SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 750gb $74.99 shipped!

[haste]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152100

 

[ordovician]

How does this compare to the Raptors?

 

[akapaulk]

These are a little slower than the Raptors

 

[AthlonXP]

not bad for 1 per GB.

 

[l3ender]

Is this 7200.11?

 

[wiseoracle]

Is this 7200.11?

No, you are referring to a Seagate drive. This thread is about a Samsung drive.

 

[[LYL]Homer]

not bad for 1 per GB.

0.10 per gb

 

[haadij404]

would this be a good drive to have the OS on?

 

[GJSNeptune]

Better for storage. For a large-capacity OS drive, Amazon has the WD6400AAKS for $70 shipped.

 

[haadij404]

thanks I'll take a look at it

 

[hl3395]

As well as 1TB, the Samsung Spinpoint F1 is also available in 750GB, 640GB, 500GB, and 320GB flavours too, and rather strangely, uses the same 334GB platters in every disk. This seems an odd choice, especially when you consider the wasted storage – physically there is no difference between the 750GB and 1TB versions of the Samsung F1 other than the different amount of “unlocked” drive space per platter.

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2008/12/09/samsung-spinpoint-f1-1tb/1
Aparently it has 3x 334GB platters. This would be super hot if someone knows how to mod it to be 1TB.

 

[Blahman]

The "blank" areas of the platters probably aren't physically writeable; if a hack hasn't come out by now it never will.