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    Samsung M8, 1 Tb, 9.5mm drive

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by newsposter, Jun 9, 2011.

  1. newsposter

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    It should be available in days/weeks, list price U$130-

    Received my Gartner notice of the Samsung press release this morning, it's all over the blogosphere (cut and paste) by now.....
     
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    Lol, NO WHERE do I see any mention of RPM speed...

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    usually when it's not mentioned it'll probably be 5400rpm
     
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    At that storage density I doubt very much that 5400 vs 7200 is going to make a lot of difference.

    The in-board controller only has 8Mb cache. Combined with the raw media read speed of the drive that's probably enough.

    But if you want to fetish and perv over a single stat and ignore the drive please do so. But it's only a small component of a drives performance.
     
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    No need to be unpleasant. I was just commenting because it was an important part of the product to me.

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    Why is cache size so significant to you?
     
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    Because cache and raw media speed are greater contributors to performance than rpm is.

    There are plenty of 5400 rpm drives that outperform 7200 rpm drives.
     
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