Samsung T series SATAII, any good?

[Garrot]

I'm thinking of ordering the Samsung T series Sata II 300gb HDD for $99.00
CAD. I read it is quiet so that is why I want it but is it a decent
performer too?

 

[Rod Speed]

I'm thinking of ordering the Samsung T series Sata II 300gb HDD for
$99.00 CAD. I read it is quiet so that is why I want it but is it a
decent performer too?

Yep.

 

[Garrot]

Yep.

Wow, quick reply, thx. I just realized I posted to the wrong newsgroup so
made a post in the storage group too. I'm going to go ahead and order it
anyway.

 

[jack]

:
:: I'm thinking of ordering the Samsung T series Sata II 300gb HDD for
:: $99.00 CAD. I read it is quiet so that is why I want it but is it a
:: decent performer too?
:
: Yep.

Ah, more pearls of wisdom from the resident troll and village
idiot....wonderful.

j.

 

[Garrot]

Ah, more pearls of wisdom from the resident troll and village
idiot....wonderful.

j.

Well, you can think of him as you please but he knows his HDD's.

 

[Tony Hill]

I'm thinking of ordering the Samsung T series Sata II 300gb HDD for $99.00
CAD. I read it is quiet so that is why I want it but is it a decent
performer too?

Well, here's a couple tests on the drive:

http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/storage/samsung-hd300ld.html
http://www6.tomshardware.com/2005/1...city_to_fast_and_quiet_t133_series/index.html

The long story short seems to be that performance is decent, but by no
means record-breaking. Fairly middle-of-the-pack for performance, but
near the top when it comes to low noise levels. A lot of tests seem
to show the older Samsung P-Series actually being faster and a tiny
bit quieter as well, so if you can get by with only 250GB of capacity
then this might be a better choice. FWIW, ncix.com has the 250GB
P-Series on sale for $87 or the 300GB T-Series for $99. Both very
reasonably priced.

 

[Garrot]

Well, here's a couple tests on the drive:

http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/storage/samsung-hd300ld.html
http://www6.tomshardware.com/2005/1...city_to_fast_and_quiet_t133_series/index.html

The long story short seems to be that performance is decent, but by no
means record-breaking. Fairly middle-of-the-pack for performance, but
near the top when it comes to low noise levels. A lot of tests seem
to show the older Samsung P-Series actually being faster and a tiny
bit quieter as well, so if you can get by with only 250GB of capacity
then this might be a better choice. FWIW, ncix.com has the 250GB
P-Series on sale for $87 or the 300GB T-Series for $99. Both very
reasonably priced.

Thx, I already read the Tom's hardware review yesterday. I've already
ordered the T series 300gb drive from NCIX though so it is moot now. Any
performance difference between it and say a Barracuda 7200.10 is probably
not noticeable in real world usage. I wanted quiet so I think this drive
will do me fine. I also have a Samsung P series 80gb drive and I'm happy
with it. I read some people complain about noise issues with the Barracuda
7200.10 so didn't want to get one.

 

[Gnu_Raiz]

Wow, quick reply, thx. I just realized I posted to the wrong newsgroup so
made a post in the storage group too. I'm going to go ahead and order it
anyway.

That depends on who you ask, getting a straight helpful answer in storage
might be an adventure in itself. I don't think most people in this group
mind a few off topic posts that effect computers in general. In fact lots
of people in this group used to follow storage as well but stopped as the
noise ratio increased.

Gnu_Raiz

 

[Felger Carbon]

Regarding the subject line: Here's some opinions about those HDDs, mostly
(but not entirely) from an acoustic noise perspective:

http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=26738

The same forum has lotsa comments on other HDDs as well.