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**McstylisT** · #1 07-02-2009, 03:13 PM

Got myself one of these recently and found it to be a great addition to my system. Instant massive storage and a decent bit of speed to go with it. Not quite the speeds of the F1 versions but then again its half the price.

I paid £78 for mine to my door as i get free shipping forever.

They are £80 at the moment but keep an eye out for " Today only " deals. They usually knock off a few quid.

1.5TB Samsung HD154UI EcoGreen F2 DT, SATA 3Gb/s, 32MB Cache, 8.9 ms, NCQ - Scan.co.uk

Here is the Today only section for some other bargains : http://www.scan.co.uk/TodayOnly/Index.aspx

KT · #2 07-03-2009, 06:11 AM

That is a good price....

I have 2x750GB F1's .. they are amazing drives .....

How much slower are the F2's ?..

**McstylisT** · #3 07-04-2009, 04:57 AM

Hi KT ,

Not that much slower from what I can imagine. Although I do not currently own an F1 spinpoint. Most single hard drive speeds rarely exceed 100mbs from what i have seen.

It idles around 25degs max too.

Reads at about 80-85 MB/s what is not bad. No Raid or anything though.

McT

***zebadee*** · #4 07-04-2009, 06:21 AM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by McstylisT
	Hi KT , Not that much slower from what I can imagine. Although I do not currently own an F1 spinpoint. Most single hard drive speeds rarely exceed 100mbs from what i have seen. It idles around 25degs max too. Reads at about 80-85 MB/s what is not bad. No Raid or anything though. McT

Hi

WD VelociRaptor does around 110 - 115 MB/s
WD in general (performance - not eco) 100 - 105 MBS

Tha Sammie F1 has faster access (12.5), with average transfers rate of 95 - 100 MB/s
All the above are non RAID.

My Raided drives aren't exceptional on access, but the rest is history.

**alan1476** · #5 07-04-2009, 10:43 AM

Okay , I have a Veloscipraptor 300gbs as you all know, here is the read, but it cannot come remotely close to Zebs raided drives.

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