Spinpoint HD502HJ ECO Green F3 500GB SATA 3Gb/s HDD (OEM) Discontinued | |
Spinpoint 2TB 3.5in F4 SATA Hard Disk Drive Discontinued | |
Spinpoint HD154UI ECO Green F2 1.5TB SATA 3Gb/s HDD Discontinued | |
| More variations available Show | |
Samsung F Series ECO Green Ultra-Quiet Hard Drives
These days, PC storage requirements seem to be on the increase. Whether you want to store many gigabytes of music, or a library of digital photographs or video files, what you need is a drive that provides fast and reliable data access. Samsung is right on the edge of new storage technology and we are sure that their high performance drives will provide for all your needs. Don’t forget that these market-leading drives are so quiet, you will hardly even know they are running!!
These high capacity hard drives are designed to be used with today’s newest machines. Providing more bandwidth and advanced features such as NCQ, Staggered spin up and much more, these drives are ideal for today’s systems which can have up to eight SATA ports and support various RAID styles which are ideal for power users, people who want data security and much more. Please refer to the drive specification table below for a full list of features.
Features
- Serial ATA 3.0 Gbps Interface Support
- Improved performance with dual-ARM based firmware
- Improved recording stability over temperature with PMR
- Environment friendly product with RoHS compliance *
- 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 *
- Environmentally friendly product with RoHS compliance †
- Automatic Acoustic Management Feature with NoiseGuard and SilentSeek †
- NoiseGuard ‡
- SilentSeek ‡
- NoiseGuard™ **
- SilentSeek™ **
- *HD154UI, HD502HJ only
- †2TB HDD only
- ‡HD154UI only
- **HD502HJ only
Reviews
Crowded Brain
For those looking for a low cost performer the Samsung drive does the job. It’s reasonably quiet, has respectable performance and its price compares well against the competition 8/10.
Silent PC Review
The Samsung EcoGreen F2 HD502HI is a dream come true for the quiet PC seeker. It is inaudible at idle, which is the single most important HDD characteristic for low noise computing. It sits at the top of quiet HDDs reviewed by SPCR.
| Specifications | 2TB HDD | HD154UI | HD502HJ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 2000 GB | 1500 GB | 500 GB |
| Interface | Serial ATA 3.0Gbps | Serial ATA 3.0Gbps | Serial ATA 3.0Gbps |
| Buffer DRAM Size | 32 MB | 32 MB | 16 MB |
| Byte per Sector | 4KB | 512 bytes | 512 bytes |
| Rotational Speed | 5400 RPM | 5400 RPM | 7200 RPM |
| Average Seek time(typical) | 8.9 ms | 8.9 ms | 8.9 ms |
| Average Latency | 5.52 ms | 5.52 ms | 5.52 ms |
| Data Transfer Rate / Media to/from Buffer(Max.) | 250 MB/sec | 166 MB/sec | 250 MB/sec |
| Data Transfer Rate / Buffer to/from Host(Max.) | 300 MB/sec | 300 MB/sec | 300 MB/sec |
| Drive Ready Time(typical) | 13 sec | 12 sec | 10 sec |
| Non-recoverable Read Error | 1 sector in 10^15bits | 1 sector in 10^15 bits | 1 sector in 10^15 bits |
| Start/Stop Cycles | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| Noise- Idle | 2.50 Bel | 2.50 Bel | 2.20 Bel |
| Noise- Performance Seek | 2.80 Bel | 2.80 Bel | 2.70 Bel |
| Temperature / Operating | 0 ~ 60 °C | 0 ~ 60 °C | 0 ~ 60 °C |
| Temperature / Non-operating | -40 ~ 70 °C | -40 ~ 70 °C | -40 ~ 70 °C |
| Humidity(non-condensing) / Operating | 5 ~ 90 % | 5 ~ 90 % | 5 ~ 90 % |
| Humidity(non-condensing) / Non-operating | 5 ~ 95 % | 5 ~ 95 % | 5 ~ 95 % |
| Liner Shock(1/2 sine pulse) / Operating | 70 G | 70 G | 70 G |
| Liner Shock(1/2 sine pulse) / Non-operating | 300 G | 350 G | 350 G |
| Altitude(relative to sea level) / Operating | 300 to 3,000 m | -300 to 3,000 m | -300 to 3,000 m |
| Altitude(relative to sea level) / Non-operating | 300 to 12,000 m | -300 to 12,000 m | -300 to 12,000 m |
| Voltage | +5V±5%, +12V±10% | +5V±5%, +12V±10% | +5V±5%, +12V±10% |
| Spin-up Current (Max.) | | | |
| Seek (typical) | 5.7W | 5.7W | 4.5W |
| Read/Write (typical) | 6.3W | 6.3W | 5.0W |
