
WeeboTech Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 WAY WAY cooler than my WD drives (were talking easily 5-10 deg C cooler) Cooler then the 1TB 5400rpm green drives? Quote Link to comment
NAS Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 I can only compare: WDC AAKS, WDC WD5000YS-01M and SAMSUNG HD103UJ at this precise moment as I am pulling drives like mad to solve this issue i have with crashing. But my 1TB spinpoints are 35 deg this now and the WD 500GB are about 43 deg. Plus I am hammering the Samsungs like mad and the WD are basically just idling. Same chassis similar layout. I so so wish unRAID kept stats like this to take the guess work and user interpretation out of things Quote Link to comment
slaveunit Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 3 year warranty I believe? Quote Link to comment
vj Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Fry's has this same disk for $99. VJ Quote Link to comment
PhilH Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 I just ordered one from Newegg. This will now give me a full array. After this I'll have to start replacing drives. Looks like I'll be building a second unRAID box. lol Phil Quote Link to comment
Halstead Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 I had very bad luck with these drives on my Athalon XP system with 2 promise TX4s. They would bring down the array just about every time there were multiple read/writes. Note that this would still happen even if they were plugged into my Mainboard SATA controller (standard Sil3114). I RMA'd the drives with NewEgg (who took them back without a restocking fee) and replaced them with WD7500AACSes. No issues since then. Just one user's experience- and it was probably an issue with my particular config. Thought I should warn folks though. Quote Link to comment
jimwhite Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Probably a power supply issue..... the WD's draw less power Quote Link to comment
BryantD Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Thanks for the heads up. I just ordered one, giving me 3 of the Samsung's. They definitely run cooler than my WD or Hitachi drives I currently have in my array. I've had 2 of the Samsung 750's for about 2 months running 24/7 w/o any issues. I had to RMA my 750 Seagate FreeeAgent Pro eSata drive I used for Parity due to sector failure issues however. I've had 3 drives fail on me in 25 years, all Seagates. Quote Link to comment
jimwhite Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 I don't think I can count high enough to keep track of my Maxtor failures... Quote Link to comment
BryantD Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 I don't think I can count high enough to keep track of my Maxtor failures... I've only had 1 Maxtor drive. It was the loudest drive ever so I never bought another one. Quote Link to comment
SSD Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Thanks for the heads up. I just ordered one, giving me 3 of the Samsung's. They definitely run cooler than my WD or Hitachi drives I currently have in my array. I've had 2 of the Samsung 750's for about 2 months running 24/7 w/o any issues. I had to RMA my 750 Seagate FreeeAgent Pro eSata drive I used for Parity due to sector failure issues however. I've had 3 drives fail on me in 25 years, all Seagates. I stay away from all drives that get squeezed into form fitting external cases without fans. They are a failure waiting to happen IMO. If I find them at a great price, I crack them open and harvest the drive inside. Everyone has brand preferences and anecdotal stories about drive failures. I (personally) have had the most problems with WD - lost about 5 over the years - 3 recently (between 3 and 5 years old - Seagate would have replaced under warranty, but WD warranty expired). I've had lots of Seagates and Maxtors and never had a problem with either brand. I've had 8 Maxtor drives (250G/300G) running is the worst possible environment - TIVO boxes. These are hot little sweatshops. I opened one TIVO box to fix a noisy internal fan and found out that the fan housing had litterally melted and distorted to the point that the propeller was hitting the casing and cutting a groove. That's hot! The drives continued to work great. Since Maxtor was bought by Seagate I have no experience with them. I did break the SATA connector on the back of a 500G Maxtor. It was a pain to fix. Since then I am extremely careful with these flimsy connectors! Quote Link to comment
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