Western Digital WD1600AAJS 160GB Caviar Se SATA 7200Rpm 8MB Cache SATA Hard Drive

I purchased two of these drives 4 installation in the Linksys NAS 200. The install was easy & the drives are really snappy in the NAS 200. No issues at all.

The biggest killer of hard drives is heat. If there is no air flow around the drive, the drive risks certain failure. That said, I have 2 of these running 24/7 in a home-theater PC in a raid-0 array. They are fast & quiet. They have been running continuously 4 over a year, & no hiccups. 160GB is small by today's standards, but the beauty of this design is that the drive is spinning just one single platter. If you were 2 go 2 the 320 GB or larger drive, then you will have multiple platters spinning inside the enclosure, resulting in higher heat & noise.

I had 3 die in the span of one calendar year. As a teacher, all I do is internet, word processing, Powerpoints & download a little music here & there. Yes, the hard drives were replaced by WD under warranty, but I spent $500 in PC repairs & data recovery in 2007. WD sends you a reconditioned hard drive & not a new one. I will never buy WD again & their QC department should be ashamed of themselves. I recommend Seagate.

Western Digital WD1600AAJS 160G SATA300 7200RPM Caviar SE Hard Drive Cool, quiet operation, superior performance & industry-leading reliability make these SATA drives ideal 4 desktop, business, & consumer electronics storage.