Howdy 
I've had the amazing fortune of having two 1TB F1's die on me (CRC errors), so I'm off to grab another drive or two, hopefully I can recover some data before RMA-ing the drives.
I've very impressed with the throughput of the two-platter F3's, but I'm now rather wary of Samsung drives. On the other hand, the seek time on the Caviar Black is very good, and my 36GB raptor is still running flawlessly - but the drive doesn't have that great a sustained transfer..
Which drive would you recommend? It will be used for the usual - gaming, media and what-have-you, nothing special
I've had the amazing fortune of having two 1TB F1's die on me (CRC errors), so I'm off to grab another drive or two, hopefully I can recover some data before RMA-ing the drives.
I've very impressed with the throughput of the two-platter F3's, but I'm now rather wary of Samsung drives. On the other hand, the seek time on the Caviar Black is very good, and my 36GB raptor is still running flawlessly - but the drive doesn't have that great a sustained transfer..
Which drive would you recommend? It will be used for the usual - gaming, media and what-have-you, nothing special