Today, PC users are on the go. So a PC's drive better be reliable. No problem, if it's got a Samsung 2.5-inch hard drive. And with a 5400rpm spin speed and 8MB buffer, this drive... more
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Today, PC users are on the go. So a PC's drive better be reliable. No problem, if it's got a Samsung 2.5-inch hard drive. And with a 5400rpm spin speed and 8MB buffer, this drive also delivers truly impressive throughput performance. Like all Samsung drives! And leading-edge technology that increases noise suppression and lowers power consumption. Samsung HDD! There is the performance inside.
Expansion / connectivity
Interfaces: 1 x ATA-100
Compatible Bays: 1 x internal - 2.5" x 1/8H
Environmental parameters
Min Operating Temperature: 5 °C
Max Operating Temperature: 55 °C
Humidity Range Operating: 5 - 90%
Shock Tolerance: 300 g @ 2ms (operating) / 1000 g @ 2ms (non-operating)
Vibration Tolerance: 1 g @ 5-500 Hz (operating) / 5 g @ 20-500 Hz (non-operating)
Advantages: Low nose, generally low vibration, fairly cool for a 160gb drive, reliability Disadvantages: Not as cool or quiet as the HA250JC, but much cheaper
...Following on from the success of the now-legendary HA250JC, Samsung have expanded their product line with this excellent 160gb drive. Although it is a 7200rpm drive (unlike the HA250JC which is 5400rpm) this drive still runs pretty cool and with generally low rotational vibration which can lead to hum with some drives when installed in media centre, Sky+ or TiVo.
When "quiet" mode is enabled (using Samsung's HUTIL utility) the seek noise of this drive is extremely soft and quiet - among the quietest 160gb drives we have tested.
Reliability should be very good too, as all Samsung drives are generally very reliable - so this should just go on and on in your TiV, Sky+ or media PC...
All round rating: B+...
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somewhat helpful 29.05.2007
Silent Samsung Review ofSamsungSpinPoint Hard drive 10.2 GBby
A.Smith
...There's not an awful lot to say about an hard drive really, but I'll try my best.
I've bought several hard drives in the past which were either Maxtor or Western Digital, unfortunately my Western Digital failed but all the Maxtor hard disks I've purchased are still going strong.
I bought an 80gbSamsung Spinpoint drive so I could use it with my Maxtor 60gb drive and use one for operating system and the other for games/files. When I turn on my computer you hear the Maxtor spin up is a high-pitch whirring sound but not a whisper from the Samsung, I have never known a hard disk to be as silent as the Samsung, you really cannot hear anything out of it.
I haven't done any benchmarks on the Samsung drive but I haven't had any problems with speed, everything seems to transfer as fast, if not faster, than it did with the Maxtor alone.
Price...
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Advantages: Noise, Speed Disadvantages: Can't think of anything.
...I came across this a week ago, and was taken in by the capacity and low-noise level. It seemed perfect for installing into a media center PC. Media Center boxes for a lounge need to have plenty of space for recording tv shows, whilst being quiet as to not interrupt the movies.
This hard-drive gives you the best of both worlds. 400Gb - an abundance of storage. (Ideal for ripping your entire music collection onto it) or for movies and downloaded tv episodes.
You're probably wondering what the difference is between this and the other 400Gb drives on the market, and this one is quietly leading the way. Top performance, with whisper quiet acoustics.
My verdict - buy one today....
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I was bought this back in July, as a gift for passing my driving test.
I already have a Sony 6GB mp3 player, but as I have about 20 times that much music on various hard drives, I thought I'd go for something with a bigger capacity. And it plays video more
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