New Hard Drive help

[Atty]

I'm in the market for a new hard drive but I've got no idea what is good right now. I've got two Seagate 320's and one recently died, I'm in the process of RMA'ing it but I'd also like to pick up a new hard drive, but I have no idea what to get. Every hard drive I look at seems to have so many faults, high DOA rates, failure rates, noise, speed, etc, so maybe someone here can give me a idea on what to get.

I'm looking for something with a good size, good speed, and relatively quiet. Preferably no more then $150 but I'm willing to spend the extra buck to get some good performance. I'm looking at no less then 100GB's, preferably a lot more.

 

[Mondoman]

Get a Seagate -- they have 5-year warranties, unlike the other brands. You should be able to get 500-750 GB for $150.

 

[DSF]

With a new Western Digital, Seagate, Hitachi or Samsung you really won't go wrong. Samsung's Spinpoint series are the quietest, although not quite the highest performance. (Not slow, just not the absolute fastest.) As Mondoman said Seagate offers the longest warranty.