[quote name='decrot']Anyone know if Hitachi drives are reliable? im looking at the 0a38016 model and never had any experience with hitachi drives before. I've always bought a seagate.[/QUOTE]
They're OK. They've been IBM's OEm supplier for a long time. Western Digital's quality has improved, and Seagate/Maxtor are one and the same as mentioned, Quantum is long gone, so there's not really much difference in HDD quality nowadays.