Samsung Spinpoint EcoGreen F4 2TB SATA300

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 6 expert reviews

Excellent:

1
Good:

4
Average:

0
Bad:

1

Pros:

Barely gets warm during operation.
Runs quieter than most 2TB drives.
High areal density of 667GB per platter.

Cons:

Higher than normal vibrations for a 'green' drive.
Does not match performance of current-gen non-green HDDs.

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Last revision on February 17, 2012

Reviewers Liked

Barely gets warm during operation
Runs quieter than most 2TB drives
High areal density of 667GB per platter
Least expensive drive in this class
Strong synthetic and server load performance
Remarkably low power consumption, especially in idle

Reviewers Didn't Like

Higher than normal vibrations for a 'green' drive
Does not match performance of current-gen non-green HDDs
Slower than previous generation in real-world testing

Expert reviews and ratings

The power consumption statistics of the F4EG were not too different from other hard disks in the market, which isn't brilliant, considering this hard disk's positioning in the 'green' segment. Still, the improvement in noise reduction...

By PC Advisor on June 21, 2011

Samsung's latest 2TB HDD in the 'green' hard disk segment is targeted at the power conscious user who also values performance. The Samsung F4EG has higher storage density, allowing this 5400RPM drive to squeeze more performance out of a...

By PCWorld India on June 21, 2011

Samsung may not be the first name that springs to mind when you think about hard drives, but it has an extensive range of drives for the desktop market. Not only that, it can also claim a world first with the SpinPoint F4EG, as it was the first to...

By TechRadar on February 24, 2011

“The Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB is one of the best drives that you can buy at this time, it is very fast, quiet and also it can keep the temperatures very low. You won’t miss anything over a 7200RPM drive as long as you use this drive for...

By MyCE on November 26, 2010

Unfortunately there's no such thing as the perfect hard drive and you'll have to choose your drive according to your priorities. If you’re looking for performance, for a model that will also be serving as a primary drive for example, you’ll want...

By BeHardware on August 30, 2011

When being run through synthetic testing, Samsung's Spinpoint F4EG put in a strong showing if not the strongest. At that point we're really looking at two classes of drives: the older four-platter drives (the Western Digital Caviar Green and the...

By StorageReview on March 13, 2011

We want to say a few words about the Samsung SpinPoint F4 first. The company decided to introduce new platters into small-capacity products and this solution seems to be right. The SpinPoint F4 is fast, inexpensive (at least, inexpensive to make) and...

By X-bit Labs on December 28, 2010

Ce disque économique de Samsung ne tient pas la route face aux concurrents de Seagate, Western Digital et Hitachi. Mieux vaut se tourner vers le 5K300 de ce...

By Les Numériques on April 24, 2011

Samsung Ecogreen F4 HD204UI im Test: Ideales Datengrab zum guten Preis (1) [Quelle: siehe Bildergalerie] Samsung Ecogreen F4 HD204UI im Test: Ideales Datengrab zum guten Preis (2) [Quelle: siehe Bildergalerie] Traditionell werden...

By PC Games Hardware on February 18, 2011

Mit der HD204UI führt Samsung definitiv die Stärken der EcoGreen Serie fort. Besonders im Leerlauf überzeugt die Festplatte durch ein kaum wahrnehmbares Betriebsbereich und auch die Datenraten beim sequentiellen Schreiben können...

By Technic3D on September 14, 2011

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