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Old 17-02-2008, 09:50 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Re: Samsung spinpoint or Western Digital HDD?

Originally Posted by this_is_gav View Post
Depends on where it was made. [...] Unfortunately until you open the delivered product you've no way of knowing which one you'll get.
Yea, I've heard about that. There are also reports of different firmware performing very differently. That's one of the reason I am not too keen on going for and/or recommending SATA SCSI drives, including the 7200.11. That said, I've not heard about many HD failures regarding the .10.

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