Model Brand SAMSUNG Series EcoGreen F2 Model HD154UI Packaging Bare Drive Performance Interface SATA 3.0Gb/s Capacity 1.5TB Cache 32MB Average Seek Time 8.9ms Average Latency 5.52ms Physical Spec Form Factor 3.5" Manufacturer Warranty Parts 3 years limited Labor 3 years limited
I have two of these in a MSI Nettop 100 doing RAID1 for NAS over gigabit ethernet. Reads hit 70+MB/s and writes hit 50+MB/s. Very solid. Not the quietest drives, but tucked away in a "data closet", perfect.
mekas said: badrobot said: Is this that much better than the WD Green, which is $5 less?Where is the 1.5 TB WD green drive for $85 ?
My bad, I read this as 1gb. Might have rethink this now.
Ridolph
Serene Member
posted: Nov. 24, 2009 @ 8:53a
I have 2 Samsungs which are working well. And I have 2 Hitachi's which are dead on my desk, waiting for an RMA. Samsung and WD are my preferred drives these days. No more Hitachi ever, and although I've never had an issue with a Seagate, there are too many recent reports of issues to purchase.
Green for ya OP! Samsung, WD and Hitachi are aces in my book. I no longer trust Seagates, at least the 7200.11. Jury's out on the 7200.12 and everything 7200.10 and prior (except the 7200.9) was solid.
Ridolph said: I have 2 Samsungs which are working well. And I have 2 Hitachi's which are dead on my desk, waiting for an RMA. Samsung and WD are my preferred drives these days. No more Hitachi ever, and although I've never had an issue with a Seagate, there are too many recent reports of issues to purchase.
So thumbs up to Samsung. In for 1.
Which Hitachi(s) ?
I now have a 1tb Samsung and a 2tb Hitatchi I just bought. Both seem to be running just fine.
I've had two lesser sized WD's crap out on me, and one of these was a warranty replacement directly from WD that died within 3 months time. Everyone has their little experiences, and then there are those occasional patterns that emerge when a flawed design or process finds it's way into the market. I don't know much about the Hitachi I bought other than it was a good buy. Before I bought my Samsung, I saw a few posts from folks that got bad drives from them.
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