I haven't used Seagate in years. I have sort of a grudge against them. I have had so many of their drives crap out on me... The SAN where I work was filled with Seagates, and shortly after the warranty was up, the drives started going out one by one. We have replaced most of them with Western Digital drives, and have had pretty good luck. It might just be a fluke, but I can't bring myself to buy anything from Seagate anymore.