i think the best way...is contact them...n ask

1.5tb on 32mb cache?damn...tat must be fast then...

pczone last sat list show only seagate 1tb rm465 & wd 1tb rm410:sweat:

LoL... how you define fast on 32MB compared with 16MB? Can you tell the different?

Err.. SDD has excellent read performance over mechanical HDD, more than 5x. It's one of their core advantage.
SSD's write performance is not necessarily better especially those cheaper ones. But those better ones can be 2x faster.

Anyone know how long warranty for the samsung HDD?Friend told me that got 3 years warranty but when i broght it to thundermacth they told me only valid for one year from the date i purchased on november 2006...thanks

so is it true??
1TB for <RM500??
great news then...

you can get a WD greenpower 1TB < RM400

yeah....i bought the WD Green Power for RM405 on 21 sept...

so prices should be around there now....



anyway...some benchies of my WD 640GB...

HD Tach quick test



HD Tach Long test



i compared it with a 500GB 7200.11 screenshot from the previous thread and there isnt much difference... both got pros and cons...

personally...im damn glad i got the 640GB... for the same price i get 140gb more and roughly the same performance... super bang for buck

juz wanna ask...

the brands that we see are mainly Seagate, WD< Hitachi and now probably Samsung as well...

i know that Seagate and WD hold the most market share... sure they ve sth that's better...

but how abt the smaller players like Hitachi and Samsung??? besides price being lower, do they have any advantages/disadvantages compared to the other 2??

well..guess with large cache u can hav higher burst speed rate?correct me if i m wrong...

well...astria..i dun think hitachi and samsung hav cheaper drives than seagate and wd...most of their hdd not bad...i mean also offers on par performances as other hdds..

how's it compare to WD 640GB??
price performance ratio??

Samsung's HDD carry 3 years warranty. For warranty claim within the first year of purchase, the shop will provide free service. However, for 2nd year and above will be charged service charge for it if you requested them to RMA for you. You can do it yourself by sending it directly to the Samsung manufacturer. Then of course you'll need to fill in your HDD and warranty details online before you can proceed

vearn27,
thanks for your info...will online to do the RMA.....

congratulation for the new thread, vearn27...
hmm, looking forward the newest harddisk, Solid State Disk (SSD),
i would like to see how great is this harddisk compare with the normal harddisk that we are using now...
and, the pricing seem dropping and even affortable to purchase the high capacity harddisk...

This post has been edited by victorboy: Oct 7 2008, 12:49 AM

Oops... sorry as I had cut your queue for re-opening a new thread for it

Well, I'm still waiting for SSD to be more mature in the market before I invest for one unit of it as my starter

not a problem mate...
as for a good haddisk is important to us, i do lost lots of data due to the harddisk failure...
yeah, i would agree your comments, and now the price for this new harddisk is
too expansive to be explore with, perhaps later...

just wonder, dell have an option to upgrade for Solid State hard disk,
with 64GB, is it sufficient to act as the primary hdd for operating system?

Which is better hdd, external hdd or the desktop one?
i currently using WD Essential 320mb.
Should i go for another external hdd or like desktop 3.5" one... ? Is the difference just the build?

Yeah, HDD's data are very crucial and easily cause heavy lost once it's gone due to harddisk failure. Not to mention it's pricey to have backup if the size is very large . That's why I always spread and share my collection of HD movies, etc. In case gone *touchwood*, I can still try to leech it back from them . One of my way to save cost on creating virtual backup

64GB? If purely ONLY operating system should be more than enough. Says if includes software suits such as MS Office, Adobe Suits, etc. it will depends on what you require. I spare myself 100GB for OS and the software suits which is pretty enough for me. Anyway, I did thought of getting a SSD purely for my OS and software suits

LOL, do you know that your current WD My Book Essential is using the same HDD as the one in your desktop?

Yeah, you're right. The different just the extra build being external. Once again, it depends on what you need and how you want it to be . For me, if I need not travel around with load of data, I would rather make it inside the case. Simple reason, I don't want another power adapter on my socket