Samsung's SV1604N Workhorse Hard Drive for the Home

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That Samsung's V80 Series stands no chance compared to the benchmarks of high-performance hard drives from Hitachi, Maxtor, Seagate and Western Digital, which is hardly surprising. But when it comes to ergonomic issues, SV1604N really shows off its strengths.

No other hard drive in this generation boasts better heat specs or generates lower noise levels, except perhaps the SV0802N with 80 GB. It almost goes without saying, of course, that the hard drive is still not recommended as a system drive for a modern PC, due to its long access times.

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Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.