ETA of Samsung F3's?

[AbsenceJam]

Got any links? I've seen nothing yet except a few forum posts...
Try google shopping the drive here in the UK and you don't get a single hit

Nothing handy. GIYF.

I think they're selling the F3 as a performance model. If you have extra platters for 1.5Tb you'd lose performance so they sell the F2 model for storage.

No. of platters doesn't affect performance. Don't know why they're not doing a 1.5TB F3 yet, it'd make sense even with the EcoGreen.

 

[Stonedofmoo]

No. of platters doesn't affect performance.

Of course it does

These are both Seagate 7200.12 drives. 500Gb, 16Mb cache. 1000Gb, 32Mb cache. Sequential read/writes are faster on the 500Gb

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/chart...compare,1009.html?prod[2369]=on&prod[2371]=on

 

[AbsenceJam]

Of course it does

These are both Seagate 7200.12 drives. 500Gb, 16Mb cache. 1000Gb, 32Mb cache. Sequential read/writes are faster on the 500Gb

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/chart...compare,1009.html?prod[2369]=on&prod[2371]=on

No, it doesn't. That's probably down to different firmware or something, the 7200.12's are really inconsistent.

 

[Stonedofmoo]

A supplier local to me is getting them in stock tomorrow. £38 for the 500Gb model. I'm sure OcUK will follow on shortly

 

[G J]

The drives are now on sale on OcUK

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-081-SA&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=940

 

[mb_zi]

when are the 1TBs coming in?

 

[FatalSaviour]

No. of platters doesn't affect performance.

I would have been tempted to go with this logic. Controller firmware and limitations taken out of the equation, if each platter has its own heads, then it shouldn't matter how many platters are being read? (Until bandwidth becomes an issue?)

 

[MikeHunt79]

I would have been tempted to go with this logic. Controller firmware and limitations taken out of the equation, if each platter has its own heads, then it shouldn't matter how many platters are being read? (Until bandwidth becomes an issue?)

higher data density = more bandwidth

 

[Balb0wa]

these should be out, europe have had 1tb for quite a while, why no place in uk has them is very odd

 

[FatalSaviour]

higher data density = more bandwidth

Data density - yes definitely. But comparing 500, 750 and 1TB drives based on the same platter density should be fairly similar in performance levels?

 

[Atom]

Doesn't higher density increase seek slightly as the head had to be more precise on the smaller track??

 

[PermaBanned]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-081-SA

I'd be more inclined to get it if it had 32MB cache... why doesn't it? Does that mean that it'l be better or worse than a Caviar Black?

 

[AbsenceJam]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-081-SA

I'd be more inclined to get it if it had 32MB cache... why doesn't it? Does that mean that it'l be better or worse than a Caviar Black?

The cache doesn't matter, it's a lot faster.

 

[PermaBanned]

And a lot quieter...

 

[MikeHunt79]

Data density - yes definitely. But comparing 500, 750 and 1TB drives based on the same platter density should be fairly similar in performance levels?

Yep, that's right, unless the 750 gb is short stroked.

 

[Phatjayunoi]

I hope to see reviews of this soon seeing as I need a new hard drive in time for Windows 7 and this one has been tickling my fancy. I've always did prefer Samsung hard drives as they have never failed me yet.

 

[RobinL]

They are now available in the UK from at least two retailers...

 

[blaineoliver]

Ive seen some blistering speeds off of these badboys.

 

[FatalSaviour]

Again, looking forward to some reviews....I've been needing to get another couple of TB...I don't know whether the space goes...

 

[blaineoliver]

Ive managed to fill, then clean up my 1TB hard drive, its sitting pretty with half left.