SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 ST250DM001 / HD253GJ 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

Pros: Worked right out of the box, solid and quiet.

Cons: none

Pros: Good solid drive offering expect performance for its type

Cons: Not an SSD

Other Thoughts: For the price, cannot be beat if hard drive reads and write are of little to no concern.

Pros: good standard harddrive, used this in a build using spare parts I had.
does what it is expected to

Cons: not the fastest hard drive, but its Sata 2 and a standard speed, so not really a negative since I was aware when I bought this.

Pros: Not doa. Nice performance. For the current cost of drives it is priced well.

Cons: It really isn't a huge con, but these drives are already a product of the merger between between Samsung and Seagate. They are branded as barracuda drives. I always put Samsung drives in all my builds and miss my sammys! I can only hope that these are just as solid and reliable.

Other Thoughts: Rip Samsung. I just hope these are spinpoints and not cudas!

Pros: Quiet.
MUCH Faster then my buddies IDE drive.
Decent price.
Very little vibration compared to some of the others.

Cons: None really. Had a very minor scratch on the top plate, not a deal breaker, barely visible.

Other Thoughts: my buddy's IDE drive had hit the end of the road, saw this, got for his bday. Other then not being able to find a sata cable at local retailers, including a well known national electronics retailer, (he ended up with no choice but to order a sata cable from here) he's a happy camper. He can visibly see the difference in speed from his old IDE to this sata 2. Quite satisfied!

Pros: Made a difference in the performance of this old Dell P4 that I installed it in.

Cons: Machine didn't recognize drive when I placed on the jumper to force SATA 1.5Gb/s mode (3.0Gb/s not supported by the chipset according to Intel), but seems to work fine with this old machine so far.

Pros: This hard drive works without problems.

Cons: Nothing. No problems here.

Pros: Price of course...

Cons: Was a little sluggish during install..

Other Thoughts: The only item Samsung makes that not 5 eggs..

Pros: Came ready to roll and very quick delivery, free attaching screws, 500 GB

Cons: one year stock warranty, got a three year extended pretty cheap, but not sure I wanna send it back, if'n I can't wipe it of data 1st...miss the days of the 5 yr warranty, as many drives seem to come to their failure rate just after the warranty it seems

Other Thoughts: bring back the 4 and 5 yr warranties please

Pros: Works well while it is alive

Cons: Died after year and a half.