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    Samsung's FlashOn Hybrid HD on NewEgg!

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by AnXioZ, Jun 9, 2007.

  1. AnXioZ

    AnXioZ Notebook Evangelist

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    The Samsung's Hybrid Hard Drives are finally out for the consumer.
    I found only the 80 and 160 GB version on NewEgg, but I'm sure that the 120 GB one will pop up pretty soon.
    The prices for the 160 and 80 GB one are $149.99, and $99.99 respectively.

    Here are the specs of the 160 GB one:

    Model
    Brand SAMSUNG
    Series FlashON
    Model HM16HJI

    Performance
    Interface Serial ATA150
    Capacity 160GB
    Cache 8MB
    Average Seek Time 12ms
    Average Latency 5.6ms
    RPM 5400 RPM

    Features
    OneNAND Flash : 256 MB
    TuMR head with wireless suspension design
    SATA Native Command Queuing Feature set
    Device Initiated Bearing Spindle Motor Technology
    Load/Unload Head Technology
    Multi-Burst On-The-Fly Error Correction
    Quick Power On Ready
    NVC Power Management

    Link @ NewEgg
     
    AnXioZ, Jun 9, 2007
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  2. zadillo

    zadillo Notebook Virtuoso

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    Very cool......... the thing I've wondered about these is, do they need anything specific in the OS (i.e. would these only work with Vista), or would they be beneficial whether you were running Vista, XP, OS X or Linux?
     
    zadillo, Jun 9, 2007
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  3. eh?

    eh? Notebook Enthusiast

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    thats what vista's readydrive is for. no other known compatability
     
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  4. AnXioZ

    AnXioZ Notebook Evangelist

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    I am not a 100 percent sure, but from what I've read about the whole technology behind the hard drive I think that no matter what your OS is the hard drive will still use the flash to utilize and increase its performance. Vista has already implemented ReadyBoost to take full advantage of the technology, that's why they worked so closely with Samsung to make this hard drive available. However, without no real world performance charts and comparisons we won't know for sure.
     
    AnXioZ, Jun 9, 2007
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