There's not an awful lot to say about an hard drive really, but I'll try my best. I've bought several hard drives in the past which were either Maxtor or Western Digital, unfortunately my Western Digital failed but all the Maxtor hard disks I've purchased are still going strong. I bought an 80gb Samsung Spinpoint drive so I could use it with my Maxtor 60gb drive and use one for operating system and the other for games/files. When I turn on my computer you hear the Maxtor spin up is a high-pitch whirring sound but not a whisper from the Samsung, I have never known a hard disk to be as silent as the Samsung, you really cannot hear anything out of it.
I haven't done any benchmarks on the Samsung drive but I haven't had any problems with speed, everything seems to transfer as fast, if not faster, than it did with the Maxtor alone. Price for these drives is extremely cheap, I've seen a Samsung Spinpoint 160gb hard disk for sale at £59.99, which is a brilliant price for these drives.
If I was looking to purchase another hard disk then Samsung would definately be the first place I would look and wouldn't think twice about purchasing another Samsung drive.
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Design
Excellent
Ease of use
Easy
Instruction manual
Good
Manufacturer Support
Good
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