Recommended SATA hard drives?

[jgbishop]

What SATA hard drives are recommended? I have two Maxtor SATA drives, but I'm unhappy with their performance (they also sound like they are having mechanical problems).

I also see that there are 3.0 Gbps drives and 1.5 Gbps drives available in the Anandtech storage guide. How do I know which one to go with? I've got an Asus P4P800 motherboard, but I don't know which data rate it supports (perhaps it handles both).

 

[Remy XO]

Cant go wrong with Samsung. Had one for 2 years now and works great and you wont hear it even up close.

 

[bchivers]

Love my Raptors.

 

[jgbishop]

Any other recommendations?

 

[halw]

Seagate. 5 yr. Warranty.