7200.10 Full Spec?

ray · 18 May 2006 at 20:02

The drive has been reviewed at Anandtech:

http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=2760

ATI · 19 May 2006 at 09:05

Benihana said:
Aww schucks, im all red

I tried the Seagate tool and the Hitachi feature, both without a whole lot of success.

The Seagate one didnt offer much in the way of tweaking, more just checking the drive.

The Hitachi one didnt pick up the Seagate drive, but found the Raptor and Maxtors.

I'll fiddle more this evening.

is there any vibrations emitting from it to the case or when you holf it?

Benihana · 19 May 2006 at 09:54

ATI said:
is there any vibrations emitting from it to the case or when you holf it?

The only minor vibrations appear when it seeks, the rest of the time you can certainly tell its on, but after installing them it seems to be slightly quieter overall (remember i have 5 Maxtors and a Raptor in there as well!)

The maxtors definetly (sp) create a rumble when held in your hand, the seagates are the same noise/vibration when they seek compare to an idle maxtor/raptor.

I would think these would be very much at home in an HTPC or other quiet case project. The size and performance has left my Raptor in questionable territory!

Let me know what you guys think!

ATI · 19 May 2006 at 15:50

Benihana said:
The only minor vibrations appear when it seeks, the rest of the time you can certainly tell its on, but after installing them it seems to be slightly quieter overall (remember i have 5 Maxtors and a Raptor in there as well!)

The maxtors definetly (sp) create a rumble when held in your hand, the seagates are the same noise/vibration when they seek compare to an idle maxtor/raptor.

I would think these would be very much at home in an HTPC or other quiet case project. The size and performance has left my Raptor in questionable territory!

Let me know what you guys think!

thanks for that

some reviews say these drives are as lound as a raptor some say its quite so its hard to tell unless you one.

you seem to be pleased with them interms of performance and sound.

tried any games yet and when i mentioned the vibration i mean well like a tardis noise resigantes from your hd or case, a problem i have with these p120s 250gb samsungs.

Benihana · 19 May 2006 at 17:31

ATI said:
some reviews say these drives are as lound as a raptor some say its quite so its hard to tell unless you one.

I have installed BF2 on the new drive, whether its a new install or the drive is faster but there is less loading time than normal (might be that the old IDE was truely knackered?) and using FRAPS to record is seemless.

As I have mentioned before i have 7 hard drives in my pc, the stock AMD cooler, a 7800GTX and 9 fans ranging from 60mm - 120mm. This means my pc is far from quiet either idle or under load (usually compensate with the volume control

)

I have noticed that vibrations have reduced as i usually rest my legs on the side of the pc, and can feel it is pretty steady

I have watched movies and listened to MP3's on the drive whilst the CPU is at 100% and there is no lag or stutter.

Sorry i cant be more ruthless in my reviewing but i dont have time to tear the pc apart! The benchmarks and general usage say it all for me, the performance is top notch and i dont really consider much else important.

I would note that they can produce a fair amount of heat under load but havent exceeded 47C yet (only lasted for 30 mins when formatting)

I really would like to hear what you think tho

ATI · 19 May 2006 at 17:42

thanks again for taking the time for this, well im defantly thinking about these drives since the samsungs p120s have let me down on performance and acoustics.

i was thinking about the wd3200ks from western digital and these 7200.10 just come out, i have always been a wd fan but these drives could be exaclty what i want, in terms of the plethora of features and performace and it would be even more better to get some accuracy on the sound and vibration it makes since the p120s tought me that.

my pc is one the quite end so i need it to be as quite as it can be without tampering with the drive or hardware its self.

you seem pretty happy with them but really to be honest from the maxtors to these its a jump but if you had a similar drives you would be more skyptical like i am.

if i do get em i will defabtly let you know how they are but your time and inout certainly helps, i just hope storage review do a review on them particular the 320gb as it has 160gb platter so thats 2 all together, should be quiter and faster than similar drives.

anyone cares to comment on these drives please do so?

thanks

humax · 19 May 2006 at 18:02

How do u rate this drive next to your Raptor

darwin · 19 May 2006 at 18:57

Installed one myself yesterday (ie 320GB model) - I can give my rather unscientific opinion of it. I have to say I'm thrilled with it - much better load times than my old drive (Maxtor DiamondMax 9 120GB SATA). Sisoft Sandra drive benchmark reports a transfer rate of just under 60MB/s running in SATA 1 config (though I gather SATA II doesn't make much real world difference). The drive is very quiet - I can only hear it with the side off the case. Definitely recommended!

maranello168 · 19 May 2006 at 21:19

as mentioned previously, has anyone had the opportunity to compare this drive with the raptor?

AMDPower · 19 May 2006 at 22:56

as mentioned previously, has anyone had the opportunity to compare this drive with the raptor?

i have just purchased this drive, and in the process of backing up my drive onto it, after it is finished i will compare it with my raptors. but my raptors are in raid 0 configuration.

so far, its not that loud at all, but is a bit hot, almost as hot as my raptors.

maranello168 · 20 May 2006 at 08:42

AMDPower said:
i have just purchased this drive, and in the process of backing up my drive onto it, after it is finished i will compare it with my raptors. but my raptors are in raid 0 configuration.

so far, its not that loud at all, but is a bit hot, almost as hot as my raptors.

nice, looking forward to it

Balb0wa · 20 May 2006 at 13:59

Got mine on friday, thansk ocuk , superb less than 24hr service.

Here goes, there dead quiet. A few benchies below.

2X320gb Seagates in raid stripe mode, 260 gb free space

1x Seagate sata 2 enabled,298gb free, was 100mb less with the jumper on.

1x 500gb Hitachi 16mb cache sata 2

Goksly · 20 May 2006 at 14:06

wanted to get two of these for my shuttle, but the anandtech review has worried me slightly about the heat output with low air flow ;(

david25 · 20 May 2006 at 14:54

Hi, do all the models feature perpendicular recording? Or just the large capacities?

Thanks

humax · 20 May 2006 at 15:28

yes. only the large ones for now

humax · 20 May 2006 at 18:46

but why not get a 320 gig . there on THIS WEEK ONLY for about £70 .i just orderd one myself

Slackworth · 21 May 2006 at 01:34

These drives are at an absolutely stunning cost and I believe we are by far the cheapest in the UK plus we have loads of stock.

ATI · 21 May 2006 at 10:10

humax said:
yes. only the large ones for now

hi

you sure the 320gb doesnt use perpendicular?

only 750gb?

thanks

humax · 21 May 2006 at 15:23

yes. the 320 dose use perpendicular

ATI · 21 May 2006 at 15:32

hi humax

thanks for that as i was sure they do?

how would you rate this drive in terms of sound compare to other sata2 drives do you think?

thanks