SAMSUNG Spinpoint M8 ST1000LM024 1TB 5400 RPM RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 2.5" Internal Notebook Hard Drive

Pros: Great upgrade to the Ps3,i had a dinky 40gb hd which i accidentally formatted and i lost all my saves and bookmarks. I just wish sony put a 120 gb in the ps3 to begin with and i wouldn't have had that problem.

NOTE: Product is not a Samsung but a seagate drive but just as good.

Cons: None really

Pros: Well just seeing that Samsung and Seagate are the same drive, who build for who is not known.
Both Seagate and Samsung have same name Spinpoint, when asking for warranty it goes to Seagate. Anyone out there experience this?

Cons: Like the old memorx, is it real or just a copy

Other Thoughts: I think the companies should tell who manufactured it

Pros: Cheap when $69.99, reliable (so far), quiet, highly recommended. When backing up many GBs of data, it will take some time. I start at night and let it finish the next day.

Cons: None so far.

Other Thoughts: I have purchased 7 of these from Newegg over the past 3 months. Only had problems with 1. Returned to Newegg and the replacement works fine (first time I have ever returned an item to Newegg and their response was great). I have used these mostly as external drives in enclosures to back up photos, music, and documents. I NEVER TRUST BACKUPS TO 1 DRIVE. I ALWAYS BACK UP TO 2. I installed 1 in my Dell D630 to handle movies that I copy off of the DVR. Not quite as fast as the original 160GB 7200RPM but OK for what I am doing. The 1 that I returned showed problems when checked with Acronis Drive Monitor and CrystalDiskInfo (both free programs). These drives are only for USB2. If you open up a USB3 portable drive as I did, you will see that the USB3 drives have a different interface than the USB2 drives. They don't work in a USB3 enclosure. Also, you will need to format and create a folder with these drives. They come raw. I use Partition Magic for this. When you can catch these for $69.99 they are cheaper than a "ready made" portable drive. Newegg includes an enclosure with some offers. If you purchase an enclosure, make sure it is for 1TB drives. I found that they may not fit in enclosures that are rated below 1TB (too long).

Pros: Big, cheap.

Cons: dies without SMART warnings...

Other Thoughts: So... been using one for most of a year when it crapped out- my computer started having random freezes/crashes when this puppy was attached- and seatools would refuse to even run SMART diagnostics. So I did the RMA dance with seagate- throwing another ~$20 bux into the aether to get... yes, a refurb. A couple months later, after minimal use (filled it up... used it occasionally...maybe a dozen hours) yep- same deal. No wonder they're giving them away with external boxes- you don't want your machine depending on this unit. Not worth another $20 bux to get another refurb replacement.

Pros: 1. 70$ for 1 terabyte (purchased with promo-code so YMMV)
2. average speed for a 5400 rpm drive
3. not doa like so many people stated in the other reviews.

Cons: 1. Noisy as F**K(when reading/writing) but It's not so bad.
2. 2 yr warranty instead of 3.

Other Thoughts: At first I thought this drive was just gonna end up being one big hole in my pocket, but hopefully this thing lasts me a good long while, and WORD OF ADVICE, DON'T BUY THE EXTENDED WARRANTY, THEY WILL FIND A WAY TO WEASEL THEIR WAY OUT OF REPLACING WHAT'S BROKEN.

Pros: Works great as a replacement for my late 2011 MacBook Pro

Cons: None

Pros: I bought this drive to replace the 320GB HD that was in my Dell Laptop.

Cons: None

Pros: Overall this hard drive functions as advertised. I used this as a back-up for my PC. I formatted for Windows 7 64-bit OS. All went as planned. A good buy and arrived quickly.

Cons: None so far.

Pros: whisper quiet operation, decent read/write speeds

Cons: none yet

Other Thoughts: i bought this drive to replace the 320GB HD that was in my ps3. one piece of advice if you buy this drive for use in a PS3 system; the system software is installed in a partition on the hd, so before you take out the original hard drive make sure to download the latest system software from the Sony site or else you will be stuck in a no system software loop. the instructions on their site explains the fairly easy system software install procedure. would definitely recommend this drive.

Pros: large size, runs cool, 1tb in a 2.5 package.

Cons: DOA..... yea. I recieved a box within a box. In this box sat this hard drive. This box clearly oversized allowed the HDD to bounce around during transit, even with the black anti-vibration crate end-pieces.