Newegg has the Samsung Spinpoint F4 HD204UI 2TB 5400 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive for $80 with free shipping. Good Newegg user reviews.
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anyone using Samsung HD before? i really need one of this but not sure how its performance. Thanks
This drive has excellent NewEgg.com reviews. I don't have this model, but the Samsung 300GB drive that came in my HP tower 5 1/2 years ago is still alive and well, so I'd say the reliability is pretty good.
The performance is 6 on a scale of 3 to 9.
You don't pick a 5400 RPM HDD for performance, rather to reduce noise, heat, power, and increase lifespan all else being equal. Edit: Remove info.
According to the HDtach I just ran on mine,
the burst read speed is 250MB/s
the average read speed is 110MB/s
When I wrote several hundred GBs to it, it was roughly the same write speed.
I agree with #3 and would like to note that this drive does have three 667GB platters. I've been a fan of the Samsung drives for awhile since the 1TB ones which I noticed ran extremely fast and cool. I would definitely recommend this over the green drives of seagate, WD, and hitachi.
Aren't they always (actually for the last few months) at this price?
I bought this exact drive for $80 from the Egg last November.
How is this a "deal"?
These are great for security camera systems that often sell the cameras and DVRs without HDs. Or to just replace a smaller HD.
Low Spin=low heat in small DVR shells. Lots of room for 30-40 days or more on better than medium quality settings before over-erasure.
Oops, I overlooked that this is the F4, don't have this series.