I went to Microcenter to pick up the Hitachi 2Tb for $79-$10 rebate and saw the Seagate on sale

 

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0334239

It's a great price, but this drive has terrible reviews on Newegg.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148487&Tpk=ST320005N4A1AS

 

Just make sure to run 3+ cycles of preclear and keep backups of any data for a few weeks till the drive proves itself worthy.

The last truly bad review on NewEgg was approximately 1.5 years ago.  Perhaps they have improved.  Perhaps not.

 

Makes sense to stress them early as Superorb notes, regardless.

I have had both good and horrid experiences with these drives.

 

when they work, they work. when they don't, well.. its a horror story.

 

I have been sitting idol waiting for more sub $110 3TB drive sales.

 

I am down to 6TB of free space (2x 3TB drives). I like to keep at least a few empty drives available.

At this price, I guess i can pick up a few of these today to hold me over until 3TB drives go on sale. This is a pretty good price point per gig. It might be worth the gamble.

I can always find a new home for a 2TB drive if i had to.

 

At least with microcenter, if they fail in 30days, I can just take them up the road and exchange them.