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mitodna
post Apr 28 2010, 01:40 PM

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QUOTE(sotong168 @ Apr 28 2010, 12:55 PM)
it is available now, i hv bought few 1.5tb F3 (HD153WI) mainly for data storage, so performance is not a concern
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Hi, may you share the place you got it? 310myr? Many thanks.
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post Apr 28 2010, 02:33 PM

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Many thanks. I just round a few shops at Lowyat, all is F2. Sigh.
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post Apr 28 2010, 10:40 PM

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HD153WI , I think most if not all, does not have this yet, this is EcoGreen F3, most of them did not have stock for 1.5TB
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post Apr 29 2010, 09:18 AM

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QUOTE(sotong168 @ Apr 29 2010, 09:12 AM)
kch ppl? nic suppose to hv ready stock, already bought 15pcs samsung frm him, crazzyyy laugh.gif
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wah, all 15 in 1 machine?
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post May 8 2010, 02:57 PM

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QUOTE(turion64 @ May 7 2010, 09:17 AM)
Got my F3 few days ago and cloned my OS from my old WD Caviar Blue.

Surprised!! using the boot timer application, i measured a significantly increased of boot time as follow:

Win7 32bit
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WD Caviar Blue 250GB - 116sec
Samsung F3 1TB HD103SJ - 68sec

My PC running on Pentium D 2.80Ghz / 3Gb Ram / Nvidia 7300GT

UNBELIEVABLE F3 PERFORMANCE! I'M LUVING IT ! biggrin.gif

Even the 5400's rpm F3 1.5TB (HD153WI) outperform my other WD Green significantly. It took half the time to property check all the files on the disc! will post up the benchmark result soon!
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That is huge improvement
hi, mind to share where you go it? thank you.
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post May 24 2010, 01:35 PM

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QUOTE(beckhowen @ May 24 2010, 11:50 AM)
my samsung already crashed  shakehead.gif
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crashed like? can not detect any more?
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post May 25 2010, 02:14 PM

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Saw Compu-zone pricelist, Samsung 2TB is 390MYR only
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post May 29 2010, 11:42 PM

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WD really killing Seagate consumers market, the only thing left Seagate was to embrace the SSD market, Seagate had a whole lot of portfolio of patents, that is what left, beside the existing Enterprise class drive.

No doubt Seagate FreeAgent drives still sell well here though, not much of its internal drive.

Spotted CZone pricelist:
Samsung 1.5TB - 285MYR
Samsung 2TB -385MYR
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post May 30 2010, 12:36 AM

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Hoya glass 2GB??? Just got to know they acquire Hoya Magnetic Media Operations

http://www.wdc.com/en/company/releases/Pre...06-c7bdb7e7d8ef
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post Jun 1 2010, 09:27 AM

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hard disk price is in downfall right now or thanks to Samsung aggressive pricing, just saw Samsung 750gb 7200rpm at RM155

250GB - WD Blue RM120
320GB - WD Blue RM130
500GB - WD Blue RM140
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post Jun 2 2010, 10:23 AM

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hard disk price falling, RM380 for Samsung 5400rpm 2TB, woot woot
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post Jun 4 2010, 02:23 PM

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I predict next wave of hard disk price reduction is coming. eg. 1TB about RM200.
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post Jun 4 2010, 09:51 PM

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QUOTE(yangxi @ Jun 4 2010, 06:14 PM)
i just bought 2unit WD 2TB  (WD20EARS). @RM432

This is new one (00J2GB0)

http://vr-zone.com/articles/western-digita...0ears/9141.html

someone say use 3 plate (667GB ??)
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hi, can you benchmark it please, many thanks in advance
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post Jun 6 2010, 02:15 PM

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WD Black (64mb cache) 1TB 300myr, 5 years warranty. Samsung 1TB 205myr, 3 years warranty.

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post Jun 6 2010, 02:33 PM

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QUOTE(shindenv @ Jun 6 2010, 02:31 PM)
If I were to buy an external HDD to archieve my photo/movie which brand is good? and for docking station what if my motherboard only support USB 2.0  sweat.gif
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Go for Seagate FreeAgent Go 640gb around 300myr. 5 years warranty.
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post Jun 6 2010, 10:04 PM

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QUOTE(limhongwoon @ Jun 6 2010, 09:40 PM)
so cheap , Where got sell it with that price ? Anyone want to sell his Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 160GB ?
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Compu-zone.com
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post Jun 8 2010, 03:58 PM

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QUOTE(StreetX @ Jun 8 2010, 03:33 PM)
Hmm.... I don't think so.....
First time using quick format with install WinXP is take up to 50min

Within week by week, i become slow and slow via copy, paste document or install software......

And 1 month later.... it totally become like a snail.... -.-"

So I try repair the window.... but resulting failed.... because it will to copy WinXP file into the HDD....

So I use up about 2 hours.. to format....

If as you said..... 1 TB need that much time..... then 2 TB sure need double of the time  shocking.gif

For the HDD.... I had warranty for a new unit but haven't use it because I already install 160GB Caviar Blue....

As I gone through few website.... they had stated that Caviar Green have many problem.

Added on June 8, 2010, 3:37 pm

First time yes... but second time nope.....
That really trouble if really need that much time....
If in future, there is 10TB.... then i have spent 20hours only for format  shakehead.gif
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Hi, may you share the WD Green 1TB model? is it 64MB?
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post Jun 8 2010, 09:10 PM

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QUOTE(StreetX @ Jun 8 2010, 04:11 PM)
What will be the software that you would recommend? nod.gif

Added on June 8, 2010, 4:13 pm

Yes you are rite but is 64 meg cache..... So I would like to make sure whether any of you had any problem on this HDD.... and at the same time could acknowledge everyone here not to buy this version  icon_rolleyes.gif

Added on June 8, 2010, 4:19 pm

Sure... the version is WD10EARS.
Yup is 64MB cache.
Green Label.
I donno whether other Green caviar have the same problem or not.....  sweat.gif
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Try to run WD Align http://www.wdc.com/en/products/advancedformat/

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post Jun 8 2010, 11:33 PM

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Hard disk buying guide
1. desktop or laptop
If desktop, try buy SATA, if IDE, try to get new PC or machine
If laptop, do check out your notebook warranty policy before anything.
2. Budget
Check your budget, rm150 500gb, rm210 1TB, rm285 1.5TB, rm390 2TB.
Above is the sample price range, SSD are quite expensive, I don't have the price range. Bottomline is, you pay what you get. Notable major hard disk brand Seagate, WD, Samsung, Hitachi
3. Look for brand, shop, after sales, warranty wise, Seagate and WD are well established here.
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post Jun 12 2010, 12:32 AM

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QUOTE(Superkian @ Jun 11 2010, 11:12 PM)
so crazy,i back up my pc internal hdd,80GB.2 partition,each with 40 GB,and one portable 20GB hdd.
it took me about 20hour to finish backup!!!!!!!!
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What happened? External HDD should be doing 30MB/s.
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