Samsung Spinpoint F3 2000GB HDD 3.5" 2 TB Serial ATA II

  • Brand : Samsung
  • Product family : Spinpoint F3
  • Product name : 2000GB HDD
  • Product code : HD203WI
  • Category : Internal Hard Drives
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  • Long product name Samsung Spinpoint F3 2000GB HDD 3.5" 2 TB Serial ATA II :

    HD203WI - 2 TB, EcoGreen F3, Serial ATA 3.0 Gbps, 32 MB

  • Samsung Spinpoint F3 2000GB HDD 3.5" 2 TB Serial ATA II :

    - MAX.500GB Formatted Capacity Per Disk.
    - Serial ATA 3.0Gbps Interface Support.
    - Environment friendly product with RoHS compliance.
    - Improved performance with dual-ARM based firmware.
    - Improved recording stability over temperature with PMR.
    - ATA S.M.A.R.T. Compliant.
    - Advanced dynamic FOD control for best data integrity.
    - ATA Automatic Acoustic Management Feature.
    - Intelligent compensation of external disturbance.
    - ATA 48-bit Address Feature.
    - SATA Native Command Queuing Feature.
    - ATA Device Configuration Overlay Feature.
    - Device Initiated SATA Power Management.
    - Rotational vibration sensor(Optional).
    - NoiseGuard™.
    - SilentSeek™.

  • Short summary description Samsung Spinpoint F3 2000GB HDD 3.5" 2 TB Serial ATA II :

    Samsung Spinpoint F3 2000GB HDD, 3.5", 2 TB, 5400 RPM

  • Long summary description Samsung Spinpoint F3 2000GB HDD 3.5" 2 TB Serial ATA II :

    Samsung Spinpoint F3 2000GB HDD. HDD size: 3.5", HDD capacity: 2 TB, HDD speed: 5400 RPM

Specs
Features
HDD size 3.5"
HDD capacity 2 TB
HDD speed 5400 RPM
Interface Serial ATA II
Type HDD
Storage drive buffer size 32 MB
Track to track seek time 8.9 ms
Average latency 5.56 ms
Bytes per sector 512
Start/stop cycles 300000
Power
Power consumption (standby) 1 W
Power consumption (off) 1 W
Power consumption (read) 6.2 W
Power consumption (write) 6.2 W
Power consumption (idle) 5.4 W
Operating voltage 5 / 12 V
Start-up current 2 A

Operational conditions
Operating temperature (T-T) 0 - 60 °C
Storage temperature (T-T) -40 - 70 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H) 5 - 90%
Storage relative humidity (H-H) 5 - 95%
Operating altitude -1000 - 10000 m
Non-operating altitude -1000 - 40000 m
Operating shock 70 G
Non-operating shock 300 G
Weight & dimensions
Width 101.6 mm
Height 26.1 mm
Depth 147 mm
Weight 690 g
Other features
Internal
Distributors
Country Distributor
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Reviews
Updated:
2011-10-04 03:49:36
Average rating:73
Uk has collected 17 expert reviews for Samsung Spinpoint F3 2000GB HDD 3.5" 2 TB Serial ATA II and the average expert rating is 73 of 100. The average score reflects the expert community’s view on this product. Click below and use Uk to see all ratings, product awards and conclusions.
digitalversus.com
Updated:
2011-10-04 03:49:35
Average rating:60
The Samsung EcoGreen F3 is very much Samsung's answer to the Western Digital Caviar Green: quiet and low energy. It doesn't excell in terms of performance and has been designed as a value data storage solution.The HD203WI, or EcoGreen F3 has a 32 MB me...
  • Quiet, Doesn't heat up much, High storage capacity...
  • Performance levels significantly down on the best hard drives, High access times...
  • A drive with modest performance levels but perfect for storing large files. It will find a place as second drive in PCs or in an NAS where speeds are in any case compromised by the network interface...
expertreviews.co.uk
Updated:
2011-10-04 03:49:35
Average rating:100
We weren't expecting the Samsung SpinPoint EcoGreen F3 2TB hard disk to do well in our file transfer benchmarks. It has a 5,400rpm spindle speed which is supposed to be more power efficient than disks with faster spindle speeds. Other energy efficient...
  • Generally fast performance and lots of storage at a reasonable price makes the F3 2TB a great value hard disk...
tomshardware.co.uk
Updated:
2011-10-04 03:49:36
Average rating:0
The F3EG offers decent throughput performance and low power consumption, and it showed extremely low surface temperatures during operation. Unfortunately, it has disappointing application performance and only average power efficiency. It's suitable...
uk.hardware.info
Updated:
2014-02-02 01:08:28
Average rating:0
SSDs are of course the hippest and fastest form of storage, but if you want lots of storage capacity without breaking the bank, you're still relegated to the familiar realm of the hard disk. There's still some choice out there in this category, and pric...
xbitlabs.com
Updated:
2011-10-04 03:49:35
Average rating:0
Hard disk drives have somehow fallen out of our scope recently. No, we have not switched exclusively to solid state drives. There have been just no products for us to review. Having released their 2-terabyte HDDs with a spindle rotation speed of 7200 R...
  • We want to say a few words about the Samsung SpinPoint F4 first. The company decided to introduce new platters into small-capacity products and this solution seems to be right. The SpinPoint F4 is fast, inexpensive (at least, inexpensive to make) and...
silentpcreview.com
Updated:
2011-10-04 03:49:35
Average rating:0
In contrast to Samsung's highly visible marketing efforts in other sectors, its hard drives run virtually stealthed in the marketplace. They've long been prized for low noise by SPCR aficionados, however. We tackle the biggest of their F3 EcoGreen mode...
  • Our sample of the Samsung F3 EcoGreen 2TB HD203WI proved to be fairly quiet but not exceptional acoustically. Its noise level is nearly up to the quietest 7200 RPM drives. It does not fare well in a comparison with similar capacity quiet 3.5" drives f...
storagereview.com
Updated:
2011-10-04 03:49:36
Average rating:0
Samsung’s 2TB SpinPoint F3 EcoGreen (officially, the Samsung HD203WI) first made its way to retailers’ inventories earlier this year, and has quietly been gaining ground in the eco-aware desktop drive market since that time. Breaking with manufacturers...
  • Minimal power consumption, Solid server performance...
  • Moderate performer in the green category...
  • With the F3EG, Samsung has succeeded in building a drive that users praise for its quiet, cool performance, minimal power consumption, and huge storage capacity. If there’s a trade-off here, it comes in the form of performance which is generally slowe...
tomshardware.com
Updated:
2011-10-04 03:49:36
Average rating:0
Our desktop performance index provides a useful summary and overview on the performance characteristics of both hard drives reviewed here. Seagate’s Constellation ES is much faster than the Samsung Spinpoint F3EG. The Constellation ES slightly outperforms the Barracuda XT, but the two are comparable overall. The Spinpoint F3EG is Samsung’s first 2TB hard drive, but it still underperforms the Spinpoint F3...
guru3d.com
Updated:
2011-10-04 03:49:36
Average rating:0
a very good deal. So today we'll take one of these drives and check it out to see where the 5400 RPM Samsung-HD203WI is in terms of performance and noise, which will be a good pointer to see where drives like these are ranked for storage anno 2010. S...
  • Final Words & Conclusion The Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD203WI is what it is, a bulky and huge storage unit. As such the performance was as expected. Quite honestly for a 2000 GB unit at 5400 RPM the performance really is quite okay. At the beginning of t...
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