Samsung F3 and F4 Hard Drives

[Ollii]

Hey, I have been recommended the Samsung F3 which is considered the best standard hard drive at the moment is it not? However while looking it up I came across the F4 is this its succeeder? or is it just a different hard drive and not aimed to compete against the F3?

EDIT: Also why is the Western Digital Caviar Black an extra £30 when it is worse than the F3? or am I just looking at the wrong type of F3?

 

[Aurus_OC]

The F3 is I believe the faster one of the two. The F4 however offers a higher capacity (2TB versus 1TB on the F3) but its only 5400rpm, where as the F3 is 7200rpm.

Well the Samsung drive is just cheaper than the Western Digital

. You are looking at the right one.

 

[Ollii]

The F3 is I believe the faster one of the two. The F4 however offers a higher capacity (2TB versus 1TB on the F3) but its only 5400rpm, where as the F3 is 7200rpm.

Well the Samsung drive is just cheaper than the Western Digital

. You are looking at the right one.

Ok thanks a lot for the quick reply

and the F3 is fantastic value for money.

 

[zak4994]

The Western Digital costs more generally because they are a more "known" brand.

You could easily argue that the WD also runs better in general terms but for the extra £30, I wouldn't buy it.

F3 it is.

 

[killablade]

A Spinny F3 1TB can be picked up for less than 50 euros these days. I have 2 in RAID0 and they're really fast. Never had any problems with em either. Absolute bargain!

 

[MeltedDuron]

I picked up a pair of 1TB F3's the other week when scan had them on a today only deal for £75/pair. They're cracking drives in RAID0 and I'd easily recommend them over WD for price/performance reasons. I've also got a 500GB Spinpoint T166 and 3 F1's in my rig which are all a good few years old and have noticed no reliability issues with any of the drives. I'd go for F3's in RAID0 over pretty much anything else out there apart from SSD's.

 

[Ollii]

I picked up a pair of 1TB F3's the other week when scan had them on a today only deal for £75/pair. They're cracking drives in RAID0 and I'd easily recommend them over WD for price/performance reasons. I've also got a 500GB Spinpoint T166 and 3 F1's in my rig which are all a good few years old and have noticed no reliability issues with any of the drives. I'd go for F3's in RAID0 over pretty much anything else out there apart from SSD's.

Ah ok cool, I will be getting the F3's. The actual name of them is the: 'Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache' is it not? and overclockersUK have them priced at 42 quid so was wondering if they were actually the right ones: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-082-SA&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1279 Also I posted a few days back about raid 1 and 0 but I'd just like to ask something else, how likely is a pair of HD's to fail while in raid 0? as isn't the chance of failure increased if you run them in raid 0? + if they do fail you lose all memory from both so is it worth the risk?

 

[killablade]

Ah ok cool, I will be getting the F3's. The actual name of them is the: 'Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache' is it not? and overclockersUK have them priced at 42 quid so was wondering if they were actually the right ones: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-082-SA&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1279 Also I posted a few days back about raid 1 and 0 but I'd just like to ask something else, how likely is a pair of HD's to fail while in raid 0? as isn't the chance of failure increased if you run them in raid 0? + if they do fail you lose all memory from both so is it worth the risk?

Just look for a Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB. I don't think there are multiple versions of it. Incase there are, it's the HD103SJ

 

[Ollii]

Just look for a Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB. I don't think there are multiple versions of it. Incase there are, it's the HD103SJ

lovely thanks a lot