The Samsung Spinpoints for 1TB+ are all 500GB/platter, I believe. High areal density is good ^^

Most desktop (3.5") drives are 7.2k RPM. The WD Raptors are 10K RPM, but their low areal density and high prices means buying a large drive much saner. "Green" drives I believe run at 5.4k RPM, but can actually be faster than their non-green counterparts, somehow.

I think it's a dynamic 5400-7200rpm thing. I heard they were pretty good too.

Right, it's down to a choice of two:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/158798
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143288

The Samsung.

I'm concerned about the latest reviews of the Samsung. It does not seem to have a very long lifespan.

I'm tempted to go for a Maxtor one:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/159391

We've used a few Maxtor drives and never had them fail. Anyone know much about them? Have we been lucky, or are they good?

I've never had any problems with my samsung hard drive.

<Insert Brand Name Here> has a yearly death chance of 3%. Basically there is a 3% chance of any hard drive that it would fail.

Edit: Or was it 30%? I can't remember. I know its to do with the mass making I just can't remember is it 3 or 30?

It will be 3%, 30% is far too big.

TBH, all the HDDs will have similar failure rates.

<insert fan boy judgement on which hdd to get here>

What is this post trying to say?

http://forums.ebuyer.com/showpost.php?p ... ostcount=9

It's for the Seagate drive.

That the Seagate drive breaks or something. Sounds like a similar error to what I get, but more often.

I have used 2 Maxtor's in the past. They are OK. Samsung are probably the best right now.