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I'm currently going to replace 3x 250GB drives, and the 250GB and 500GB externals (not enclosures, unfortunately) dedicated to backup, with new internals and a new external (internal+enclosure).

I have two different possibilities. I'd just like to see what I should really do (and how people like each of the drives).

Setup one ($309.96)
2x Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (internal)
1x Rosewill RX-358-S BLK (Black) 3.5" SATA to USB & eSATA Ext. Enclosure w/Int.80mm fan - Retail (external enclosure)
1x SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (external drive)

Setup two ($354.96)
1x Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (internal)
1x SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (internal)
1x Rosewill RX-358-S BLK (Black) 3.5" SATA to USB & eSATA Ext. Enclosure w/Int.80mm fan - Retail (external enclosure)
1x Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS 1.5TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive (bare drive) - OEM (external drive)

Like I said, I'm really debating between the two. I don't know if the extra ~400GB (900GB total, including internal and external of the second setup) is worth it.

I'm not loaded with money, until I get out of college, I won't be doing any ridiculous NAS/server storage setups with RAID like some of you have here. All I do is have internals that have my basic data (documents, movies, tv, music, games, game ISOs, etc) and then externals that I back up my internal data to once every week and store offsite (via SyncBackSE software, I love it!).

So pretty much what I do here is what I'll be stuck with for the next ~3 years (hooray adding on another major).
 
Really hoping I could order this soon before the holiday package rush...

I'm leaning towards the two WDs and one Samsung, but for ~$45 more I could gain 400GB more, but a potentially more volatile combo (different companies for every drive, moreso of a chance to get a DOA).
 
Wait, how are you getting 400GB? Setup one has 2280GB of storage whereas setup two has 3140GB of storage. That's a difference of 860GB. For an extra $45, I'd say that's well worth the cost. Granted 360GB of that extra storage will be for the internals the rest external but still worth it IMO.

Though have you thought about just getting two Seagate 1.5Tb drives, one internal, the other external?
 
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