2TB Samsung F4 (Mini Review)

deathman20 · 03-25-11, 09:16 AM

Just got the drive the other day and haven't fully tested it out yet but at least its formated and ready to toy with. Its quiet fast surprisingly and considering its in a 3 Bay Removable rack in my case with another HDD it runs cool. Highest temp I've gotten it up to was 26C, and sits around 24C normally. Not bad at all in my book.

As well its fast. Its considerably faster than even that of my 640Gig WD Black drive. While thats older we can really see how platter densities really help out with drives now especially even running at slower speeds 5400RPM vs 7200RPM.

Attached is a few images.

So far so good, excited about this drive for my backup purposes. Can't wait to really put it into use after a full sector test on the drive to make sure nothing is bad.

scoobydoo · 03-25-11, 03:39 PM

Great drives, I have 5 and have only had one issue with them, the really annoying spin down time which seems to be only a few minutes. Once they spin down they take a good 10 seconds to spin back up to access any data.

Not a problem for backup, but as a storage drive mapped on a network it was bothersome having to wait 10-15 seconds to get my movie lists to load up on my HTPC

deathman20 · 03-25-11, 03:55 PM

Even as a storage drive those speeds are wonderful. Only downside is the access time, comparing that to a SSD which is well slow

At least from what I've experienced with it. And the heat, or lack luster amount of heat this puts out is wonderful even in a tight confined space.

scoobydoo · 03-25-11, 04:43 PM

Yes the speeds are great for a "green" drive.

On my setup, transferring large files from drive to drive bursts at about 125-150MB/s, by 5gb I am at about 100MB/s, then it slowly drops off a little more but never goes under 90MB/s

I also 70-80MB/s over 100ft of Cat6 on my gigabit network

03-25-11, 09:16 AM	Thread Starter #1
deathman20 High Speed Senior Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Where the Cheese Heads Live	2TB Samsung F4 (Mini Review) Just got the drive the other day and haven't fully tested it out yet but at least its formated and ready to toy with. Its quiet fast surprisingly and considering its in a 3 Bay Removable rack in my case with another HDD it runs cool. Highest temp I've gotten it up to was 26C, and sits around 24C normally. Not bad at all in my book. As well its fast. Its considerably faster than even that of my 640Gig WD Black drive. While thats older we can really see how platter densities really help out with drives now especially even running at slower speeds 5400RPM vs 7200RPM. Attached is a few images. So far so good, excited about this drive for my backup purposes. Can't wait to really put it into use after a full sector test on the drive to make sure nothing is bad. Attached Images __________________ -=The Gamer=- MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) \| i5 2500k @ 4.5Ghz \| 1.3875V \| 28C Idle / 65C Load (LinX) 8Gig G.Skill Ripjaw PC3-12800 9-9-9-24 @ 1600Mhz w/ 1.5V \| TR Ultra eXtreme 120 w/ 2 Fans Sapphire 7950 VaporX 1150/1500 w/ 1.2V/1.5V \| 32C Idle / 64C Load \| 2x 128Gig Crucial M4 SSD's BitFenix Shinobi Window Case \| SilverStone DA750 \| Dell 2405FPW 24" Screen -=The Server=- Synology DS1511+ \| Dual Core 1.8Ghz CPU \| 30C Idle / 38C Load 3 Gig PC2-6400 \| 3x Samsung F4 2TB Raid5 \| 2x Samsung F4 2TB Heat
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03-25-11, 03:39 PM	#2
scoobydoo Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Green Bay	Great drives, I have 5 and have only had one issue with them, the really annoying spin down time which seems to be only a few minutes. Once they spin down they take a good 10 seconds to spin back up to access any data. Not a problem for backup, but as a storage drive mapped on a network it was bothersome having to wait 10-15 seconds to get my movie lists to load up on my HTPC __________________ MY HEATWARE FILE SERVER/MILD GAMER: Antec 300 w/520w S12II, Asus Crosshair IV Formula, Phenom II 820, 16gb PC3 1333, HD3870, 60gb OCZ Vertex2, 7x2tb Samsung F4, Dell E248WFP HTPC: 4x WDTV Live HP OEM, E8400, 4gb DDR2, 200gb Samsung, Infocus IN100 projector
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03-25-11, 03:55 PM	Thread Starter #3
deathman20 High Speed Senior Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Where the Cheese Heads Live	Even as a storage drive those speeds are wonderful. Only downside is the access time, comparing that to a SSD which is well slow At least from what I've experienced with it. And the heat, or lack luster amount of heat this puts out is wonderful even in a tight confined space. __________________ -=The Gamer=- MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) \| i5 2500k @ 4.5Ghz \| 1.3875V \| 28C Idle / 65C Load (LinX) 8Gig G.Skill Ripjaw PC3-12800 9-9-9-24 @ 1600Mhz w/ 1.5V \| TR Ultra eXtreme 120 w/ 2 Fans Sapphire 7950 VaporX 1150/1500 w/ 1.2V/1.5V \| 32C Idle / 64C Load \| 2x 128Gig Crucial M4 SSD's BitFenix Shinobi Window Case \| SilverStone DA750 \| Dell 2405FPW 24" Screen -=The Server=- Synology DS1511+ \| Dual Core 1.8Ghz CPU \| 30C Idle / 38C Load 3 Gig PC2-6400 \| 3x Samsung F4 2TB Raid5 \| 2x Samsung F4 2TB Heat
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03-25-11, 04:43 PM	#4
scoobydoo Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Green Bay	Yes the speeds are great for a "green" drive. On my setup, transferring large files from drive to drive bursts at about 125-150MB/s, by 5gb I am at about 100MB/s, then it slowly drops off a little more but never goes under 90MB/s I also 70-80MB/s over 100ft of Cat6 on my gigabit network __________________ MY HEATWARE FILE SERVER/MILD GAMER: Antec 300 w/520w S12II, Asus Crosshair IV Formula, Phenom II 820, 16gb PC3 1333, HD3870, 60gb OCZ Vertex2, 7x2tb Samsung F4, Dell E248WFP HTPC: 4x WDTV Live HP OEM, E8400, 4gb DDR2, 200gb Samsung, Infocus IN100 projector Last edited by scoobydoo; 03-25-11 at 04:49 PM.
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