Introduction to the Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB Drive Review
Mechanical hard drives really are the only viable option when it comes to mass storage. Many of us would like to be able to get our hands on a sizeable solid state drive but at around £1 per GB it is still a very expensive option. That said, those seeking SSD performance with mechanical hard drive capacities will be hard pressed to find a decent contender. This is where Samsung come in with their SpintPoint F3 1TB hard drive. Samsung have been in the hard drive market for a considerable period of time now and are recognised for producing some of the best mechanical hard drives on the market in terms of performance. Obviously they cannot contend with the likes of Western Digital’s VelociRaptor drives in terms of price but when it comes to price they come up trumps, Samsung are ‘the AMD’ of the hard drive market (that is before Faildozer came along).
Best Mechanical hard drive on the market?
Since this is the first review we have written up we would like to start as we mean to go on. We recognise that people very often do not have the time to read a 10 or 15 page review on a product before they buy it so we will be keeping it simple. This being a hard drive at the end of the day we will give the information that you would prove most useful to you:
- Read speeds
- Write speeds
- Power Consumption
- Price performance/ Power performance ratios.
And for those of you are interested in the test rig, here is a quick overview: AMD Athlon II X3 435 @3.2GHz, 4GB DDR2 800MHz RAM, 1GB HD 5870, 550W CM power supply and a Gigabyte 760G AM3 mATX motherboard. So certainly enough performance to ensure that the Samsung F3 doesn’t get ‘bottlenecked’ by any of the other hardware. It also represents a realistic target system for a product like the Samsung F3 as most users that would use this as a primary drive probably have reasonably priced systems.
Without Further Ado Lets continue to the Review starting with a product overview.
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