Ive always gone western digital. Only had 1 go bad on me, but thats only because of the strain i put on it with continuous reformats , and hundreds of gigs of dats being put on in 3 days lmao... than removed....than on......anyway i digress, iv'e alwaus liked western digital. I've got 2- 250 gb Raid-0 right now, and i love 'em.