Samsung Spinpoint F1 or WD Caviar Black?

2008-10-16 15:28:48

#1

Microwave: _; +515|6922|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK

Looking for a new hard drive as my raptor and old seagate are nearly full.

I've heard lots of good things about the spinpoint, but the WD drive has twice the cache (32mb) which is surely better).

So basically...which one should I go for? (Price isn't an issue).

Samsung SpinPoint F1 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache

Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache

2008-10-16 15:30:03

#2

Defiance: Member; +438|6938

I'm partial to WD, but all I can say in defense is personal preference.

2008-10-16 15:31:34

#3

Microwave: _; +515|6922|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK

Yeah, I've had good experiences with WD stuff (I've got their 'mybook' external hd too).

The 'Black' range is supposedly very good...

2008-10-16 15:34:15

#4

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|6999|St. Andrews / Oslo

F1 tbh

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2008-10-16 15:36:48

#5

Microwave: _; +515|6922|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK

Jenspm wrote:
F1 tbh

Is it really that good or all hype?

2008-10-16 15:39:22

#6

Brasso: member; +1,549|6897

I will put it out there: it's just a HD!

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2008-10-16 15:39:51

#7

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|6999|St. Andrews / Oslo

james@alienware wrote:
Jenspm wrote:
F1 tbh
Is it really that good or all hype?

Well, I don't have any personal experience, but it's supposed to be fast and quiet (and cheap). Here is a review for you.

2008-10-16 15:45:51

#8

OmniDeath: ~; +726|6911

If price is no matter then get a TB.

2008-10-16 15:50:56

#9

Microwave: _; +515|6922|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK

Nah, I only really need 500gb. I'm just using it to install Linux and as my main media drive.

I have about 100gb of media but it doesn't grow quickly - no big files like films so 1TB is probably unnecessary.

2008-10-16 15:56:38

#10

Gooners: Wiki Contributor; +2,700|6899

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2008-10-16 16:34:26

#11

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6834|NYC / Hamburg

The F1 is cheaper, so get that. In my experience the 2 drives are very similar

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2008-10-16 17:33:45

#12

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|6983|Riva, MD

james@alienware wrote:
Nah, I only really need 500gb. I'm just using it to install Linux and as my main media drive.

I have about 100gb of media but it doesn't grow quickly - no big files like films so 1TB is probably unnecessary.

I don't think the Caviar Black Series comes in 500GB, only 750GB and 1TB. The regular series (blue?) does though.

I'd recommend WD, I use a 160GB IDE one and it works great.

2008-10-16 18:15:50

#13

The_Sniper_NM: Official EVGA Fanboy; +94|6380|SC | USA |

Velociraptor tbh.

Uhh... I mean the Caviar.

2008-10-16 18:22:15

#14

ceslayer23: IN YOUR MIRROR; +142|6628|CLOSER THAN I APPEAR

i like western digital

2008-10-16 18:33:39

#15

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7032|Cambridge (UK)

I hate western digital.

All the western digitals (like maybe 2 or 3, ages and ages ago) broke really quickly, so I stopped buying them.

2008-10-16 18:47:39

#16

Defiance: Member; +438|6938

_j5689_ wrote:
I don't think the Caviar Black Series comes in 500GB, only 750GB and 1TB. The regular series (blue?) does though.

Are you ignoring the one in the OP?

2008-10-16 19:53:07

#17

GCFC: Davide Santon; +45|6196|NY/CT

Gooners wrote:
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HELL YEA!

2008-10-17 06:07:32

#18

DUnlimited: got any popo lolo intersting?; +1,160|6730|cuntshitlake

Spinpoints are very silent and mine works flawlessly. I do not have any experience on WD black series. At least spinpoints are cheaper.

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2008-10-17 06:42:06

#19

Bell: Frosties > Cornflakes; +362|6816|UK

Samsung F1. I have a 750GB in this at the moment, and it's great.

2008-10-18 12:12:57

#20

Microwave: _; +515|6922|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK

Went for the F1, cheers guys. Should be here Monday. Then it's to installing Linux from a mem stick

2008-10-18 12:15:26

#21

Morpheus: This shit still going?; +508|6266|The Mitten

F1: Warranty: 3 Years

WD: Warranty: 5 Years

But if you're just getting it for storage, I guess that won't matter.

Last edited by Morpheus (2008-10-18 12:18:01)

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2008-10-18 12:17:09

#22

Microwave: _; +515|6922|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK

Morpheus wrote:
F1: Warranty: 3 Years

WD: Warranty: 5 Years

Meh....I'm sure after 3 years I wont mind replacing it anyway.

2008-10-18 12:58:23

#23

rammunition: Fully Loaded; +143|6128

good you got the samsung F1

i have the exact same model and its runs great and quite, Samsung hard drives are reliable, for me as i have had numerous over the years.

also 16Mb cache is alot for a 500MB HDD.

Also Ebuyer is cheaper than overclockers in general and on this item

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/146252

£40.45 with V.A.T

Last edited by rammunition (2008-10-18 13:49:58)

2008-10-18 14:01:00

#24

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7032|Cambridge (UK)

james@alienware wrote:
Morpheus wrote:
F1: Warranty: 3 Years

WD: Warranty: 5 Years
Meh....I'm sure after 3 years I wont mind replacing it anyway.

In 3 years there'll be bigger faster cheaper HDDs, maybe even a whole new interface standard to upgrade to.

2008-10-18 14:33:12

#25

Microwave: _; +515|6922|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK

Scorpion0x17 wrote:
james@alienware wrote:
Morpheus wrote:
F1: Warranty: 3 Years

WD: Warranty: 5 Years
Meh....I'm sure after 3 years I wont mind replacing it anyway.
In 3 years there'll be bigger faster cheaper HDDs, maybe even a whole new interface standard to upgrade to.

Exactly.

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