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by whiic
Tue Sep 12, 2006 4:16 am
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: Samsung Spinpoint T Series: Successor to a Quiet Legacy
Replies: 30
Views: 37778

The amount of surface area increases by a factor of two when the platters are doubled. The motor primarily generates vibrations (due to the FDB) so when a drive is suspended, the motor noise is insignificant compared to the noise generated by the motion of the platters. The number of platters is di...
by whiic
Sun Sep 10, 2006 1:43 am
Forum: General Gallery
Topic: Centurion 5 / Athlon XP / Katana / 1.6 MB of pix
Replies: 19
Views: 30551

541 looks almost identical to Centurion 5. Smaller, of course and power & reset buttons are placed differently. And then there's 530 Centurion which is approximately the size of Centurion 5 (i.e not microATX). I have one of those. I've also made some slight ghetto-modding on the internals as this co...
by whiic
Thu Sep 07, 2006 12:29 am
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: Samsung Spinpoint T Series: Successor to a Quiet Legacy
Replies: 30
Views: 37778

"platter" and "bowl"

Thanks for a nice review of T-series Samsungs. I do not work for Samsung, but I do have an idea what Samsung might mean about "bowl" and "platter" type designs. Probably it refers to the shape of the base casting of the HDD. Classic marketing images of drives without top covers are probably the best...