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sotong168
post Sep 7 2010, 06:48 PM

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what is the cheapest 2TB internal hdd? still samsung @ rm360++? what about hitachi?
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post Dec 9 2010, 02:21 PM

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yup, few of my frenz r using it, so far so good, value buy
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post Jan 23 2011, 11:48 PM

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QUOTE(Traveler @ Jan 23 2011, 11:22 AM)
Thanks. Will give Teracopy a shot.
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is your probox comes with esata? the transferring is much faster if u hv hefty of TB to tx
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post Jan 24 2011, 03:47 PM

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QUOTE(Traveler @ Jan 24 2011, 03:37 PM)
It comes with USB3 and eSATA. But to use eSATA, I would need an eSATA port multiplier PCIe card as my motherboard's eSATA ports are not port multiplier. It's cheaper to buy a USB3 card, which is what I did. I've not tested it myself but I seem to read (in a few posts here and there online), than USB3 is marginally faster than eSATA in real life use.

Most of my transferring is done in hefty hundreds of GB chunks.
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usb3.0 > esata? my esata spd is 60mb/s++ on avg for a slow hdd (green)
btw, i got one port multiplier card for sale as i m using probox too, heehee blush.gif

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post Jan 25 2011, 09:43 PM

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QUOTE(shahruls @ Jan 24 2011, 10:40 PM)
i got 75mb on avg for usb 3.0 between probox usb 3.0 and 2 bay usb 3.0, if copy from pc hdd to probox usb 3.0,i got 95mb... really fast,it took around 8 minute only to copy 38Gb file smile.gif
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that is nice, what brand & model of hdd is yours?
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post Mar 3 2011, 02:09 PM

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QUOTE(shinjite @ Mar 3 2011, 12:45 PM)
How much you selling?
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http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=1776099&hl=
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post Mar 10 2011, 07:10 PM

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QUOTE(beebee @ Mar 10 2011, 05:19 PM)
hi guys, just want to know which 2tb 3.5" desktop is worth to get now?
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the cheapest samsung f4 @ rm280 = 14cent/GB
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post Mar 13 2011, 06:44 PM

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QUOTE(mitodna @ Mar 13 2011, 03:46 PM)
now c-zone listed it Samsung 2TB at RM255
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woots... bought few at RM280 & RM287 weeks ago
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post Mar 15 2011, 01:21 AM

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QUOTE(wildwestgoh @ Mar 14 2011, 04:57 PM)
Who you bought from? Niclasteoh?
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the price is for 5units frm bruceleestore n 4units frm nichlasteoh, buy more can get a bit discount, but the price now is so low sweat.gif
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post May 28 2011, 11:45 AM

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my < 1yr-old samsung F3 'kong' recently, suppose is pcb fault, cannot boot-up at all. hope my other units are fine hmm.gif
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post Jun 29 2011, 11:57 AM

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QUOTE(alvinfks78 @ Jun 28 2011, 01:41 PM)
I bought F3 Samsung 1Tb from Czone in end of April................now in RMA alreadi.  cry.gif .

somemore so fast F4 come out alreadi  blush.gif
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what issue is it? my frenz 1tb samsung f3 also died after 6mth of usage, all of sudden cannot boot-up, put into docking station also cannot be powered-up, i suspect the culprit was faulty pcb; anyhow, already get his replacement unit within 1-wk

i got few units of f4, so far so gud, but they mainly for storage purpose, so no intensive read/write activities
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post Jun 29 2011, 12:04 PM

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QUOTE(turion64 @ Jun 29 2011, 12:01 PM)
May i know where did u get ur F4 ? What size are they?
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oops, mine is f4eg 2tb eco, bot frm brucelee & nic
r u saying f4 the f3 successor?
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post Jun 29 2011, 01:50 PM

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bruceleestore & niclasteoh
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post Jun 29 2011, 02:02 PM

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QUOTE(turion64 @ Jun 29 2011, 01:56 PM)
how is the performance/reliability compare to the f3 ?

thx bro
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mine is not f4, it is just a f4eg 5400rpm mainly for storing data
as for f3, used to be bang 4 buck for me, but now i reserve my comment on its reliability as experienced few faulty units after a year or so hmm.gif
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post Jun 29 2011, 02:55 PM

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QUOTE(turion64 @ Jun 29 2011, 02:44 PM)
fyi,

The new Samsung 2TB F4 HD204UI uses three 667GB platters for a performance gain of 19% over the older 4 platter HD203UI F3 model it replaces. It also uses 23% less power in standby mode. nice.
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yup, that is what ppl claimed and suppose to be cooler too, but since i dun use them as main hdd for os (they all are 5400rpm afterall), all i need is the good reliability, hope they dun die out of sudden (knock the wood...) blush.gif
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post Jun 29 2011, 04:21 PM

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QUOTE(turion64 @ Jun 29 2011, 04:11 PM)
yea that's the issue with hdd. u'll never know when they gonna fail.
any idea where to get cheap blank bd disc? its a good alternative for backup.
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try to look for myitmall
yup, i backup my personal data into 4 separate hdd and store them at different locations
as for movies, i clone 1-to-1 with my frenz, whichever fail we still could retrieve back the movies
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post Jun 29 2011, 04:57 PM

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QUOTE(turion64 @ Jun 29 2011, 04:49 PM)
u mean all IT mall ?
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a lyn member lah
btw, spotted someone is selling RM5 for Blank 25GB Blu-ray BD-R 2x Speed Bluray Disc @ lelong
as a trader urself, suppose can get cheap kangtao rite? tongue.gif
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post Jul 2 2011, 03:39 PM

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QUOTE(everling @ Jul 2 2011, 12:33 PM)
Came across a firmware update for the HD204UI. Those planning to buy might want to read the following first.

http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmont...ngF4EGBadBlocks
http://www.samsung.com/global/business/hdd..._bbs_msg_id=386

It seems to be a relatively minor problem however. Although if the bug is triggered and "bad blocks" are reported, it is a software problem and not an actual hardware problem.
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ouch... dry.gif
Btw, according to Samsung Support, HD204UI drives manufactured December 2010 or later is patched with the firmware (source)
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post Sep 22 2011, 11:27 PM

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QUOTE(turion64 @ Sep 22 2011, 10:42 PM)
dear sifus,

may i know do i need to print the RMA form to send in my samsung hard disk for warranty? the RMA form indicate i have to send the hdd to singapore.

anyone knows where can i send it locally ?
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i just pass over to my local samsung service centre, got the replacement within 10-days

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http://www.samsung.com/my/support/location...ERVICE.LOCATION

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post Sep 29 2011, 08:11 PM

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good evening guys, may i know how much should be the price for an used unit of 2.5" 500gb seagate portable (usb 2.0), still got warranty until 2015. somehow the unit got bad sectors, my frenz lazy to claim warranty and asked me to quote him a price. thks for your input~
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