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    ATA drives comparison Seagate 7200.1 vs. Samsung HM160HC 5400rpm

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Phil, Jul 9, 2008.

  1. Phil

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    I recently replaced a 80GB Seagate 7200rpm ATA drive with the newer Samsung HM160HC 5400rpm (recommended by K-Tron). I ran PC Mark05 HDD suite on these drives so people can get an idea of these drives. See attachments.

    Hibernating (timed by hand):
    closing, Seagate 16 sec.*, Samsung 11 sec*.
    starting, Seagate 18 sec.*, Samsung 12 sec*. (7 sec. for Bios not included)

    System: Asus A6G 1.6Ghz Pentium Dothan, 1GB, XP SP3.

    All in all a nice upgrade, twice the size, cooler and faster. The Samsung is also cheaper than the Seagate here in the Netherlands.

    Attachment: PCMark 05 HDD suite results.
     

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    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    Thanks for this info.

    However, I hope you had exactly the same applications open in each case when doing the hibernation. I my experience, XP's hibernation time depends on how much RAM is being used so the more programs I have open then the longer hibernating takes.

    John
     
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    Yes I closed all applications before hibernating, and also checked there were the same amount of running processes (25 in this case).
     
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Awesome Phil Flow,
    I told you the Samsung Drive is really good.
    Thanks for providing the PCMark05 full drive information. I only had a trial version, so I couldnt gain access to all of the tests.

    Its a really good drive, I am glad you are also enjoying it.

    K-TRON
     
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    Yeah really nice drive. Thanks for recommending it.

    I measured a couple of hibernates again, but it seems like I should have ran more hibernates. Because every time I test it, a different number comes out. So the accuracy of the hibernate test should be taken with a grain of salt.
     
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    stewie What the deuce?

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    Nice test results, thanks! :cool:
     
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    @Philflow:

    What was the price of the HDD?

    (GoT ;) )
     
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    Phil, Jul 10, 2008
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