Before this i use Maxtor 40GB PATA for three years already and no problem at all. You must also need to take care of the temperature or ram timing also.

If you all exciting to get raid setting, yes go on, the performance is great but in real application or real world its not worth to make raid. Ok to explain why go to this link Do you really need raid?

Now i like to get the HItachi one. This drive also great perfromance actually. The most important is the lowest seek time compare to all drives. I'm using sinle 250GB Hitachi Deskstar, in benchmark its average but in real app benchies, this is the better one.