| Idle (typical) | 5.1W | 5.1W | 3.8W |
| Standby (typical) | 1W | 1W | 1W |
| Sleep (typical) | 1W | 1W | 1W |
| Dimensions | 26.1 H x 101.5 W x 147.0 L mm | 26.1 H x 101.5 W x 147.0 L mm | 26.1 H x 101.5 W x 147.0 L mm |
| Packaging | OEM | ||
| Weight | 650 g | 650 g | 475 g |
| Warranty | 24 months | 24 months | 39 months |
| Specifications | 2TB HDD | HD154UI | HD502HJ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 2000 GB | 1500 GB | 500 GB |
| Interface | Serial ATA 3.0Gbps | ||
| Buffer DRAM Size | 32 MB | 16 MB | |
| Byte per Sector | 4KB | 512 bytes | |
| Rotational Speed | 5400 RPM | 7200 RPM | |
| Average Seek time(typical) | 8.9 ms | ||
| Average Latency | 5.52 ms | ||
| Data Transfer Rate / Media to/from Buffer(Max.) | 250 MB/sec | 166 MB/sec | 250 MB/sec |
| Data Transfer Rate / Buffer to/from Host(Max.) | 300 MB/sec | ||
| Drive Ready Time(typical) | 13 sec | 12 sec | 10 sec |
| Non-recoverable Read Error | 1 sector in 10^15bits | ||
| Start/Stop Cycles | 50,000 | ||
| Noise- Idle | 2.50 Bel | 2.20 Bel | |
| Noise- Performance Seek | 2.80 Bel | 2.70 Bel | |
| 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 | 300 G | 350 G | |
| Altitude(relative to sea level) / Operating | 300 to 3,000 m | -300 to 3,000 m | |
| Altitude(relative to sea level) / Non-operating | 300 to 12,000 m | -300 to 12,000 m | |
| Voltage | +5V±5%, +12V±10% | ||
| Spin-up Current (Max.) | | ||
| Seek (typical) | 5.7W | 4.5W | |
| Read/Write (typical) | 6.3W | 5.0W | |
| Idle (typical) | 5.1W | 3.8W | |
| Standby (typical) | 1W | ||
| Sleep (typical) | 1W | ||
| Dimensions | 26.1 H x 101.5 W x 147.0 L mm | ||
| Packaging | OEM | ||
| Weight | 650 g | 475 g | |
| Warranty | 24 months | 39 months | |
Customer Reviews
Great drive
This is a good drive, I don’t think I would use it as a primary HDD due to the RPM but as a storage drive it’s very quiet and good value for money. The first one I had was damaged and Quiet PC replaced it very quickly and conveniently - great service as usual.
We haven't received any reviews of this product yet.
Won't blow your socks off....
I’ve been running a pair of these in a raid array for a while now. They have the classic HDD seek noise, but during constant operation they are quite quiet (hard to hear them over the HDD cooling fan, especially when compared to the previous 7200RPM drive I was running), and run noticeably cooler than the 7200RPM drives (again, the previous 7200RPM got VERY warm to the touch, these are noticeable, but hardly “hot”).
Definitely slower than a 7200 when it comes to outright performance (the raid pair scored 5.9 on the windows test), but hard to argue with when you consider the noise and heat generated by most 7200RPM drives. I would almost say these are a must for any media box. Buy multiple and raid them if you really want more performance.
Personally I’m coming back for a third one and going RAID5.
A good quiet drive with reasonable performance
Although not totally silent this drive is very quiet compared to the normal 7400+ RPM types; you’ll have to be listening very closely in a quiet room to notice it when it’s mounted in a decent case. It runs quite cool and so it can easily be put into an acoustic enclosure, in which case you’ll be hard pushed to tell it’s even running. Performance isn’t stunning but is still more than adequate for most tasks including media-PC work.
Product Resources
Top Storage
Samsung 990 PRO 1TB M.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD
Samsung 990 PRO 2TB M.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD
Samsung 970 EVO PLUS 500GB M.2 NVMe SSD, MZ-V7S500BW
Samsung 990 PRO 4TB M.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD
Solidigm P41 Plus 512GB PCIe 4.0 M.2 NVMe SSD
Samsung 870 QVO 2TB SSD Solid State Drive
Samsung 870 QVO 8TB SSD Solid State Drive
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB SSD Solid State Drive
Solidigm P41 Plus 1TB PCIe 4.0 M.2 NVMe SSD
Solidigm P41 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 M.2 NVMe SSD