Fast disk, easy to place. 1TB of storage allows for comfortable partitions, to be assured of not losing its data by formatting the system partition. Unlike Marco, I do not find it very quiet, you can hear disk access if one has not a well-insulated tower (in my case). I myself connected SATA II with XP that works quietly after having struggled to recognize him by my motherboard, a little old (Asus A8N SLI Premium). I hope that reliability will be waiting for you, it would be the least of it for quite a premium product.