Review: samsung spinpoint f3 hd103sj

The Korean brand Samsung is one of the largest institutions in the manufacture of hard drives and memories.

We have found it interesting to bring our labs to one of their best storage units, the Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ with 1TB capacity. We will see if it meets our demands…

SAMSUNG HD103SJ FEATURES:
Capacity:	1TB
Usable capacity:	931GB
Disc type	Mechanical
Cache:	32 MB
Speed:	7200 RPM
Connector:	SATA 2
Size:	3.5 ″
Idle / Full consumption	6W / 7W
Warranty:	3 years

Samsung presents the hard drive with a simple blister pack, which protects a brochure, 4 screws and the hard drive inside.

External aesthetics on hard drives has never been its strong point and this model follows the same philosophy as other hard drive assemblers.

TEST BENCH:
Box:	Silverstone FT-02 Red Edition
Source feed:	Seasonic TX650 V2
Base plate	Asus P8P67 Deluxe
Processor:	Intel i7 2600k
RAM:	G.Skills Sniper CL9 (9-9-9-24) 1.5v
HDD	Samsung F3 HD1023SJ

To check the performance of the disk, we will use HD Tune in version 1.6. With it we will measure the reading speed, access time, random access… It is important to mention that the performance tests have been passed with 15% of the used disk.

Now comes the most interesting, the test results:

As we can see, it offers excellent results. Very good for a mechanical disc…

After the SSD and Western Digital Velociraptors, this Samsung is positioned as the fastest hard drive on the market. Its good feelings running the operating system, graphic design programs and games give us an excellent taste in the mouth. If we add its unbeatable price of € 50 !. They make it a purchase to take into account in any configuration, at least until the price of GB / € on the SSDs is lowered.