Samsung F1 320GB Single Platter

Deluxe1 · 7 Mar 2008 at 10:35

Got this drive yesterday and more than pleased with it,runs quiet and very cool in my system.Its currently sitting inbetween two 500GB 7200.11`s and is 10c cooler than them at 21c.

ninja2000 · 7 Mar 2008 at 10:40

Whats the physical size like? is it like the 7200.10 250gb single platter slimline size?

Deluxe1 · 7 Mar 2008 at 10:50

Just the same thickness as a normal drive.

Yeggstry · 7 Mar 2008 at 10:56

That's impressive. A good 10 to 15 Mb/s faster compared to the seagate 250Gb single platter. Would be interesting to see two in raid 0 :-)

Bane · 7 Mar 2008 at 11:03

Is this now the largest capacity single platter drive? As I was considering the Seagate model, but it seemed of a bit of a sideways upgrade as I'm currently using 250GB Samsung.

Wonder how long before Seagate release a similar sized model.

Bane · 10 Mar 2008 at 11:53

Deluxe1 said:
Got this drive yesterday and more than pleased with it,runs quiet and very cool in my system.Its currently sitting inbetween two 500GB 7200.11`s and is 10c cooler than them at 21c.

Has it had the aquoustic mode enabled, or was it on as default? As I would be enabling it, so wondered if your graphs would be as impressive.

I know Samsung used to have a utility call hutil that worked in DOS to alter settings, if it's still the same for the F1 series.

draken · 10 Mar 2008 at 14:01

I've got two of these on order, should be here tomorrow.
Going to have one has primary drive, and second as game drive.

tutu · 10 Mar 2008 at 14:17

Just how "quiet" is it? I want to replace my Raptor (I now use my PC as a HTPC and not a gaming machine).

Any reviews comparing noise/performance against similiar drives?

shimy182 · 10 Mar 2008 at 14:17

Very interesting... i will deffinately be RAID 0ing this when i see them in stock somewhere.

HHM · 10 Mar 2008 at 16:31

http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/11/21/samsung_overtakes_with_a_bang/page11.html

tutu · 10 Mar 2008 at 16:46

Read a review and they seem to be a very good option (almost as quiet as the WD GP 5400 RPM drives). Now I need to find out if I should get the F1 320 or WD 300 as a boot drive (single platter).

Edit: The WD 320 has slow access times so I guess the F1 is for me!

roadie · 11 Mar 2008 at 14:35

I will be getting one of these shortly.

Richdog · 11 Mar 2008 at 14:56

I think i'm going to replace my Raptor 150GB with one of these...

EDIT - Just ordered one, £52inc... seems about normal I spose. The Raptop will be on MM soon!

NqR · 11 Mar 2008 at 16:22

any1 know when is oc.uk going to get them in stock? Competitors already have them.

Richdog · 11 Mar 2008 at 16:30

Send them a web note and ask.

=VTA=MANFACE · 11 Mar 2008 at 19:17

I've just bought an F1 750GB to replace my Raptor, a wise choice I think.

Aelred89 · 11 Mar 2008 at 19:23

I've just purchased an F1 750GB too... £80 inc. happy days ^_^

ubern00b · 11 Mar 2008 at 20:02

The 750GB's use 250gb platters, not the new 334GB ones. Doesnt mean itll be slow tho. That deal for £80 is a killer, I dont know how long I can hold off (until the offer ends I guess lol).

Duke · 11 Mar 2008 at 22:55

Good to see it is still quick with just one platter. I'm tempted to get one now

edit: ordered

Deluxe1 · 12 Mar 2008 at 11:39

Ive got mine as my boot drive now and does seem abit quicker than the ST3500320AS i was using.