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(32 customer reviews) 69 of 75 people found the following review helpful
Great Drive - Excellent Value,
July 25, 2011 DOBrien "I review stuff." (Midwest) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Samsung SpinPoint SATA 5400rpm 8 MB Cache 1 TB 2.5-Inch Hard Drive (M8 HN-M101MBB) (Personal Computers)
**UPDATED AFTER A YEAR OF USE**
Coming in at around a hundred bucks, this new drive is definitely a contender in the realm of 1TB notebook drives, and so far is getting rave reviews on the internet. I don't like to buy into hype however, so I decided to buy one and take it for a test spin (pun intended). I normally buy everything off of Amazon, but for this drive I had to venture elsewhere (sadly).
MISC INFORMATION:
Backed by an industry-standard 3-year limited warranty.
Average Seek Time: 12 ms
Operating Temperature: 5° F to 131 ° F
Liner shock (operating): 325 G
Liner shock (non-operating): 1000G
Typical Read/Write Draw: 2.5W
DESIGN
First thing I want to talk about is the design. I believe this is the only 2.5" hard-drive on the market that is 9.5mm in height (as of 05/2011), rather than the usual 12mm. Now this won't make a huge difference for most people, but for those who want more storage in their ultra-slim...Read more
21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Amazing,
October 24, 2011 Lord V - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung SpinPoint SATA 5400rpm 8 MB Cache 1 TB 2.5-Inch Hard Drive (M8 HN-M101MBB) (Personal Computers)
I bought it for my PS3
wanted to upgrade my 160GB HDD
received it in my mailbox, 2 minutes later i had a 1TB PS3 at my disposal
If you're looking to buy for a PS3, I truly recommend this (a worthy purchase)
29 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Excellent Choice for Mac OS,
September 21, 2011 Andrei C - See all my reviews
This review is from: Samsung SpinPoint SATA 5400rpm 8 MB Cache 1 TB 2.5-Inch Hard Drive (M8 HN-M101MBB) (Personal Computers)
I purchased this drive elsewhere because amazon would not ship it to Hawaii.
Originally I wasn't sure about using it in my macbook pro because of something that the other reviewer said: "If you are purchasing this for an OS drive, and the 8MB of cache wasn't a warning sign, then you are on your own. At 5400RPM and 8MB of cache, you really shouldn't be using this for an OS drive, or even as a secondary application drive."
I am pleased to report that the above statement is not true. Originally, my 2011 macbook pro came with 320GB 5400 rpm drive. Apple considers them good enough to be included as standard. I installed this Samsung drive in my macbook and it works even better than the one that it came with from Apple. It definitely feels much faster than the Apple's 320GB drive. Later on I came across some benchmarks that someone posted online of the Samsung drive, and they were the best in class and even exceeded some 7200 rpm drives' benchmarks. My point is if you...Read more
