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Spinpoint F, Spinpoint F RAID or EcoGreen F—which model wins? If you’re looking for a desktop hard drive for your new PC, or to upgrade an old PC, we recommend going for the ordinary Spinpoint F mainstream model, because it provides the best bang for the buck at a cost that will soon be reaching $100 for a full terabyte of storage. The Spinpoint F1 isn’t a power saver, but the potential power savings of an EcoGreen F drive on a mainstream desktop PC aren’t worth the consideration. At the same time, the EcoGreen F will noticeably reduce your storage performance on a desktop PC, which is not what you want.
However, the Spinpoint F RAID edition is an option you should consider if you know that your PC will be running all the time, or if you want maximized I/O performance and throughput. The more you do with your PC, the better off you are to go for a more robust hard drive. The RAID edition comes at a little premium, but the cost is typically worth it for enthusiasts.
The EcoGreen F by Samsung remains an attractive option if you’re looking for a hard drive for storing data as efficiently as possible. HTPCs, NAS servers and similar devices do not require the highest performance; here we are more concerned with efficiency and low noise. Users looking for an additional storage hard drive for their PC or an external hard drive should also consider the EcoGreen F, as it not only requires less power, it also runs noticeably cooler.
HDD Segments Comparison Table
| Segments | Standard Desktop | 24/7, Performance | Power Efficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hitachi | Deskstar 7K1000.B | Ultrastar 7K1000 | Deskstar P7 series |
| Samsung | Spinpoint F | Spinpoint F RAID | EcoGreen F |
| Seagate | Barracuda 7200.11 | Barracuda ES.2 | n/a |
| Western Digital | Caviar Blue | Caviar Black | Caviar Green |
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WTF is that amch questionmarket survey that keeps hijacking my browser everytime I continue to the next page! It's getting pretty annoying and I don't 'qualify' for the survey but that doesn't stop them from trying.. >
No surveys showing up here.
What survey? No problems going page to page on 3 separate systems I checked with. Maybe your infected?
I just imagine that smug little cat saying "no problems here" like it knows whats going on. That pic makes me laugh, all the smugness
i hope to see performance of Raid configuration on popular chip sets. Raid 0,5. I have 2 Spinpoint F mainstream model drives on my nforce4 sli Raid 0, and i can fell the differents in performance comparing 2 my old two 250 wd raid drives (Raid 0).
Could you perhaps do some comparisons with the WD Caviar Green? Its not listed on the main spec page, but these drives are supposed to have a variable rotation speed; between 5400 and 7200. If the Samsung is fixed 5400, then there might be some performance differences!
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Link failure. :\
Er, ignore that. Replied in the wrong tab.
What I wanted to post here is that I also want to see a comparison with the 5400/7200 variable speed drives. Does that offer any real advantage, and what about the power savings?
Yes! Finally another hard drive review, because these are so much different than the last hard drives that were reviewed.
Can we have another SSD review this week too? You know, one that shows how great the SSD performs but how it also costs too much?
What survey? No problems going page to page on 3 separate systems I checked with. Maybe your infected?
nah I'm clean.
Looks like it's gone now. It used to be a little popup window before that i blocked but today it was more aggressive and annoying. And I've never seen it on any other sites, only here at toms, must be some sponsor or smthgn... Heres hoping they got ridd of it permanently
YEAH RIGHT ECOLOGICAL DRIVES MY ASS
samsung latest batch of 1tb drives could not perfrom well at high speeds so, what thye do
sell them as eco friendly low spinning drives yay!
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The "green" moniker is obvious marketing babble. These drives are designed and very well suited for non-pc appliances like settop boxes and game consoles. In the pc arena you mentioned HTPC and NAS but office pc's can also use a quiet and cool running drive. To me all these lower performance applications look like at least 50% of the market.
1 TB is now in Your notebook. Take Dell Precision M6400
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Wait, is it just me or is Kari also Randomizer...? Hmm. Delete the profiles? Check ISP #s? Where is the Stasi when you need them.
Wait, is it just me or is Kari also Randomizer...?
Why would you say that? And why would I need another profile?