Samsung F1 750 Reliability?

[LifeStealer]

So I'm looking for 2-3 data drives. Speed doesn't matter as much as its not going to be a boot drive but I want something reliable. Normally I only use seagates for my data drives but I was wondering if the Samsung 750 is reliable? If I get any should I make sure I have enough to keep important dating on RAID 1? I know its always a shot in the dark but figured I'd ask..

[drizzt81]

Like all HDDs the Samsung F1 drives will eventually fail. What type of reliability measure are you looking for?

[LifeStealer]

Nothing major just wasn't sure how reliable they were. I usually use Seagates for data drives because of reliability.

[LifeStealer]

bump

[LifeStealer]

:(! FAIL!

[unhappy_mage]

Unless you provide a clearer question I don't think anyone can possibly provide a clearer answer. I know someone who has three of these drives, and his house hasn't burned down yet.

Always back up important data, and if you need it continuously available do raid 1 too.

[LifeStealer]

Just wondering about average reliability of the drives. I know they're new but I've heard of people having problems with older Samsung drives. Haven't really heard anything bad aside from the nforce chipset problems. So I guess I'll bite.

[SFaznSpEEdSTeR]

It depends...I was gonna buy 2-3 myself for RAID 0 or 5, gonna probably use them for a few years until I either run out of space or 1TB+ HDs are in the same price range a few years later

I have heard good things about Samsung F1's but usually when they fail, it's not a few months later but right away so you can just RMA it

[Cre8ive]

A lot of people have been getting in on these hdds and it doesn't look like there are that many negative user complaints.

[LifeStealer]

Yeah I just went ahead and ordered three. Thanks for the replies.