Power Requirements
Samsung Specifications
| Spinpoint T166 | Spinpoint F1 EG | Spinpoint F2 EG | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seek | 10.6 W | 5.6 W | 5.7 W |
| Read / Write | 9.5 W | 6.2 W | 6.3 W |
| Idle | 8.2 W | 5.0 W | 5.1 W |
| Stand By | 0.7 W / 1.2 W | 0.5 W / 0.8 W | 1 W |
Test Results
We measured low power idle after 10 minutes of drive inactivity with the spindle motor still running. We measured lower power requirements than Samsung, but the results still make very clear that the EcoGreen drives do consume considerably less power when they’re just running idle.
At peak sequential throughput, the EcoGreen drives are close to what Samsung specified as seek power. Again, the Spinpoint T166 requires much more power.
Video playback limits the activity to a given stream and bit rate. Our benchmark simply plays H.264 FullHD video off the drives. In such a case, the EcoGreen drives at 5,400 RPM require nearly 50% less power than the Spinpoint T166.
With workstation I/O activity, the proportion remains the same. 5,400 RPM (EcoGreen) means a low power requirement, while the older T166 drive consumed much more.
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"Most people don’t think about Samsung when they talk about hard drives"
How do you figure that?
How about you test these drives with the AAM(AUTOMATIC ACOUSTIC MANAGEMENT) turned off?
I'm pretty sure it will be quite an interesting benchmark.
Though it is a very informative article, I find the temperature measurement for the T166 (500gb) drive inconsistent with my own T166. Using SMART drive information, it runs idle at 31C. Not 45C.
Wow good article
buth i need a help too.
i wan't to buy a new HDD and i need help to decide wich form the two HDD it's the best: HE103UJ (7 years worrantin) or WD1002FBYS (8 years warrentin) :|
Someone can help me ? the hdd i will use it for storrage or for run the OS (Vista/Windows 7 x64)
I have the 2007 and 2008 model, and I want to get their 2009 1.5TB 7200RPM model at some point, as well as an SSD (possibly Samsung). I'm a bit of a storage geek, and, from where I sit, Samsung is the best storage solution.
Nice guide, handy for those looking for HDDs.
I like WD
i use western digital, simply because, i've got a sammy 1.5TB on RMA for the 4th time since i got the drive a few months ago, whereas the WD i got at the same time (a 1tb drive) is still chugging away. i've had several sammys die, never lost a WD in 5 years.
There is now a 512 gigabyte SSD from Toshiba and Super Talent.
I agree with anon, I also have had 4 Samsung drive failures. Price performance is irrelevent when reliability is compromised. I am going back to Seagates.