Which 2TB Drive? Samsung F4 anyone?

[psd99]

Hi guys I'm looking to upgrade my hard drives.

Potentially want to replace 3 X 500gb drives with 2 X 2TB drives

I've seen these samsung F4 2TB drives they have 3 platters of 667GB compared to the F3 version that have 4 X 250GB platter I'm going to be using the drives for storage

will 3 platter be better than 4?
which one should I go for?

 

[muckshifter]

are you storing the national archives?

I have one 250Gb drive, I should really reconnect the 500


go for the cheaper ones

 

[Me__2001]

go for the cheaper ones

My thoughts exactly

 

[Ian]

I'll 3rd that . If it's just for storage, go for the cheapest of those 2 options - there's no point paying any more for performance in this case and the reliability will be almost identical.

I've got a pair of Samsung drives and I'm pleased with them both .

 

[psd99]

good point but you know what the price is the same! The 2TB F4 is well good price on aria
it is around £75 but only one per order!!!!

I know - sir mucks I'm going to store all my BD disks on my hd

I hope the f3 drops in price though check this out:

http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials...t+F4+SATA-II+3.5"+Hard+Drive+?productId=41535

 

[psd99]

p.s it is EVEN more expensive amazing...

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Comp...reen+3.5"+SATA+II+Hard+Drive+?productId=39322

 

[muckshifter]

5400RPM

ouch!!

aye, don't make it a bootup drive, will you?

 

[psd99]

ouch!!

aye, don't make it a bootup drive, will you?

oh no it is all storage purposes

I got a 120GB SSD for bootup and it is fast.....

 

[psd99]

the £80 barrier has been broken:


http://www.ebuyer.com/product/237908

and it is the F4 version

 

[Abarbarian]

http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials..."+Hard+Drive+?productId=41535&source=googleps

£75 at Aria.

They'll be a tenner by Saturday

 

[psd99]

http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials..."+Hard+Drive+?productId=41535&source=googleps

£75 at Aria.

They'll be a tenner by Saturday

only one per order!

I got them at £76

4 of them = 8TB BABY! woo hoo! Soon I'll have 1 PETABYTE muhahaha

 

[psd99]

Damn ebuyer gone up to £80 and Aria to £75 where it was originally £72!

the price of this drive can only go upwards