Is F3 > F1?

demon8991 · 23 Oct 2009 at 13:14

Is the Spinpoint F3 much faster than the F1?

Thinking about getting one and using my F1 for storage!

John24 · 23 Oct 2009 at 13:23

The F3 uses higher density platters (500GB/Platter) and so is faster yes.

demon8991 · 23 Oct 2009 at 13:24

Is the difference noticeable?

AbsenceJam · 23 Oct 2009 at 14:40

Thinking of going from F1 to F3 I take it? Not worth it really, wait for the next platter increase and save for an SSD too.

John24 · 24 Oct 2009 at 15:38

If your looking for a faster boot drive then SSD is your best option. Unless your doing lots of large read/writes on your data drive you may aswell stick with the F1, although the F3 is faster it's not a massive jump if you don't really need the extra speed.

wonderlust · 24 Oct 2009 at 15:44

My 500Gb F1s give about 90-100 peak transfer

My 1Tb F3s give about 140

paulo7 · 24 Oct 2009 at 16:00

doubt it would be noticeable

braveheart · 26 Oct 2009 at 09:01

I used Samsung F3 as master drive and F1 as 2nd drive (both are 1TB) - think it could be change in platter as F3 is 2x500GB and F1 is 3x334GB - both run nicely and quite cheap.