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- Fri Jul 04, 2008 6:26 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: WD Caviar Black noise levels
- Replies: 23
- Views: 19370
Not known yet as it has just arrived in the United States. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284 I was looking at some pics from Japan and it seems that it has the same chassis as the SE16 640GB. Hard to tell, but it looks like it has 7 ribs for your acoustic pleasure. 8) h...
- Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:38 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Ninja Copper: Scythe's 5th Year Celebration
- Replies: 84
- Views: 75434
I just noticed the Scythe Ninja 2 SCNJ-2000. Looks like the copper version sans the copper. And is that a slipstream fan? It still has those stupid push pins though.
http://www.scythe.co.jp/cooler/ninja2.html
http://www.scythe.co.jp/cooler/ninja2.html
- Wed May 21, 2008 7:47 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: WD Green Power - a new quiet 3.5" hdd standard
- Replies: 76
- Views: 144040
The 1TB GP has been updated with 334GB platters. The model number is WD10EACS-D6B0.
http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/akiba/ho ... tml?i#d6b0
http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/akiba/ho ... tml?i#d6b0
- Wed May 21, 2008 7:37 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: WD to release 320GB platter drives
- Replies: 49
- Views: 40487
Ok, it looks like WD has updated the 1TB GreenPower with 333GB or 334GB platters. The model number is WD10EACS-D6B0. Looks like they used the same model number again.
http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/akiba/ho ... tml?i#d6b0
http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/akiba/ho ... tml?i#d6b0
- Fri Mar 28, 2008 8:36 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: AMD 780G: Best Ever Integrated Mainstream Chipset?
- Replies: 140
- Views: 110649
Does anyone know of any full size ATX boards on the horizon for this chipset? 2 from Asus: http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6174&Itemid=37 And 1 more from Gigabyte . ...I believe its a software only at the moment and future version of the hardware will implement thi...
- Fri Mar 28, 2008 7:38 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: WD6400AAKS released
- Replies: 89
- Views: 83663
- Fri Mar 28, 2008 7:22 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: WD6400AAKS released
- Replies: 89
- Views: 83663
You are correct nicko, but my cache is bigger than your cache. :wink: Haha J/K. I think they will have to give in to the marketing aspects of 32 megs before too long. I respectfully disagree about the 7,200rpm 320GB's seek time though as 16.4ms is a lot slower than the 5,400rpm GreenPower's 14.8ms. ...
- Thu Mar 27, 2008 2:02 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: WD6400AAKS released
- Replies: 89
- Views: 83663
Yay, a fast and quiet drive! Hmm, if TechReport is claiming the 2 platter WD 640GB at 12.9ms seek is nearly as quiet as the Green Power, then why slow down the 320GB so much? I understand their logic for providing a quiet OEM drive, but it seems they went a little too far. As for 32MB of cache: I'll...
- Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:49 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: AMD 780G: Best Ever Integrated Mainstream Chipset?
- Replies: 140
- Views: 110649
- Fri Mar 07, 2008 3:20 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Seagate 7200.11 320GB single platter (ST3320613AS)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 30443
Thanks for the info. Seems everyone is rushing to 320GB platters on the desktop and 160GB platters in notebooks. I don't think these are too widespread yet. And IIRC, the 7200.10 had a 250GB single-platter model before the 7200.11 arrived. BTW, I was reading some of the 7200.11 reviews on Newegg and...
- Fri Mar 07, 2008 3:12 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: AMD 780G: Best Ever Integrated Mainstream Chipset?
- Replies: 140
- Views: 110649
I was hoping that the discrete VGA card would be disabled when in 2D mode but your power data suggests this wasn’t the case. Maybe a driver issue!... It's a driver issue in the sense that the feature hasn't been included yet. It will be in a near-term Catalyst release, maybe the next one. ATI has...
- Thu Nov 01, 2007 1:35 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: 320GB 2.5" Drives are here
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2912
- Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:53 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Samsung 1TB F1 vs Western Digital 1TB GP vs Hitachi 7k1000
- Replies: 212
- Views: 193299
Why do you guys care so much about rotational speed? The GP is silent, energy saver and a decent performer. Why bother about anything else? Honestly, I have more important things in life to worry about than spindle speed. I just don't like being lied to. I can handle the truth. The GreenPower seems...
- Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:22 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Antec Senior Vice President Interview
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6764
Makes me wonder what the signature series has over the earthwatts? Modular? Flashy Design? Better components inside maybe? I'm thinking/speculating that the Signature series will be a little higher-end over the Earthwatts with higher efficiency, quieter fan, and better quality components (solid cap...
- Tue Oct 09, 2007 8:07 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Samsung 1TB F1 vs Western Digital 1TB GP vs Hitachi 7k1000
- Replies: 212
- Views: 193299
Regarding the GreenPower, I feel like a fool. I guess W estern D igital Corp is using the Nvidia/AMD business model. They should change their name to W e D eceive Corp, as in, we like to deceive our customers as much as we can. All they had to say was something like... Introducing WD GreenPower hard...
- Tue Oct 09, 2007 7:52 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Antec Senior Vice President Interview
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6764
- Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:45 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: More P35 Goodness!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6026
http://techreport.com/articles.x/12747/17 I'd get a DS3R 2.0 if I was buying a new board Those power consumption numbers are amazing! I guess all that marketing stuff about ferrite cores and solid caps etc. was true. Puts the Asus P35s to shame. :( I've had a very good experience with the Abit IP35...
- Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:56 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Samsung 1TB F1 vs Western Digital 1TB GP vs Hitachi 7k1000
- Replies: 212
- Views: 193299
As far as I know, it is just the opposite for the same capacity drives, since fewer platters mean more compressed dada, and thus faster transfer allowed with less head movement. So, the Samsung 1TB with 3 platters should be faster than the competitors with 4 or 5 platters... I think we're talking a...
- Tue Sep 25, 2007 10:10 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Samsung 1TB F1 vs Western Digital 1TB GP vs Hitachi 7k1000
- Replies: 212
- Views: 193299
elec999, 1. Not sure why WD chose to skip 32MB of cache this round. Power consumption? BTW, Is it possible for these companies to put DDR2 on hard drives? I notice all my drives have that old school SDRAM? on the PCB. 2. I think this IntelliPower could have real benefits in the desktop environment (...
- Thu Sep 20, 2007 7:27 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Samsung 1TB F1 vs Western Digital 1TB GP vs Hitachi 7k1000
- Replies: 212
- Views: 193299
Firetech, Thanks for the screenshot. A max STR of 88.6MB in HD Tune would be over 90MB in HD Tach. Call me crazy, but doesn't this seem like a 5 x 200GB per platter hard drive instead of 4 x 250GB? IIRC, the 750GB SE16 had similar performance with 188GB platters. One more question: Do you notice the...
- Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:58 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Samsung 1TB F1 vs Western Digital 1TB GP vs Hitachi 7k1000
- Replies: 212
- Views: 193299
The WD Green Power is also available in Japan as well as Australia and should be in North America in a few weeks. BTW, where's my 32MB of cache dammit? :) The Seagate ES.2 1TB is available at newegg . The Samsung F1 1TB is MIA. :cry: I think the conventional wisdom is that most of the new drive mod...
- Sat Jul 14, 2007 7:42 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: New Seagate 7200.11 500GB (2platter) or Samsung HD501LJ?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 19113
Trust but verify... The 7200.11 is an unknown drive at this point so I would be a little cautious. I also noticed the lower acoustics and lower power consumption listed in the 7200.11 data sheet. IIRC, the last really quiet Seagate drives were the Barracuda IV and V before Seagate fell off the cliff...
- Mon Jun 11, 2007 10:41 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: quietest config for 3TB?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 12103
Since it's "printed" on "paper" (ie. datasheet) http://ec.ingrammicro.de/pdf/8864948.pdf It probably is 3-platter. It's funny though that some other corporation than Samsung itself distributes all the information about the drive. And that all corporations that claim these Samsungs available happen ...
- Mon Jun 11, 2007 10:16 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Quiet and Cool High Capacity HDs
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10916
Holy Crap Batman! Sorry for shouting but... The new Samsung F1 1TB drive apparently uses 3 x 334GB platters! :shock: I read the news in this thread over at Storage Review so thanks to those guys over there. Some links from the aforementioned thread: F1 pdf file . PowerPoint presentation by a Samsun...
- Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:32 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Antec 2007 lineup
- Replies: 66
- Views: 53086
Heh.. yeah, I guess I'll buy the NSK2400 instead of waiting for a couple of months for the NSK2450 to become available in Sweden... Aw, what's a few more months? :) I meant when we buy a product and then the manufacturer sneaks out a new model immediately after. Oh Snap! Hate when they do that. So,...
- Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:33 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Antec 2007 lineup
- Replies: 66
- Views: 53086
hravn, Don't worry be happy. :) You can always rest assured that a newer product will be released soon after we purchase the previous model. I think my Solo will keep me happy for a while, despite what Antec may have up their sleeves. Yes, that seems to be a NSK2400 sitting on a NSK2450 non-B. And, ...
- Fri Apr 20, 2007 12:10 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Antec 2007 lineup
- Replies: 66
- Views: 53086
- Fri Apr 20, 2007 11:14 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Antec 2007 lineup
- Replies: 66
- Views: 53086
Firetech,
Just to make your decision more complicated, I think Antec is coming out with a NSK2450B.
Found another pic from Akiba and a lot of pics from Links.
I also found some pics of the new Solo White. Looks like a P150 sans power supply.
Just to make your decision more complicated, I think Antec is coming out with a NSK2450B.
Found another pic from Akiba and a lot of pics from Links.
I also found some pics of the new Solo White. Looks like a P150 sans power supply.
- Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:54 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Anandtech reviews the P182 SE
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6025
Interesting, no mention of the raised motherboard tray. And they have a nice cable salad there. The lack of the possibility to run the wires behind the motherboard tray was one of the most criticized points of the P180. Haha. The cable salad was funny. Me thinks they need to attend the Ralf Hutter ...
- Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:41 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: New 250 GB Samsung 2.5" HDD
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4234
Some other specs: The MP1 server version is 3Gbps. The M5 notebook version is 1.5Gbs. Yeah, I know it's meaningless as far as STR is concerned but it allows for a higher burst rate. BUT what really caught my eye is that Samsung is saying the M5 will have single disk capacities up to 160GB! The dual ...