I had 90+ stop/start cycles in SMART data after only a few hours of use.Īlso, the SATA ATA spec commands of NCQ and Power Management are disabled on the Story version (HD204UI/VP4). Changing the AAM setting will have no effect. This is done on the drive itself, not on the USB bridge adapter inside the Samsung Story. The HD204UI/VP4 (Story version) is configured to spin down crazy often. Just know that the HD204UI/VP4 inside the Samsung Story HX-DU020EB/A62 is a specially customized version of the HD204UI, quite different from the bare drive OEM version.
but I'm sure they'll just get a slap on the wrist. Other Thoughts: I wouldn't be surprised if some years down the road there is a federal investigation into price/warranty collusion between Seagate and WD, just like there was one for RAM manufacturers. Seagate's reliability is notoriously bad and they have unfortunately shut down Samsung's superior manufacturing facilities while simply slapping Samsung badges on Seagate drives produced in Seagate facilities. Hopefully the market will force prices down in the next few months.ģ. High prices and short warranties are nothing to be excited about. The same lack of competition is driving warranty lengths down. With only two manufacturers on the market now, Seagate (Samsung) and Western Digital (Hitachi) they do not have any incentive to lower prices, and now that they know the public is willing to pay much higher prices for HDDs expect the high prices to stay. The primary reason prices have not come down is not because of the flood effects, but because of hard drive manufacturer consolidation. It happened 7 months ago.there has been plenty of time to get manufacturing capacity back online. The flood excuse is getting a bit long in the tooth. Similar discounts were offered on Hitachi drives as well.Ĭons: 2. Newegg several times offered a $10 discount and another $10 rebate making this drive $60. Regular pre-flood pricing for 2TB was $80ish. $100ish is not a bad price considering how much higher HDD prices have been since the flooding hit manufacturing facilities, but this price is still a 67% premium over pre-flood prices. We don't have any recurring charges or in-app purchases in any of our apps.Pros: 1. Lifetime upgrades are included when you purchase the app. DiskMark is specifically built to take these into account so that the read/write performance reported in the benchmark is as close to the real-life performance. The latest NVME/M.2 SATA SSDs employ various techniques such as SLC caching and DRAM buffers to showcase better speeds. A history of benchmarks lets you quickly compare your own drives.
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