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Samsung Spinpoint- opinions?
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May 16, 2007, 06:28 PM
 
Anyone ever use Samsung hd's? Thinking about buying this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822152052 - good price, good reviews.
     
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May 16, 2007, 08:25 PM
 
Maybe this is BS, but isn't there some issue with Seagate drives and not running at full speed with the Mac Pro SATA bus? I searched about this here and there's some conflicting info.
     
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May 16, 2007, 10:43 PM
 
Yes there is an issue with some Seagates but I've read mixed reports about a firmware update fixing it. I didn't trust what I read so I did 2 of the Maxtor MaxLine Pro 500mb drives in my MacPro. I considered the Samsung HDs but I couldn't find any RAID 0 benchmarks and that was important to me. The Samsung has better reviews then the Maxtors I have and they're working great for me so go for it.
     
   
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