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Samsung Spinpoint F1
$140.00
Released June, 2007
The Pros:Good performance - burst read speed of approx. 150mb/sec. Good customer support from the manufacturer - fast RMA process for defective drives. Very quiet - good for use in low-noise PCs without sacrificing performance.
The Cons:Hard to find - has been replaced by newer models.
The Spinpoint F1 line is a line of mid-priced internal hard disk drives from Samsung. The models in the F1 line differ in capacity, buffer memory and drive ready time. Feature-wise, the Spinpoint series is much like Samsung's EcoGreen series of internal hard disk drives, but with a faster drive speed (7200 RPM), and without EcoGreen's EcoTriangleTM guarantee of eco-friendly parts.
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However, the Spinpoint series is still RoHS (Reduction of Hazardous Substances) and S.M.A.R.T. compliant, which makes it environmentally friendly to some degree. Samsung's Noiseguard and SilentSeek technologies ensure a low-noise performance. Like Samsung's EcoGreens, the Spinpoint F1 series is being promoted as a series with improved performance, due to its dual-ARM based firmware and SATA native command queuing feature, which optimizes the order in which commands are executed. There are 334 GB of formatted capacity per disk in the Spinpoint F1 series.
Features
- 7200 RPM drive speed
- SATA 3.0 Gbps drive interface
- SATA native command queuing feature
- Device-initiated SATA power management
- Staggered spin-up support
- RoHS (Reduction of Hazardous Substances) compliant
- Dual-ARM based firmware
- ATA S.M.A.R.T. compliant
- ATA automatic acoustic management feature
- ATA 48-bit address feature
- ATA device configuration overlay feature
- Noiseguard
- SilentSeek
Models
- HD642JJ - 640 GB capacity, 16 MB buffer memory, 12 sec drive ready time
- HD501JJ - 500 GB capacity, 8 MB buffer memory, 12 sec drive ready time
- HD103UJ - 1 TB capacity, 32 MB buffer memory, 12 sec drive ready time
- HD753LJ - 750 GB capacity, 32 MB buffer memory, 12 sec drive ready time
- HD322HJ - 320 GB capacity, 16 MB buffer memory, 8 sec drive ready time
- HD252HJ - 250 GB capacity, 16 MB buffer memory, 8 sec drive ready time
- HD162GJ - 160 GB capacity, 16 MB buffer memory, 8 sec drive ready time
- HD251HJ - 250 GB capacity, 8 MB buffer memory, 8 sec drive ready time
- HD161GJ - 160 GB capacity, 8 MB buffer memory, 8 sec drive ready time
User Reviews (1)
Pros & Cons
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good performance - burst read speed of approx. 150mb/sec
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good customer support from the manufacturer - fast RMA process for defective drives
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very quiet - good for use in low-noise PCs without sacrificing performance
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long manufacturer warranty - 3 years
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runs cool - stays around 25 degrees on average
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lots of capacity/buffer memory choices
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hard to find - has been replaced by newer models
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