Best 1TB Drive?

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ripken204

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so i'm looking to get a 1TB hdd. which one is the best right now?
the new samsung is getting some nice reports i hear but what do you guys think?
 
ripken204 said:
so i'm looking to get a 1TB hdd. which one is the best right now?
the new samsung is getting some nice reports i hear but what do you guys think?
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I'm still waiting for Storagereview.com's definitive benchmarks on the new Samsung F1.

For maximum possible performance, I would wait for the 320Gb version of the Samsung F1, and then build a RAID using 3-4 of those drives.
 
The Samsungs are looking pretty good with only 3 platters, but for myself, I really like WD's drive.
 
If you don't mind clarifying which criteria go into your definition of `best', people may be able to make better recommendations. It is very rare that one product in a group is superior in every way.
 
Hard to say, but based on published reviews, Hitachi seems to be better than the rest in terms of performance.
 
If you don't care about performance and just want storage, then just get the WD GP 1TB drive. It'll be slower, but better with power (and cheaper too).
 
well i think i will be going with the samsung, i'll be buying something later tonight..
 
I have been in favor of the Western Digital 1TB Green Drive, great all around, especially in power consumption and heat.
 
Ockie said:
I have been in favor of the Western Digital 1TB Green Drive, great all around, especially in power consumption and heat.
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QFT!

would not get the seagate.. ever. (yes yes, i know, many people have them)
but depends on your requirements really.

WD has arguably the best drive in many categories, including least power consumption and least noise.

then again, what do i know, im running 6 WD drives in this machine, and 3 in another...
only 1 RMA and it was my own fault.
 
i went with the samsung. the benchmarks show that it is the best drive. a few degress less and few db less means nothing to me.. especially when the WD only gets that at 5400 speeds.
 
vsrdan said:
Hard to say, but based on published reviews, Hitachi seems to be better than the rest in terms of performance.
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Maybe I just got a bad one but mine seemed to seek and write a lot slower than my 500gb drive. Oh yeah I should probably mention that the Legacy power input on mine also caught fire. :eek:
 
ripken204 said:
i went with the samsung. the benchmarks show that it is the best drive. a few degress less and few db less means nothing to me.. especially when the WD only gets that at 5400 speeds.
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Funny, now you compare performance and speeds but from the get go you were all gun-ho'ed about just having a storage drive. Nothing is the "best" when it comes to computer hardware, they each have their own niche and their own application. I can find tons of reasons not to buy a 1tb samsung, doesn't mean it's not the best for some other purpose.
 
I just got the Spinpoint F1 in the mail today. I ran bonnie++ and hdparm -Tt on it:

Code: 
[color=darkgreen]gwk@GWKCore:~/sams$[/color] /usr/sbin/bonnie++ -r 6144 -s 12288
Writing with putc()...done
Writing intelligently...done
Rewriting...done
Reading with getc()...done
Reading intelligently...done
start 'em...done...done...done...
Create files in sequential order...done.
Stat files in sequential order...done.
Delete files in sequential order...done.
Create files in random order...done.
Stat files in random order...done.
Delete files in random order...done.
Version 1.03b       ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random-
                    -Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks--
Machine        Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP  /sec %CP
GWKCore         12G 90292  98 103104  13 47091  11 89442  94 109516   7 207.3   0
                    ------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create--------
                    -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete--
              files  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP
                 16   395   1 +++++ +++   322   1   394   2 +++++ +++   325   1
GWKCore,12G,90292,98,103104,13,47091,11,89442,94,109516,7,207.3,0,16,395,1,+++++,+++,322,1,394,2,+++++,+++,325,1

[color=darkgreen]GWKCore:/home/gwk/sams#[/color]  hdparm -Tt /dev/sdc

/dev/sdc:
 Timing cached reads:   5246 MB in  2.00 seconds = 2623.69 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads:  326 MB in  3.01 seconds = 108.41 MB/sec

[color=darkgreen]GWKCore:/home/gwk/sams#[/color]  hdparm -Tt /dev/sdc

/dev/sdc:
 Timing cached reads:   5280 MB in  2.00 seconds = 2641.60 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads:  328 MB in  3.01 seconds = 108.94 MB/sec

if you are fast enough with another linux-based HDD bench request, I will try and fulfill it.
 
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