Salve raga,
come da titolo vi presento una mini review di questo splendido disco che dai primi test si rivela una vera scheggia anche su un chipset obsoleto quale l'nForce3 di casa nvidia. Ma vediamo in dettaglio le caratteristiche techiche presenti anche sul sito del produttore:
Features
• Max. 334GB Formatted Capacity per Disk
• Serial ATA 3.0Gbps Interface Support
• Improved recording stability over temperature with PMR
• Advanced dynamic FOD control for best data integrity
• Intelligent compensation of external disturbance
• SATA Native Command Queuing Feature
• Device Initiated SATA Power Management
• Staggerd Spin-up Support
• Environment friendly product with RoHS compliance
• Improved performance with dual-ARM based firmware
• ATA S.M.A.R.T. Compliant
• ATA Automatic Acoustic Management Feature
• ATA 48-bit Address Feature
• ATA Device Configuration Overlay Feature
• NoiseGuard™
• SilentSeek™
Drive Configuration Capacity 750 GB
Interface Serial ATA 3.0 Gbps
Buffer DRAM Size 32 MB
Byte per Sector 512 bytes
Rotational Speed 7200 RPM
Performance Specifications Average Seek time(typical) 8.9 ms
Average Latency 4.17 ms
Data Transfer Rate / Media to/from Buffer(Max.) 175 MB/sec
Data Transfer Rate / Buffer to/from Host(Max.) 300 MB/sec
Drive Reday Time(typical) 12 sec
Reliability Specifications Non-recoverable Read Error 1 sector in 10^15 bits
Start/Stop Cycles 50,000
Acoustics Idle 2.70 Bel
Performance Seek 2.90 Bel
Environmental Specifications Temperature / Operating 0 ~ 60 °C
Temperature / Non-operating -40 ~ 70 °C
Humidity(non-condensing) / Operating 5 ~ 90 %
Humidity(non-condensing) / Non-operating 5 ~ 95 %
Liner Shock(1/2 sine pulse) / Operating 70 G
Liner Shock(1/2 sine pulse) / Non-operating 350 G
Altitude(relative to sea level) / Operating -300 to 3,000 m
Altitude(relative to sea level) / Non-operating -300 to 12,000 m
Power Requirements Voltage +5V±5%, +12V±10%
Spin-up Current (Max.) 2.4 A
Seek (typical) 8.6 W
Read/Write (typical) 7.9 W
Idle (typical) 7.7 W
Standby (typical) 0.8/1.2 W
Sleep (typical) 0.8/1.2 W
Physical Dimension Height (Max.) 26.1 mm
Width 101.5 mm
Length 147.0 mm
Weight (avg.) 640 g
Il disco ad una mia prima impressione, mi ha lasciato a bocca aperta per la sua silenziositą e la bassa temperatura di esercizio anche senza una ventola di raffreddamento.
Piattaforma di test:
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum
AMD X2 3800
A-Data Pc3200
Club3D X1950PRO
Samsung F1 750Gb HD753LJ
Samsung p120 250Gb SP2504C
driver usati:
nForce 6.38 beta modded by djgusmy85
ATTO Disk Benchmark
HDTach
h2benchw 3.6
nForce Controller - Internal Benchmark
Conclusioni
L'hard disk preso in esame ha grandi potenzialitą ma per essere sfruttato a pieno consiglio di usarlo sull'ICH7/8 di Intel o sull'nForce4/5 di nVidia i quali supportano l'NCQ. Sconsiglio di usare tale disco con chipset VIA, in particolare VT8237.