I like the Plextors just as much as the other people, but they DO NOT make a IDE version of the UltraPlex, so why bother mentioning it?
I picked up a Toshiba drive myself. Im on my 3rd Kenwood in 1 year! First started with the 52X.. then it doed, sent back to Kenwood for RMA and replaced with a 62X.. The 62X is surving so far. During the RMA process, i purchased a 72X to hold me over. Well, needless to say. The 72X is going back to kenwood DOA.
The Kenwoods are very very fast quiet drives, but the reliability sucks