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Old 04-09-2009, 1:46 PM   #1
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Samsung EcoGreen F2 1.5TB Hard Drive - £69.99

At Ebuyer, it should qualify for free delivery as well.

Samsung EcoGreen F2 1.5TB Hard Drive SATAII 32MB Cache - OEM - Ebuyer
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Old 06-09-2009, 3:17 PM   #2
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Re: Samsung EcoGreen F2 1.5TB Hard Drive - £69.99

Best deal so far. Dabs have it at £74.93 inc delivery.
Scan have it at £76.92 inc delivery (if you've got free delivery)

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Old 06-09-2009, 7:26 PM   #3
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Re: Samsung EcoGreen F2 1.5TB Hard Drive - £69.99

Just ordered one. Free delivery within 5 days, so latest arrival date is Friday.

Will let you guys know how it turns out.
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Old 08-09-2009, 11:40 AM   #4
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Re: Samsung EcoGreen F2 1.5TB Hard Drive - £69.99

I needed a new hard drive and wanted to buy this but after reading the reviews, it has put me off....so decided to go for: 1TB WD WD1001FALS Caviar Black for £68 delivered, it comes with five years warranty.
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Old 08-09-2009, 5:51 PM   #5
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Re: Samsung EcoGreen F2 1.5TB Hard Drive - £69.99

Don't know what reviews you've been reading, del_piero_3.

But here's a good one, with comparison to a WD 1.5TB.
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Old 09-09-2009, 7:33 AM   #6
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Re: Samsung EcoGreen F2 1.5TB Hard Drive - £69.99

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1TB WD WD1001FALS Caviar Black for £68 delivered, it comes with five years warranty.
excellent drive

but this one is a 1.5TB and should be compared to a 1.5TB dirve
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Old 09-09-2009, 4:59 PM   #7
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Re: Samsung EcoGreen F2 1.5TB Hard Drive - £69.99

Looks like they have 1 left but for £74.89

Samsung EcoGreen F2 1.5TB Hard Drive SATAII 32MB Cache - OEM - Ebuyer
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Old 09-09-2009, 5:01 PM   #8
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Re: Samsung EcoGreen F2 1.5TB Hard Drive - £69.99

Payment confirmed.
Ship date 10th (tomorrow)!
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Old 09-09-2009, 5:03 PM   #9
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Re: Samsung EcoGreen F2 1.5TB Hard Drive - £69.99

here also:

https://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials...roductId=37094

I think it comes to £71.50 delivered
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Old 09-09-2009, 6:20 PM   #10
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Re: Samsung EcoGreen F2 1.5TB Hard Drive - £69.99

£71.19 to be exact!
Best deal out there so far!
£69.99 deal at ebuyer has expired. Price is now back to £74.89.
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Old 12-09-2009, 12:12 AM   #11
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Re: Samsung EcoGreen F2 1.5TB Hard Drive - £69.99

It arrived!
Formatting now!
17%! lol.I think I should leave it over night. LOL.
Many thanks, atad.
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Old 12-09-2009, 4:12 PM   #12
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Re: Samsung EcoGreen F2 1.5TB Hard Drive - £69.99

No probs jlcustomer , but just use quick format, I haven't bothered with a full format for years.
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Old 15-09-2009, 7:57 PM   #13
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Re: Samsung EcoGreen F2 1.5TB Hard Drive - £69.99

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It arrived!
Formatting now!
17%! lol.I think I should leave it over night. LOL.
Many thanks, atad.
full format

good luck...lol
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Old 17-09-2009, 7:40 PM   #14
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Re: Samsung EcoGreen F2 1.5TB Hard Drive - £69.99

Back on offer at Scan.co.uk as part of their Today Only offer for £70.14 delivered if you qualify for free delivery. Also comes with a SATA II cable
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Old 23-09-2009, 1:02 PM   #15
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Re: Samsung EcoGreen F2 1.5TB Hard Drive - £69.99

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No probs jlcustomer , but just use quick format, I haven't bothered with a full format for years.
Sorry to go off topic - whats the difference between full and quick?
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Old 23-09-2009, 4:54 PM   #16
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Re: Samsung EcoGreen F2 1.5TB Hard Drive - £69.99

Answer here.

Basically, because it was a brand new hard disk, and clearly no data had ever been written to it, I should have saved some time and done a quick format instead!

As soon as 2TB hard drives go down in price, I'm gonna get another one of these!
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Old 09-10-2009, 8:52 AM   #17
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Re: Samsung EcoGreen F2 1.5TB Hard Drive - £69.99

back again:

Samsung EcoGreen F2 1.5TB Hard Drive SATAII 32MB Cache - OEM - Ebuyer
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Old 10-10-2009, 5:46 PM   #18
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Re: Samsung EcoGreen F2 1.5TB Hard Drive - £69.99

There £68.99 at Scan under the today only offers on the front page. Plus you get the free delivery Avforums offer.
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Is there a way to set an alert for this thread, (without using RSS), so that when there is a discount on the item, i.e. someone posts there is a discount, it emails me or something?

I'd really like another 1.5tb hard disk!
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Old 30-12-2009, 11:54 AM   #20
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Is there a way to set an alert for this thread, (without using RSS), so that when there is a discount on the item, i.e. someone posts there is a discount, it emails me or something?

I'd really like another 1.5tb hard disk!
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Old 19-01-2010, 12:16 PM   #21
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On the Scan website, it says the Ecogreen F2 is not designed to be used in a desktop, rather it's for caddies etc. I assume this is just referring to it being 5400rpm and more suited to back-up, storage etc?

Scan.co.uk: 1.5TB Samsung HD154UI Spinpoint F2 DT EcoGreen, SATA 3Gb/s, 32MB Cache, 8.9 ms, NCQ

I was thinking of getting one to stick in my Icybox anyway, but wondered why it said this.
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Old 19-01-2010, 8:34 PM   #22
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On the Scan website, it says the Ecogreen F2 is not designed to be used in a desktop, rather it's for caddies etc. I assume this is just referring to it being 5400rpm and more suited to back-up, storage etc?

Scan.co.uk: 1.5TB Samsung HD154UI Spinpoint F2 DT EcoGreen, SATA 3Gb/s, 32MB Cache, 8.9 ms, NCQ

I was thinking of getting one to stick in my Icybox anyway, but wondered why it said this.
I believe certain drives are rated for RAID and server use, and as such they are have better longevity when used constantly compared to consumer drives. Certainly WD usually offer a RAID version of their drives for a hefty price premium. Nevertheless I think it's a good thing that the drive can cope with these rigours.

I'm looking at either one of these or a 1TB F3. Noticed that the price at Scan's 'today only' section for the 1.5TB is £72.84....so almost as cheap as it was six months ago!
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Old 03-02-2010, 1:16 PM   #23
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The 1.5TB F2 is not slow at all in my opinion, I've had mine for a while now, very good for the money..and to store HD Movies on
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