Samsung EcoGreen F2 Series HD103SI

Comparable 3.5" SATA Hard Disks
Item 1493: Samsung HD103SI
Size1000 GB
Cache (MB)32
RPM
Form Factor3.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed3 Gb/s
$ 67.89
$ 69.99
$ 89.99 + $12.47 shipping
Disk Interface RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Seagate Barracuda ST315005N4A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 5900 32 1500 69.99 Amazon.com 21.43
Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EARS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 1500 75.00 Amazon Marketplace 20.00
Samsung EcoGreen F2 Series HD154UI SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1500 78.98 Amazon Marketplace 18.99
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1500 79.99 Amazon.com 18.75
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31000333AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 54.99 Newegg.com 18.19
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 55.95 Amazon Marketplace 17.87
Samsung EcoGreen F3 HD153WI SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 32 1500 84.99 Amazon Marketplace 17.65
Seagate Barracuda LP ST31500541AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5900 32 1500 84.99 Amazon Marketplace 17.65
Western Digital AV-GP WD15EVDS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1500 85.99 eCost.com 17.44
Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 62.00 Amazon Marketplace 16.13
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EARS SATA 3 Gb/s 64 1000 63.99 eCost.com 15.63
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10000CSRTL SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 1000 64.50 Amazon Marketplace 15.50
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD10EALS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 65.68 Amazon Marketplace 15.23
Hitachi Deskstar H3IK10003272SP SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 1000 67.76 Amazon Marketplace 14.76  
Samsung EcoGreen F2 Series HD103SI SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 67.89 Amazon Marketplace 14.73
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.B 0A38016 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 1000 68.90 Amazon Marketplace 14.51  
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.B HD31000 IDK/7K (0A38016) SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 1000 69.99 Newegg.com 14.29  
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C HDS721010CLA332 (0F10383) SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 69.99 Newegg.com 14.29  
Seagate Barracuda LP ST31000520AS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 69.99 Newegg.com 14.29
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 70.97 Amazon Marketplace 14.09
Seagate ST310005N1A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 71.99 Amazon Marketplace 13.89
Seagate Pipeline HD ST31000322CS SATA 3 Gb/s 8 1000 77.99 eCost.com 12.82
Western Digital AV-GP WD10EVDS SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 77.99 Amazon.com 12.82
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 1000 78.00 Amazon Marketplace 12.82
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 78.99 Amazon Marketplace 12.66
Seagate SV35.5 ST31000525SV SATA 3 Gb/s 32 1000 79.85 Amazon Marketplace 12.52
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10000LSRTL SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 1000 87.00 Amazon Marketplace 11.49  
Western Digital AV-GP WD10EVVS SATA 3 Gb/s 8 1000 87.49 Amazon Marketplace 11.43
Western Digital RE3 WD1002FBYS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 119.95 PC Connection 8.34
Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST31000340NS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 120.00 Amazon Marketplace 8.33
Western Digital RE4 WD1003FBYX SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 64 1000 140.00 Amazon.com 7.14
Hitachi Deskstar E7K1000 HDE721010SLA330 (0A38028) SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 149.99 Newegg.com 6.67  
Seagate Constellation ES ST31000524NS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 149.99 Newegg.com 6.67
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31000340AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 1000 249.95 Amazon Marketplace 4.00
HP GE262UT SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 1000 276.99 Amazon Marketplace 3.61  
IBM 43W7630 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 1000 375.00 Amazon Marketplace 2.67  
HP Midline 454146-B21 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 1000 388.00 Amazon Marketplace 2.58  
HP StorageWorks MSA2 AJ740A SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 1000 401.99 Buy.com 2.49  
Lenovo ThinkServer 45J6204Â SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 1000 509.99 Newegg.com 1.96  

Price History

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Recent Price Changes

2010-09-02 eCost.com $89.99 +5.00
2010-08-23 Amazon Marketplace $67.89 +0.64
2010-08-13 eCost.com $84.99 +2.00
2010-08-12 eCost.com $82.99 -2.00
2010-08-09 Amazon Marketplace $67.25 +0.25
2010-08-06 Amazon Marketplace $67.00 -0.25
2010-08-06 Amazon Marketplace $67.25 -0.25
2010-07-22 Amazon Marketplace $67.50 -0.39
2010-07-20 Amazon Marketplace $67.89 -0.06
2010-07-09 Amazon Marketplace $67.95 -0.93

Manufacturer's Specs

General
InterfaceSerial ATA 3.0Gbps
Buffer DRAM Size32 MB
Byte per Sector512 bytes
Capacity1 TB
Performance
Average Latency5.52 ms
Drive Ready Time(typical)12 sec
Data Transfer Rate / Buffer to/from Host(Max.)300 MB/sec
Data Transfer Rate / Media to/from Buffer(Max.)166 MB/sec
Average Seek time(typical)8.9 ms
Power
Standby (typical)1W
Read/Write (typical)5.6W
Sleep (typical)1W
Spin-up Current (Max.)2.0A
Idle (typical)4.4W
Seek (typical)5.2W
Voltage+5V+-5%, +12V+-10%
Acoustics
Idle2.50 Bel
Performance Seek2.80 Bel
Reliability
Non-recoverable Read Error1 sector in 10^15 bits
Physical
Width101.5 mm
Length147.0 mm
Height (Max.)26.1 mm
Weight (avg.)610 g

External links

Samsung
http://www.samsung.com/us/c...
EcoGreen F2 Series
http://www.samsung.com/glob...
HD103SI
http://www.samsung.com/glob...

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