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Samsung F4 SpinMaster...[b]by Seagate[/b] (is it safe?)

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nstgc:
Right, so I purchased an F4 hoping I would get stock from before Samsung's HDD got taken over by Seagate. It has a tiny Seagate logo on the label along with a larger Samsung logo. It has a different serial number than my old Samsung (same size), but the same rev number. So, is it safe or should I take it back?

[edit] By the way, I haven't tried it out yet.

datora:
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Don't know.

Looking at the newegg product page:

 - SAMSUNG EcoGreen F4 HD204UI 2TB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5"

You can see the image is updated.  They are now manufactred by Seagate Technology LLC, made in China, and branded as a Seagate Barracuda Green drives.  Still has the SpinPoint logo on it, though ... which might be the important tell on the actual tech used.

Theoretically, since it was acquired by Seagate as a division, they should be using the same SpinPoint design.

But, I'm concerned about the manufacturing location.  The China drives for Samsung seemed to have a higher fail rate last year, and as we are all (for the most part) aware ... Seagate was completely ass drives for over two years.  The rep for China quality control/manufactured drives was in the toilet before all the flooding in Thailand last year.

One more nail for that coffin ... the warranty is now dropped to one year.  It used to be three.


Bottom line: I don't think they've been on the market long enough to know.  The positive is the Samsung technology that was rock solid.  The negatives are Seagate's ass reputation and decision to manufacture in China.

I'd have a hard time choosing right now, myself.  I want to see evaluations on these after they've been available for a year after these changes.  But then, with the consolidation of the HDD industry ... we really don't have choices anymore.  It's pretty much a Seagate or Western Digital world now.  Or, was it Hitachi bought Western Digital ..?  Can't remember anymore.

Freedom Kira:
Nah, it was WD that bought Hitachi, if the acquisition was ever completed. Hitachi drives are still advertised as Hitachi though, and they still seem to be pushing new tech as if they were still independent. They pushed out 4TB disks fairly recently.

vuzedome:
Well just like any other hard drive, anything can fail at any time, regardless of the reputation.

xShadow:

--- Quote from: vuzedome on May 21, 2012, 07:17:49 AM ---Well just like any other hard drive, anything can fail at any time, regardless of the reputation.

--- End quote ---

That's a moot point. The question is how likely it is to fail, not whether it can. I mean in theory, suddenly every country that had nukes could suddenly feel like shooting them all off and killing everyone.

What you're going for is a probability of failure equal to the above scenario (which is also hopefully low).




Anyhow: yeah, I noticed that Seagate acquired Samsung's HD division and I was not happy. I should have bought another one of these Spinpoint 2TB drives back when it was 80 bucks. The prices now are just fucking stupid, AND Samsung is now owned by pretty much the worst hard drive company in recent history.

I've got 3 samsung drives right now. All three of them have been performing beautifully for years.

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