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Samsung comes out with an eco-drive
KOREAN HARDWARE MAKER Samsung has released a 2TB Ecogreen hard drive.
The company claims that its F4EG eco-friendly hard drive is the world's highest-density model and is destined for desktops.
The 2TB capacity ot the F4EG is split into 667GB on each of three internal platters. The storage translates to 880 hours of video or about 50,000 MP3 songs. Samsung didn't estimate the numbers of HD movies or lossless FLAC tunes the hard drive can hold but those would be a lot less.
The high-density disk technology should give the Ecogreen hard drive better performance and lower power consumption. Samsung also reckons it will improve reliability as well. Apparently, the three disks give the 4FEG 23 per cent lower power consumption in standby mode than Samsung's previous F3EG.
Samsung uses its own Silentseek and Noiseguard technology to make the F4EG run more quietly. The hard drive has a 3.0Gbps SATA interface and a 32MB buffer memory.
"Storage-hungry multimedia professionals, gamers and home PC users continue to increase the amount of video, music, photo and other personal data they store and back-up," said I C Park, VP of storage sales for Samsung.
"The F4EG delivers all the benefits of a low-power drive yet features top performance quality and is environmentally friendly."
The drive will be available in both 1.5TB and 2TB models from September starting at about £74. µ
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My 2 F1 1TB's lasted much longer than expected and were very fast indeed. Were very reliable when the DeathStar drives were failing everywhere.
Upgraded to 2 of the F2 2TB's from Samsung last year and they are fantastic for storing all my content. Only downside is they go to sleep and can take a couple of seconds to awaken after not being used for a while, but I'm okay with this!
Something I'm seeing in a lot of comments on retail sites is that these 1.5TB and 2.0TB drives are having a VERY high failure rate. Are we pushing the limits too far for magnetic media???
Samsung's previous eco drives (including their existing 2TB model) have had a 5400RPM spin speed. Does this new model spin at 7200RPM? If it does, it would be the first Samsung 7200RPM 2TB drive and I'll be in the queue for one (assuming the price is competitive for the 2TB version), because their 7200RPM 1TB was one of the best drives out there when it was launched.