Not baced on price per gig but on quality, I have heard theire are issues with the 1.5tb drives.

 

Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM $139.99 (.093 per gig)

5 Year Warrenty

 

Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM $99.99 (.099 per gig)

3 Year Warrenty

 

HITACHI Deskstar 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM $89.99 (.089 per gig)

 

Don't buy the deskstar.  It's not in the same league as the WD or Seagate.  It's ridiculously hot and slow (for a 7200rpm drive).  I would lean towards the WD drive when compared to the Seagate.  There seem to have been quite a few firmware issues with the seagate drives.  They also have a 1e-14 error rate instead of 1e-15.

 

You don't include it but I would lean towards the Samsung Spinpoint 5400 RPM or 7200 RPM drives.  I saw the 5400 rpm version at newegg for $90 the other day.

Warning, I just read some complaints on AVSForum regarding Samsung. The poster was having difficulties getting a replacement for a failed drive. I tried searching for information on Samsung warranty and RMA and it was darned difficult to get to as opposed to both Seagate and Western Digital.

I have been using this SAMSUNG drive

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152135

 

For 2 days now. 

 

It runs cold, and so far seems on par with performance of the Western Digital Green Powers. 

 

We shall see. 

If I were you, I'd be reluctant to believe those temps.

http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=2673.0

If I were you, I'd be reluctant to believe those temps.

http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=2673.0

 

You're right, the Samsung drives are all crap.  Don't buy them...

 

More for me...

Well I ended up ordering 2 of the Seagate 1.5tb drives thismoring. Newegg has then for $119 shipped, thought that was a good deal.

 

They do have a firmware update listed for these drives now, have to fugure out if I need to do that or not.