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    Samsung Launches 4TB External USB 3.0 Hard Drives

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Spartan@HIDevolution, Jun 21, 2015.

  1. Spartan@HIDevolution

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    Spartan@HIDevolution, Jun 21, 2015
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    Why is this in the SSD section?
     
    octiceps, Jun 21, 2015
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    oh sorry, I will report my thread to have it moved.
     
    Spartan@HIDevolution, Jun 21, 2015
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    At first I thought Samsung released a 4TB USB 3.0 external SSD so I was like o_O
     
    octiceps, Jun 21, 2015
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    I wish, if they did that means we can expect a 4TB 2.5" SSD....... I wish........ we are stuck on the 1TB limit for a long time now it's just not enough with today's humongous games and 1080p videos, let alone 4K
     
    Spartan@HIDevolution, Jun 21, 2015
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    Wasn't there a thread about a 6TB SSD not too long ago? I'm sure it's entirely possible, just cost prohibitive (well for most of us, not you ofc :D).
     
    octiceps, Jun 21, 2015
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    True, I post what I find, but reality and availability is something else. We can only wish. Heck they don't even have a larger than a 2.5" HDD.

    Technology seems to have come to a halt, we are not crossing the 4.4 GHz for stock CPU speeds, only Intel giving us more cores but not pure clock speeds. While this is ok for multi threaded apps that can make use of it, many other apps / games that only use a single core / thread will not benefit.

    Same goes to SSDs, when was the last time j00 got excited about an SSD like we did when the first 840 EVO 1TB back then was released when we didn't know what a pile of garbage TLC NAND is? :D Nothing seems to excise me anymore, this is the ugly truth.
     
    Spartan@HIDevolution, Jun 21, 2015
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    Do 1080p videos really need to sit on SSDs? A 4GB BluRay rip MKV will play back equivalently well on a slow 5400rpm drive or a fast SSD.

    Id also argue that games aren't an issue. The largest games out there are around what... 40GB? You could install that 25 times over and still only consume 1TB. If you install 25 normal games (probably around 10GB each, on average), you're not using anywhere near 500GB, let alone 1 TB.
     
    kent1146, Jun 21, 2015
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    Checked the datasheet... Yet another ugly, non-standard height drive. It's a pity Seagate-Samsung takes after WD. Such a disappointment!
     
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    Spinners... yech. They belong in desktops, not laptops. I can't stand the vibration. Yes I can feel it even the WD Blue ones. Puts my hands to sleep every time. Otherwise yeah I'd agree with you though. Games, videos, and general storage can just as easily sit on a hard drive.
     
    HTWingNut, Jun 22, 2015
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    Any info whether it has a native USB connector, or USB-SATA bridge? Despite my disappointment, I am choosing between this and Backup Plus Fast (which is actually 2xM9T in RAID 0, and may have problems running ext4) as a drive for my RPi2.
     
    Starlight5, Jun 26, 2015
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    on my shopping list now, gonna swap out my 3.5" external hdd with this :)

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    jaybee83, Aug 20, 2015
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    I want more details about this too. No reviewer did their job right and showed us the gooey innards.
     
    TBoneSan, Aug 21, 2015
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    i guess its just still too new, gotta wait for more reviewers and owners to pop up i guess...

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    jaybee83, Aug 21, 2015
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