Samsung F1 1TB

As yes I had a Quantum Fireball, don't remember what I paid for it but I remember having to go all the way into town to collect it from the courier, so I could get my rig up and running! :rolleyes:

Either way I couldn't pass up this drive at £100 including free delivery, so I've ordered one as well. Got some air duster while I was at it! :D

Anyone know if they've sorted the "Check M.C. ECC error" issue?
 
I got one to replace two 250GB drives. It now sits alongside my 750GB Hitachi.

As for the two 250GB units, I got an external USB SATA drive dock which can just plug the hard drives into as needed and use them for backup purposes. Works like a charm.
 
HD Tach will but it's a destructive test. Not sure what will give accurate write figures but only to unused sections of existing partitions. Even if you could find such a thing, a proper test from start to end of disk will obviously be destructive.
 
HDTune Pro will as well, it's a pay for product but there's a 15 day trial. Problem is it will only do a write benchmark on an unpartitioned drive.
 
Guys, how quiet is this drive? I got a WesternDigital as Primary at the moment and its making a buzzing noise every time it reads and its driving me crazy.

One other thing. Theres this AHCI setting in my BIOS. I currently have it set to IDE. If I get this new drive, is it worth switching to AHCI?
 
You will need to either re-install the OS or do some fairly in depth monkeying in the registry to get AHCI to work. AHCI does allow some useful functions - hot swapping, NCQ etc but there's not a huge performance gain (if any) in a desktop environment.
 
rpstewart said:
You will need to either re-install the OS or do some fairly in depth monkeying in the registry to get AHCI to work. AHCI does allow some useful functions - hot swapping, NCQ etc but there's not a huge performance gain (if any) in a desktop environment.
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Don't you also need AHCI to enable the write caching/enhanced performance options in Vista?

XP does need major monkeying about to switch but Vista is a single registry setting:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Msahci - change the Name value to 0, then reboot and flick it over to AHCI in the BIOS.
 
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i tried that registry setting in Vista with my current WD drive;
Vista booted, but the drive was acting funny. it was reading for 2 seconds, then stopping for 1. it was impossible to use.
 
Mine arrived last night and it went straight into an eSATA Akakakasa Enclosure as it will be used for backups of data. The enclosure first shocked me with its gorgeous looks and build quality. I was up and running in 5mins anyway.

The hard disk is quite silent, even within the enclosure. I did a HDTach (or HDTune...) run this morning before I left work and it was pulling in approx 90mb/sec from what I recall. I'll paste a screenshot later when I get home.

I didn't mess with any jumpers though...am I meant to?
 
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