Samsung hard disks.....good or bad!? Need to know ASAP!! Pls
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I would imagine most manufactuers are fine, no matter what name you mention, someone generally comes out with a comment like "I had one of these and it broke after 10 mins" 
...(maybe not this forum).
I've had IBM and currently got Maxtor and not had any problems with either (fingers crossed
). Both of those manufactuers I have heard horror stories about 
Samsung are a major manufactuer I can't think they would sell duff products
It's not like it's a "Bill's Computer Shop" own make hard disk
No offence intended if there is a Bill's Computer Shop
>> Edited by mr_yogi on Monday 30th January 15:58
...(maybe not this forum). I've had IBM and currently got Maxtor and not had any problems with either (fingers crossed
). Both of those manufactuers I have heard horror stories about Samsung are a major manufactuer I can't think they would sell duff products
It's not like it's a "Bill's Computer Shop" own make hard disk
No offence intended if there is a Bill's Computer Shop
>> Edited by mr_yogi on Monday 30th January 15:58
mr_yogi said:
I've had IBM and currently got Maxtor and not had any problems with either (fingers crossed
I wouldn't touch those brands with yours
i've had loads of nightmares with them..
>> Edited by scorp on Monday 30th January 16:55
OK! Bought the drive and everything seems to work great. Windows didn't even need disks for my SATA configuration and the drive is blisteringly fast!!!
(Also bought some new Rossignol ski boots at the shop below the PC store, but that's another story)
Did some synthetic benchmarks with SiSoft and it wipes some of the other "faster" drives off the floor! I got an average 62MB/sec whereas the Maxtor DiamondMax 8MB SATA 7200rpm (equivilent), got just 49MB/sec. It's also not quite as quiet as they say but I'm happy
Now I need to get an external enclosure for my old IDE 120GB drive, so now I have a new question!
Which one should I get and should I use Firewire or USB2?
Ta again for all your advice so far!!!
>> Edited by beanbag on Tuesday 31st January 09:19
(Also bought some new Rossignol ski boots at the shop below the PC store, but that's another story
) Did some synthetic benchmarks with SiSoft and it wipes some of the other "faster" drives off the floor! I got an average 62MB/sec whereas the Maxtor DiamondMax 8MB SATA 7200rpm (equivilent), got just 49MB/sec. It's also not quite as quiet as they say but I'm happy
Now I need to get an external enclosure for my old IDE 120GB drive, so now I have a new question!
Which one should I get and should I use Firewire or USB2?
Ta again for all your advice so far!!!
>> Edited by beanbag on Tuesday 31st January 09:19
beanbag said:
Which one should I get and should I use Firewire or USB2?
Ta again for all your advice so far!!!
>> Edited by beanbag on Tuesday 31st January 09:19
Instead of IEEE1394 or USB have you thought about eSATA? That way you can save your USB and firewire ports for other types of kit.
ErnestM
ErnestM said:
Which one should I get and should I use Firewire or USB2?
Ta again for all your advice so far!!!
>> Edited by beanbag on Tuesday 31st January 09:19
Instead of IEEE1394 or USB have you thought about eSATA? That way you can save your USB and firewire ports for other types of kit.
ErnestM
Sounds like a plan but how does it work? Do I need to get an eSATA connector for the back of my PC and would it work with an IDE hard disk. Also, I plan to take this drive around with me to different places so I can share my music collection and movies etc....how compatible is it?
Cheers
beanbag said:
Which one should I get and should I use Firewire or USB2?
Ta again for all your advice so far!!!
>> Edited by beanbag on Tuesday 31st January 09:19
Instead of IEEE1394 or USB have you thought about eSATA? That way you can save your USB and firewire ports for other types of kit.
ErnestM
Sounds like a plan but how does it work? Do I need to get an eSATA connector for the back of my PC and would it work with an IDE hard disk. Also, I plan to take this drive around with me to different places so I can share my music collection and movies etc....how compatible is it?
Cheers
eSATA isn't good for portability but it is great for running, say, a limited external RAID box, etc. Yes, you do need a controller but most eSATA kits come with them.
The reason why it is not good for portability is because you cannot count on somebody else having an eSATA controller.
ErnestM
A little late I know, but I was asked to build a PC for christmas for my newphew. It was a top of the range games machine, dual core,extremly high end games card etc. I read some reviews on the new SATA2 maxtor drives so went for those based on good experience.Err no. Would they work with an Asus motherboard! nope. Searching the net revealed lots of issues and firmware updates required that maxtor have to send you. So I nipped into a shop on the tottenham court road on christmas eve and got a coupe of samsung sata2, they worked first time and the machine rocks. To be honest other than the huge servers we have at work its the fastest machine I have ever seen!
So Samsung, top marks from me and completely quiet.
cheers
Simon
So Samsung, top marks from me and completely quiet.
cheers
Simon
maddog-uk said:
A little late I know, but I was asked to build a PC for christmas for my newphew. It was a top of the range games machine, dual core,extremly high end games card etc. I read some reviews on the new SATA2 maxtor drives so went for those based on good experience.Err no. Would they work with an Asus motherboard! nope. Searching the net revealed lots of issues and firmware updates required that maxtor have to send you. So I nipped into a shop on the tottenham court road on christmas eve and got a coupe of samsung sata2, they worked first time and the machine rocks. To be honest other than the huge servers we have at work its the fastest machine I have ever seen!
So Samsung, top marks from me and completely quiet.
cheers
Simon
Cheers for the input Simon. I bought the drive a couple of days ago now and it's blisteringly fast. Even thinking of buying another one and striping it with SATA RAID. But for now I'm very happy.
It's got a randon transfer rate of 64MB/sec compared to my friends Maxtor SATA's 48MB/sec and my old IDE (43MB/sec), so overall I'm quite pleased.
Cheers all for the input!
Now I need to get a new graphics card as some of you might have read....I shagged the old one up by fitting a passive cooler too it and I did something wrong along the way. Ah well....
Gonna get a GeForce 6200 512MB card (AGP). Pretty good value at 60 quid and it runs about 50% faster than my GeFroce Ti4200 (and cooler too
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