500gb hdd. which one?

[NqR]

I am after a new hdd (around 70pounds) and i need your advice

p.s. Heard the Samsung Spinpoint F1 is v good. Swall i wait untill the 500 gb is available?

 

[michael baxter]

Samsung would be my choice: quiet and good performance:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-036-SA

and it's on "This week only"

 

[NqR]

how's samsung performance compared to the seagate 7200.11?
(also the seagate has 32mb buffer vs 16mb of the samsung).

 

[Dougiebabe2003]

Could always get this and take the HDD out and put a smaller one in.

 

[sammie377]

Get the Samsung, I've had them before then buy others because they supposed to be good and everytime come back to the Samsungs, they are amazingly quiet and very fast, I will not be trying any other drives anymore.

 

[ElectroBlaster]

Im not normally one that instantly chooses samsung but ive always been really impressed with the quality of them, so I bought a 500gb spinpoint t and im very happy with it.

What drives do lacie use btw?

 

[NqR]

shouldnt i wait for the new Samsung Spinpoint F1 500gb to arrive in stock?

After same research i found this

New samsung HDD: HD502IJ
http://www.samsung.com/global/busin...61&subtype=63&model_cd=240&tab=spec&ppmi=1155

OcUk on the week only offer : HD501LJ
http://www.samsung.com/global/busin...61&subtype=64&model_cd=259&tab=spec&ppmi=1156

From the specs they seems similar. Dont know about feutures though

 

[jimblowscash]

Im not normally one that instantly chooses samsung but ive always been really impressed with the quality of them, so I bought a 500gb spinpoint t and im very happy with it.

What drives do lacie use btw?

read slackworth's posts about the black lacie drives and samgsung drives