I heard some good things about Samsung Hard Disks on the Internet, so I thought I would give them a go.

I needed an internal SATA 3.0 500gb. My main criteria was Cost per GB, reliability, operating noise and performance.

You take such a gamble when you get a new hard disk, some are quiet, some are noisy, some make chunking noise, some don’t.

So between the good reputation from peers/users I chose the Samsung HD501LJ

So how does it meet my criteria?

Cost Per GB: 13p Per GB

Reliability: So far so good, build quality looks good too. Installation was simple.

Operating Noise: Excellent virtually silent.

Performance: I haven’t done any technical speed tests but anecdotally in use this seems very fast. I back up my data to ISO format and I can create a 20gb ISO in about 5 minuets. 

Summary

I have had nothing but a good experience so far. The key issue is reliability and that will only be known after time.

Co-incidentally My Dell XPS 420 shipped from Dell with the same model the HD501LJ

So a recommended buy from me, but if you have a different story share it with the world in the comments.

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