[G4] Samsung drives?

[Udo Zumdick]

Dear Aaron,

I have two Samsung HD's in use in my G5 and I am very satisfied: A new
250GB one and a bit older 160GB one. Both a very quiet and they become
not very warm even after a few days. So temperature will not be an issue.
I can recommend them. There maybe faster HD's on the market but I don't
think that one will be able to recognize a significant speed difference
between samsung's and other HD's. At least the IBM/Hitachi 120GB I have
tested was not faster.
In my opinion the Samsung HD's are the best compromise  between a fast
and reliable harddisk and a quiet one.

-Udo


Aaron wrote:
> I need more hard disk space to store my large collection of video and audio, including intermediate versions of videos I'm processing in various ways. I presently have four HD's in my G4 Dual 867, all 7200RPM and ranging from 60 GB to 250 GB (decimal).
> 
> I picked up a 300 GB Samsung 7200 RPM/8MEG drive at CompUSA a few days ago for $108 (including tax), but haven't opened it yet. I know I can return it even if I open it, but I'd rather not even open it if it's not a good drive. There is, BTW, no model number on the box, but the UPC is 892489000677, for what it's worth.
> 
> Anybody have any familiarity with this drive or with Samsung drives in general? Are they reliable? Resonably fast? Reasonably quiet?
> 
> BTW, I just ordered a USB 2.0 card and am planning on getting an external case for one of my drives. How does USB 2.0 compare with the built-in FireWire for the external drive?
> 
>  - Aaron
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