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| Samsung Spinpoint F1 (HD103UJ) 1 TB Hard Disk Drive |
The main difference between the two lines is the spindle speed. The Spinpoint F drives have a spindle speed of 7200 RPM while the EcoGreen drives run at a more sedate 5400 RPM. The Samsung Spinpoint F line currently consists of the F1 family of drives which are available in capacities ranging from just 80 GB to 1 TB, and the F3 family which only has two members - a 500 GB model and a 1 TB model. Today, we will be looking at the top model in the Samsung Spinpoint F1 family - the 1 TB Samsung HD103UJ hard disk drive. For more details, read our Comprehensive Review! To discuss about this review, head over to the forum thread! |
Samsung offers two lines of desktop hard disk drives - the high-performance Spinpoint F line, and the eco-friendly EcoGreen line.| MSRP |
• NA |
| Lowest PriceGrabber Price |
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| Review |
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| Model |
• HD103UJ |
| Formatted Capacity |
• 1,000,202 MB |
| Guaranteed Sectors |
• NA |
Bytes Per Sector |
• 512 bytes |
Sectors Per Track |
• NA |
| Cylinders |
• NA |
Platters |
• 3 |
| Read/Write Heads |
• 6 |
| Recording Method |
• NA |
| Interleave |
• 1 : 1 |
| Spindle Speed |
• 7,200 RPM |
| Cache Buffer |
• 32 MB SDRAM |
Maximum Internal Data Transfer Rate |
• 175 MB/s |
| Maximum I/O Transfer Rate |
• 3 Gbits/s |
| Average Seek |
• 8.9 ms (typical) |
| Average Latency |
• 4.17 ms (nominal) |
Drive Ready Time |
• 12.0 seconds (average) |
| Interface |
• Serial ATA 3Gb/s |
| Supported SATA Data Transfer Mode |
• 3 Gbits/s |
| SATA II Hotplug Capability |
• Yes |
| Maximum Height |
• 26.1 mm |
| Maximum Width |
• 101.6 mm |
| Maximum Length |
• 147.0 mm |
| Maximum Weight |
• 650 g |
| Power Requirements |
• +5 V DC ± 5 % |
| Power Consumption |
• 28.8 W (Spin Up) |
| Ambient Temperature |
• 0 °C to 60 °C
(Operating) |
Operating Altitude |
• -300 meters to 3,000 meters |
Non-Operating Altitude |
• -300 meters to 12,000 meters |
Maximum Operating Shock |
• 70 G (half sine pulse) |
| Maximum Non-Operating Shock |
• 300 G (half sine pulse) |
| Drive Acoustics |
• 27 dBA average (Idle Mode) |
| Maximum Operating Vibration |
• NA |
| Maximum Non-Operating Vibration |
• NA |
Non-Recoverable Read Errors |
• 1 sector (512 bits) per 1015 bits |
| Load/Unload Cycles |
• 50,000 |
| Warranty |
• 1 Year Limited Warranty |
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