Western Digital RE2-GP WD1000FYPS 1TB 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Quiet, cool, reliable so far. Very quick.

Cons: On spin up, it makes a quick noise which is common for 3.5" drives (sounds like a quick buzz/beep) aside from that silent operation, great drive.

Overall Review: Night Sailor claims this isn't built for a single external setup. I'm not sure why or how he/she got that impression, however this drive is working like a champ all by itself. Simply put, it's built with better components to make it a cooler operator, and a much more successful in RAID arrays where heat matters. But in my opinion less heat and better components is better no matter what the application.

Pros: After a number of WD failures of their consumer drives (15 total-all replaced under warranty and some of those failed), I've switched to their enterprise line and have been satisfied with the reliability with my own drives and those I install in client's computers.

Cons: WD's website says the warranty for FYPS product drives-both retail and bulk-should be 5 years. I've been burned before on OEM drive warranties, so I check WD's web site after receiving my drive, as you need the serial number to check. It indicated a warranty of only 3yr 10 months. (Strange since that didn't even coincide with the date of mfgr.) Called WD, they gave me a case number and had me to submit a copy of purchase receipt via their web site email. Took them about a week, but they changed it for the full 5 years.

Pros: Low sound and power usage. Doesn't overheat and stays fairly cool. Enterprise versions are definitely superior. JBOD and RAID 1 configurations both work great, I use these drives for my Thecus N2100 NAS.

Cons: Can't seem to locate them.

Overall Review: Buy this if you're looking for an internal HDD that you can rely on for years since it comes with a 5-year warrantee (Western Digital definitely backs their product). I've researched plenty of HDD before I bought the RE2 GP, almost bought the RE16 (def. stick with WD though), but I couldn't resist the latest 1TB technology.

Pros: I own four of these and they run wonderfully. Quiet, cool, and reliable. 5yr warranty.

Cons: None

Overall Review: I've purchased one drive every 3 months (so each is probably from a separate manufacturing batch), and they've all been totally reliable for me. I imagine that other negative reviews are not the norm.

Pros: Awesome drive for just dumping all your movies or disc images onto. As you well may know by now this isn't something one would use with high performance in mind. Ideally it is just for storage but despite the tech site reviews I'm still impressed with its responsiveness and speed. Incredibly quiet as well.

Cons: None! Unless you're looking for screaming performance under high loads.

Pros: Cool, quiet, speedy, and holds all I could ever want. I use it as a stand alone external hard drive for general storage and backup. Like Night Sailor said, it was recommended for use in a raid situation, but it works just fine as a single drive too.

Cons: Like wfbnadador said before me, it does make a startup noise, but its smooth and quiet from there on out. But that doesn't really sound like an issue at all.

Overall Review: I have it housed inside a : "Rosewill RX-358-S BLK" drive enclosure. No installation issues, or recognition issues, worked just as a plug and play drive should. The drive was intended for use in a professional grade, mass-storage configuration, where its power and efficiency technologies would prove to be a valuable asset, but that doesn't mean it won't work well as a single drive solution.

Pros: I have 4 in a raid 5 setup I bought at the same time. They work great, although slightly slower than 6 500gb in raid 5.... obviously.... With a high end raid card and some sort of striping\raid5 no concernable performance issues, at least not on a desktop with only medium I\O

Cons: hmm.. their not 20k RPM and free?

Pros: none for these two

Cons: Both drives were unresponsive. I've had much better luck with the older WD "Green" RE drives, but thought that since these were destined for a RAID setup, the TLEP or whatever would be beneficial.

Overall Review: I've had much better luck with the older WD "Green" RE drives, but thought that since these were destined for a RAID setup, the TLEP or whatever would be beneficial.