HDD for htpc

[sbiswas]

I'm looking for the right HDD for my htpc. I intend to use it as a PVR also so it will likely be on all the time. I'm assuming Windows MCE will hibernate/idle and come back to life when it's time to record (am I dreaming?). I'm considering the following 1TB drives:

Western Digital: WD10EADS
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31000340AS
(Seagate ST310005N1A1AS - out of my pricerange)

I did a comparison of these drives here:

http://www.storagereview.com/php/be...&devID_0=362&devID_1=352&devID_2=361&devCnt=3

but the WD is WD10EACS and the Seagate is the ES.2 version which I think is for business. I also found individual reviews here:

WD10EACS: http://www.silentpcreview.com/article804-page2.html
Samsung: http://www.silentpcreview.com/article843-page2.html
Seagate: http://www.silentpcreview.com/article803-page2.html

Both storagereview and silentpcreview indicate that the WD has the lowest idle power and all other specs seem more or less comparable to me. I hate to waste energy but I must have my tv! So is this the right HDD for me? Or are there other things I should be looking at?

 

[shackrock]

I have 4 WD10EADS' . Never had a problem once, they are great.

Also, I tihnk they are still $99 free shipping on ebay.

 

[SC385]

Go for the WD green drives since the HTPC will be on all the time.

Also, the HTPC won't Hibernate and wake up to record since hibernate is pretty much turned off but it can go into Suspend and wake up on its own.

 

[darkpaw]

Assuming resuming from suspend works. My media PC completely screws up USB devices on resume. I have to unplug and reconnect my blue tooth dongle and my wired kb.

 

[Adidas4275]

its been a headache ot get sleep S3 to work right on my HTPC also....