Best HD WD 1TB for my MacPro 08?

[nanofrog]

HD154UI (1.5TB SATA300) drives are $100 right now. These are the F2 Spinpoint EcoGreen Raid-Class drives but they're about the same speed or a little faster than the 1TB performance drives. It's like getting an extra 500GB and some power savings for free.

What kind of experience do you have with Samsung's drives in RAID?

I've never been able to bring myself to try them out yet.

 

[HHarm]

I'm getting a 1 TB drive too and a second drive for Time Machine.

Do I need to care about the drive being backplane compatible (I have a MP09)? I'm looking at the Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB and the Samsung EcoGreen F2 1.5 TB.

 

[nanofrog]

I'm getting a 1 TB drive too and a second drive for Time Machine.

Do I need to care about the drive being backplane compatible (I have a MP09)? I'm looking at the Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB and the Samsung EcoGreen F2 1.5 TB.

No, the power and data connectors on the back of any SATA drive will fit.

 

[oz1]

HDDs really can be a lottery.

I recently bought 4 WD 1 TB Blacks. 2 failed within 24 hours of installation.

I also now have 3 1TB Hitachis. They seem OK so far. My two Seagate 1 TBs have also been fine for the last 6 months.

I don't detect any noise different between the two brands