[gr8fl4porsche]

I've had good luck with all brands and bad luck with all brands - in my opinion it's a crap shoot.

My currrent stable houses WD, Seagate and Hitachi.

My dead pile is full of WD, Seagate and Hitachi (used to be called the IBM Deathstar)

I just buy whatever Newegg has on sale and go with it. Plan on replacing every couple of years or at the first hint of trouble such as noise, clicking, hard to boot, etc.