SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Pros: Silent, no over heating, good speed

Used iot 4 years, 1-2Hrs/day.

SATA 2 interface.

Cons: had 2 of these disks for 4 years. one dyed in first 4 months, and was replaced in Waranty. Second one died after 4Years and 1month, out of warranty.

Type of death: sudded death, no sign of problem until is no longer seen by the PC.

Other Thoughts: After first HDD died , i bought an identical one and created a mirror partition in Windows to keep all important stuff.

Pros: purchased on 4/21/2009. drive died on 12/1/12. worked for 3+ years

Cons: lost about a week of data since my last backup. not the end of the world, but an inconvenience. Have been very careful with the drive and was in a machine that was not used heavily. Disappointed to see a drive die after only a few years of light use. sending to Samsung for RMA. we'll see how that process goes...

Pros: worked ok while it lasted.

Cons: owned for 3 years, started dying on me today. :(

Pros: Have had this drive for almost 4 years now and it still works great. It's been reliable and performs great. Temperatures are lower than my seagate and hitachi drives.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Originally bought this for a desktop build back in 2008. I've kept it in a media/storage server for a couple of years now. Works great!

Pros: Good reliability. I have two of them running in RAID1 for over 3 years now. Neither has failed. SMART reports no reallocated sectors either.

Cons: None.

Pros: Pros? What Pros?

Cons: Drive works for a little bit, then it will go dead and/or otherwise become inaccessible, unrecognized in BIOS and unrecoverable. Samsung hard drives are a waste of money and everyone considering them should strike samsun hardrives off the list as they are nothing more than the worlds most expensive paperweights.

Other Thoughts: Avoid Samsung hard drives. You'll be glad you did.

Pros: Got 3 years service.

Cons: bought 2 of them on 2/2012. Have worked perfect until today. 1 of them suddenly won't unzip a big rar file. The first sign was an extremely long file transfer that should of only taken a few minutes but took about 20. Next I tried having windows check it for errors but after starting the error check it froze some other programs i had running and had to restart. But will still show in the disk display. I just bought a 2 tb HD and will hopefully move everything off it. If not oh well I think everything was backed up on the other 1 tb I had. Pretty cr@ppy luck having it poop out 2 months after end of warrenty.

Other Thoughts: Luck of the draw. They should have a graduated tier of reimbursement for time after the end of the warranty period. Like they pay 1/2 the reimbursement the 4th year, 1/3 the 5th year 1/4 the 6year....ect. But Naaahhh that would be too fair. Craziness I tell you!

Pros: Paid less than 40GBP for this drive and had it a couple of yrs now. Never missed a beat what-so-ever. Very quite and very quick for my needs.

I had it as a boot drive for the 1st 1yr and a half and it also performed. I now have it as back-up media / photo's drive and it comes out of its sleep state mega quick.

I also used WD Green 2TB 64MB But i must say this drive is far quicker.

Cons: Price today is a joke for you guys in USA, we are still able to purchase at much more sensible prices in the UK.

Other Thoughts: Wish i'd bought 4 of these, cos they just go on and on and on. Think I may look at your "auction site that you guy's kindly set up for us Brits" thanks guy's

Pros: Worked great!

Cons: Died exactly 1 week after 3 year warranty was up... bummer!

Pros: - Reliable
- Quiet
- Good price/space

Cons: - Slightly slower than advertised

Other Thoughts: I've had two of these in my main gaming box for over two years now without issue. Keeping them as storage drives while upgrading to a Crucial M4 256GB SSD as the main system/programs drive.