Hitachi GST Deskstar 5K3000 HDS5C3020ALA632 (0F12117) 2TB 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Pros: been using deskstar HD since before it was hitachi, had 1 IBM go bad, but never one from Hitachi

Cons: none

Pros: Bought this drive as the storage drive for my wife's computer. It's on most of the time and gets only light use, but has not shown any trouble signs so far.

Cons: Price really hasn't dropped in the 1 year since I bought it

Pros: good drive use it in software raid 5

Cons: none

Pros: Pros? Two- A large amount of storage, and a good price.

Cons: One- Lack of reliability. After about a year, I got the dreaded click of doom. The drive won't post or do anything but click.
I had planned to add a second drive and an SSD down the road, but after this happened I went with a Barracuda instead.
If I get a replacement (I'd much rather have my original repaired, honestly), it's going straight into an external enclosure and will only be used sparingly. Maybe that will help extend the life past a single year.

Other Thoughts: I've gone through many computers (and HDDs) in the past twenty years, but this is the first drive failure I've had since 1998.

Pros: Great drives. Three for over a year in a drobo without a single hiccup.

Cons: Out of stock.

Pros: Used it as a secondary drive in my PC. Installed fine, ran quiet and cool. Low power draw.

Cons: After about 2 years of use, I noticed that some files were getting corrupted and Windows Backups were not completing successfully. There were no SMART errors during startup. Upon running the Drive tool from HGST, I started getting many errors. Ran chkdsk over 24 hours and a few of the files were fixed. Thankfully, the drive was under 3 year warranty and I just got a replacement. Return shipping was very S-L-O-W - took over 10 days for the drive to reach me in continental US.

Other Thoughts: The primary (boot) drive on the same PC is a 10-years old 7200 RPM drive that is still running fine. I also have a 7-year old Hitachi 250 GB PATA drive that is working fine. I thought the slower RPM of this Hitachi drive and lower running temp would make it last longer - NOT.

Newegg shows this drive as being Out of Stock so I am not sure if Hitachi has stopped selling it. The replacement drive has a Jan-2013 on the label so hopefully I got a new drive. I checked the warranty using the Serial No. of the new drive and it expires in 12 months. It appears that Hitachi is no longer confident of a 3-Year warranty.

Pros: Large capacity and relatively cheap, including a mail-in-rebate.
Quiet operation.
Works well in RAID 01 setup.

Cons: One of the two I bought died right around a year of use. I have it in a RAID 01 configuration in an HTPC. This PC isn't even on all the time; it spends most of it's time in Sleep mode.

Other Thoughts: A 50% success rate is unacceptable, no matter how good the price is. If I did not purchase two and mirror them, I would have lost everything. The most critical piece of a computer is the hard drive; if you can't rely on that, what can you?
I have other hard drives that have been working well over 7 years.

Pros: I have not tested the speeds but device worked great out of the box, no problems and still going strong with absolutely no issues.

Cons: None

Pros: Works without problems. No inconveniences for me.

Cons: Can't think of any.

Pros: It was large capacity and cheap

Cons: It was cheap. After about 3 months files began to corrupt, then eventually all data lost and clicking was all I got.

Other Thoughts: Finally getting around to RMA. I may just end up with another lemon, but for a few dollars for shipping maybe some miracle will occur and the drive will work for a few years... Yes, I buy lottery tickets now and then.