Venom1956 Posted May 9, 2013 Posted May 9, 2013 Hello guys, It's been a long while since I needed to post here. But now I'm raging and I need some advice. It's kinda along story. The original three are all from the "G-Force" line I am a long time user of fantom drives. I own five now and out of those my three earlier purchases have been exceptional. my first a 320gb that I finally replaced because I wanted more storage and installed in my tower... My second a 1tb Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1000.2 which runs @ 7,200RPM w/ 32mb cache and runs at a cool 30 degrees C or max ever was 37 C according to my PC. My third a 2tb Samsung HD204UI that runs @ 5,400 I think w/ 32mb cache and hasn't ever reached 35 degrees C (this is my favorite for its size, temp, and performance) wish I could still buy them... SUPER HAPPY @ this point with these 'old' Fantom Drives. Now fast forward and I decided to back up these drives and use new fantoms and store the old ones... Since all these are out of production I look at their high end G-Force3 BLACK series. Which claim to be the best and fastest drives available but I can't find any hard numbers. So old ones were good so... I purchase two GF3B200U32 drives basically 2tb w/ 32mb cache using USB3.0 (only using 2.0 right now) This things completely SUCK. Just total garbage. They have SeaGate ST2000DL003-9VT166 green drives in them... First HARDLY a great choice for their "performance" line Second the cache doesn't seem to work with any PC I try it with Third they put of SO much heat under load I'm looking at 61 Degrees C!? they idle @ 40C... unacceptable especially with greendrives. Unless this is the new normal and I missed it? And the best for last... THE DRIVE IS REFURBISHED! I about lost it. Selling an external harddrive as new and then having a Refurbished drive in it? you have to be joking. And the newer one of the two bought them a few months apart is showing signs of failure... Hooray. I will be contacting Fantom but I don't expect much. So that's what happened. Sorry for the long story but I felt I should explain the issue so you can better help my situation. I need to acquire some NICE 2tb drives to replace these crap drives ASAP. possibly enclosures as well. So i'd like something that runs cool. 30 Degrees @ idle sub 40 under load would be ideal. Has a decent cache. Has S.M.A.R.T. Isn't a Seagate. (I am a little bitter) Is 2tb or more and is reliable. I try and only write the files to the disk once to increase longevity. If you took the time to read this I really appreciate it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigball1 Posted May 9, 2013 Posted May 9, 2013 First problem is your using USB2.0 dont expect super fast speeds out of this. Second. I have never heard of Fantom drives, so l cant help you on that part. Both Seagate and WD make good external drives. I myself am a WD person, so l would recommend them, they have a nice 2tb that you can pick up for around $120. But l dont know where you live, so its hard to point you in the right direction for pricing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroFight Posted May 9, 2013 Posted May 9, 2013 Don't see what's wrong with Seagate myself,they've served me well Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black64 Posted May 9, 2013 Posted May 9, 2013 Just pick a few of these, i've used 2 before. http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STBV2000100/dp/B00834SJS0/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1368129668&sr=1-3&keywords=2tb+external+hard+drive Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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