Well, here's a couple tests on the drive:
http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/storage/samsung-hd300ld.html
http://www6.tomshardware.com/2005/1...city_to_fast_and_quiet_t133_series/index.html
The long story short seems to be that performance is decent, but by no
means record-breaking. Fairly middle-of-the-pack for performance, but
near the top when it comes to low noise levels. A lot of tests seem
to show the older Samsung P-Series actually being faster and a tiny
bit quieter as well, so if you can get by with only 250GB of capacity
then this might be a better choice. FWIW, ncix.com has the 250GB
P-Series on sale for $87 or the 300GB T-Series for $99. Both very
reasonably priced.