Samsung v Seagate (again)

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Hi all

I'm about to order 2x 1TB drives and am confused between the Samsung and the Seagate - I want something that's fast yet I'm a bit worried about Samsung's reliability.

Considering theyre virtually the same price, what do you guys think / recommend?

Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache £66.99(£78.71)

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache £67.99(£79.89)
 
Samsung have no problem with reliability.

You get more reports of failed drives because more people are buying them.


I'd get a Samsung or a WD Blue (or one of each would be a sensible mix)
 
I now have more samsung drives than seagate only because the hd501lj was so cheap recently I just couldnt resist buying them. I do have one thats a little peeky on its smart data but so far it works good (touch wood)
 
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I was also going to post a thread like this asking witch drive is the fastest preforming, and quietest out of these two below, anyone know? :confused:

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB SATA-II 32MB Cache

and

Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache

Thank you for response;)
 
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Xon said:
Hi all

I'm about to order 2x 1TB drives and am confused between the Samsung and the Seagate - I want something that's fast yet I'm a bit worried about Samsung's reliability.

Considering theyre virtually the same price, what do you guys think / recommend?

Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache £66.99(£78.71)

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache £67.99(£79.89)
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I'd go with the Samsung F1.
 
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so out of those two above in my original post the Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB is definitely the fastest for game loading/os boot times, and large file transfers but considering you only get an extra 500 GB of space for the price?
 
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I chose the Samsung in the end. Just thought I'd let everyone know.

I regret it! It's DOA :(
 
Xon said:
I chose the Samsung in the end. Just thought I'd let everyone know.

I regret it! It's DOA :(
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Really? :eek: Hope mine isn't when it arrives. Ive been waiting a week for mine already because it got 'lost in the post'. Ill be pretty annoyed if its dead.. :(
 
Minstadave said:
Whats the problem with it? I had loads of issues until I did a full format.
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Hard Disk Sentinel said:
Failure Predicted - Attribute: 1 Errors occured while reading raw data from a disk. Indicate problem with the disk surface or the read/write heads.
The drive found 1 bad sectors during its self test.
There are 1 weak sectors found on the disk surface. They may be remapped any time in the later use of the disk.
Replace hard disk immediately.
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City link are bad for kicking parcels around but god knows what royal mail are like as i notice a lot of cheaper hard drives go via royal mail.
Personally I think a high percentage of DOA's are down to transit and not the manufacturer.
 
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