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<blockquote data-quote="spoonman" data-source="post: 80379" data-attributes="member: 382"><p>Sorry to say, but those Samsung Spinpoint drives are nothing but trouble. </p><p>I bought a 500GB drive back in 2010 because it was very cheap. </p><p></p><p>I had a loy of skipping on FMV cut scenes in games like Uncharte 2, Ratchet & Clank ACIT, and Rock Band/GH would have slight pauses here and there which is obviously a bad thing and after about 6 months it crashed and I lost tons of stuff. I blamed it on the PS3 firmware or perhaps bad luck with the drive and accepted a replacement drive from Samsung. Same stuff... Skipping and another crash in only 3 weeks! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>I accepted a 3rd Samsung Spinpoint and this time put it in my laptop instead and gave up and bought a 320GB slim model.</p><p></p><p>Now a year later I'm sorry to say the Spinpoint in the laptop is clicking like crazy. Needless to say, never again will I touch a Samsung hdd!</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I started running out of space on the 320GB Sony drive and bought one of these</p><p>WD AV-25 1 TB AV Hard Drive: 2.5 Inch, 5400 RPM, SATA II, 16 MB Cache - WD10JUCT</p><p><a href="http://amzn.com/B007PFQ23C" target="_blank">http://amzn.com/B007PFQ23C</a></p><p></p><p>I wanted to make sure to stick with the default 5400RPM so not to cause extra heat buildup.</p><p>Before putting it into the PS3 I ran a lot of surface reading/writing tests on the hdd and it tested out perfectly.</p><p>It's currently running in the PS3 without any issues. I'm very happy with it and I was a big Western</p><p>Digital fan to begin with.</p><p></p><p>In addition I just replaced 3 bad Segate 1.5GB 3.5" (less than 1</p><p>Year old!) with 2 WD 3TB Essentials External. All running perfectly 24/7.</p><p>They much cooler than the îSeagate in a fanless enclosure too.</p><p></p><p>Sorry for the bad news on Samsung Spinpoint, but I remember seeing a lot of</p><p>People talking about the problems with these.</p><p>Good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spoonman, post: 80379, member: 382"] Sorry to say, but those Samsung Spinpoint drives are nothing but trouble. I bought a 500GB drive back in 2010 because it was very cheap. I had a loy of skipping on FMV cut scenes in games like Uncharte 2, Ratchet & Clank ACIT, and Rock Band/GH would have slight pauses here and there which is obviously a bad thing and after about 6 months it crashed and I lost tons of stuff. I blamed it on the PS3 firmware or perhaps bad luck with the drive and accepted a replacement drive from Samsung. Same stuff... Skipping and another crash in only 3 weeks! :( I accepted a 3rd Samsung Spinpoint and this time put it in my laptop instead and gave up and bought a 320GB slim model. Now a year later I'm sorry to say the Spinpoint in the laptop is clicking like crazy. Needless to say, never again will I touch a Samsung hdd! Anyway, I started running out of space on the 320GB Sony drive and bought one of these WD AV-25 1 TB AV Hard Drive: 2.5 Inch, 5400 RPM, SATA II, 16 MB Cache - WD10JUCT [url]http://amzn.com/B007PFQ23C[/url] I wanted to make sure to stick with the default 5400RPM so not to cause extra heat buildup. Before putting it into the PS3 I ran a lot of surface reading/writing tests on the hdd and it tested out perfectly. It's currently running in the PS3 without any issues. I'm very happy with it and I was a big Western Digital fan to begin with. In addition I just replaced 3 bad Segate 1.5GB 3.5" (less than 1 Year old!) with 2 WD 3TB Essentials External. All running perfectly 24/7. They much cooler than the îSeagate in a fanless enclosure too. Sorry for the bad news on Samsung Spinpoint, but I remember seeing a lot of People talking about the problems with these. Good luck! [/QUOTE]
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