No such thing for data reliability, but personally believe Made In Thailand > Made In China, guess Samsung is Made In Korea & WD is Made In Malaysia. *P/S: beside HDD, others china make PC parts all I can accept.

Because my HDD kong is Hitachi which labeled "Made In China", others Hitachi / Seagate all "Made In Thailand".

Always monitor the HDD temperature to keep it longer life span, add fan for it, do pc inner clean up at least half year.