I purchased two of thesedrives 4 installation in the Linksys NAS 200. The install was easy & the drives are really snappy in the NAS 200. No issues at all.
Rating: 5 of 5 Cool, Quiet & Reliable!
The biggest killer of harddrives 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.
Rating: 1 of 5 Replaced 3 in a year. .
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 harddrives were replaced by WD under warranty, but I spent $500 in PC repairs & data recovery in 2007. WD sends you a reconditioned harddrive & not a new one. I will never buy WD again & their QC department should be ashamed of themselves. I recommend Seagate.