Probably from Newegg. Anyone have any suggestions for a good one?

Sorry... more specifics:

- Internal hard drive

- Possibly SSD? Depends on how much they are and how nice they are. I know little to nothing about them. If they're going to be several hundred dollars... ehh, I'll wait.

- Size doesn't matter too much. My current HD is only 1TB, so anything will be an upgrade.

- For a desktop

You have any more specifics? Internal, external (portable or not), SSD, price range, size requirements?

I've been through 3 external hard drives (2/3/3 Tb), 1 portable (500 Gb) and 1 internal (1 Tb). I've only bought from Western Digital or Seagate. I've also bought from Newegg, Amazon, and the occasional electronic site that Part Picker directs me to. From my experience, all of them still work well (2+ years), no internal drive or housing/cosmetic problems. So far I've listened to the high-end reviewed drives and have been lead well.

Some nice things that are now influencing my next hard drive purchase:

External:
1. Prefer drives with enclosures designed to lay down instead of stand upright
2. Must have USB 3.0 capability

Portable:
1. Check for reported problems regarding cable contact/connection

Well, what type of hard drive do you need? How much space? What's it being used for? Laptop or desktop? etc

For hard drives I usually go with WD Black, they come with a better warranty

Do you have a SSD yet? If not, then get one. You can thank me later ;)

Updated OP with more specifics

This the biggest bang for the buck you can get right now. It will feel like a different computer. Keep movies and music on the old hdd, install software on the SSD. Games will load 5 times faster, everything will feel snappier. I have an old Core 2 Duo laptop which i was thinking of getting rid, but after installing a SSD it felt so much faster that i rather keep it around.

In that case I'll just leave this here, if you want an HDD:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236625&cm_re=WD_Black_1TB-_-22-236-625-_-Product

Good value for 1 TB, and like I said, the WD Black HDD's have a better warranty. I've used WD Black Laptop HDD's (750GB) and they've worked great for me.

For a desktop, you should have multiple physical drives anyway. Magnetics for storage, because they last longer and are cheaper per bit. SSD is, in my opinion, generally overrated, but for some situations it's valuable. If you play a lot of games that need hard drive swap space, you'll see a big difference. I don't, myself, since I mostly play older or turn-based games, so I'm quite happy with what's called a hybrid drive. They'll give you usually 8 to 16 gigs of SSD cache on the front of a magnetic drive, and they'll fail to passthrough so you can swap them to storage when the solid state eventually dies. That 16 gigs is plenty to cache up your entire O/S, so you usually see all the benefits of a SSD (much faster boot, faster access to your most frequently used files). If you need the SSD speed, really need it, get it. If you don't, but think it might be cool to dabble in it, maybe see what Amazon or NewEgg have for "hybrid SSD" drives.

I recently bought a SSD (well, know that I think, almost a year. Time sure runs away...). It was a Samsung EVO 212, 128 GB edition.
I think that it is, with my mechanical keyboard, the best purchase I have ever made. I have a goodish - decent PC (2nd gen i5, 8GB of cheap ddr3 ram, mid range nvidia) so, even if I wasn't struggling for some speed, using and old, cheap and heavily reused HDD, I saved some money and tried what was the fuss all about.
And personally, I was delighted. Even if it is a "cheap" (70 € more or less) SSD, the system boots in the bat of an eye. Apps load very fast and overall, my Windows felt snappier. I have also noted that the feeling I had with an "old" Windows installation (6 months tops and I felt the need for reinstalling) of becoming clunky, has decreased a lot.

What I did, similar to your situation, was keeping that drive for storage/games* and getting the ssd for windows + apps. I say games* because, even if they would be faster, I want to keep writes to a min, and I tend to keep loooots of games in another old HDD.

You would have to learn a few things about ssd's (no swap nor defrag for example) and calculate how much space you will need. Because high capacity ssd's are waaaaay over my budget at least, so I can't recommend them. But if you can live with less space and can rely on the older HDD for backups, I think a decent smallish ssd won't do any harm. I personally loved the change, but that is my opnion. Take it with a grain of salt.

About classical HDD's, when in need of them, I prefer seagate blacks (for general purpose. You can fine tune the price / performance with greens or whatever). They are the ones that have worked best for me.


Sorry for grammar and typos, I am in a zombie state. (But my opinions are sincere, don't worry! xD)

SSDs have become extremely competitive, price wise. Therefore the advantages of having one, while not totally overwhelming, are more than justified by the now very modest investment.

Getting one for your OS and main programs and a spacious HDD is your best bet.

As for specific models, get the best Western Digital HDD your budget allows. As for SSDs there's still no clear market leader from what I've seen. But Crucial is a really good option for reliability and price.

I prefer Western Digital Blue or Green Hard Drives (black I heard is better but have never used one)

As for a SSD I am using a Silicon Power brand one that is working quite well, it's very cheap too (http://www.amazon.com/Silicon-Power-Toggle-Internal-SP120GBSS3S60S25/dp/B009GG06F8)

I also recommend any samsung SSD's for non-budget builds or buys(used it my friends build and it works great)

EDIT: I also stay away from Seagate hard drives as everyone I have came across had problems with it (it could the bad luck though)

No. I've heard the same thing lately. Not sure what happened to them. They used to be right up there with Western Digital, but now everyone's raging at them.

See, this is why I'm getting another. Because my current HD is a Seagate, and it's several years old... makes me think it's going to do something bad soon.

Ok, I think I'm leaning toward this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236624&cm_re=WD_Black_1TB-_-22-236-625-_-Product

Dude, get a SSD, they are not overrated. I put the cheapest SSDs I could find into the old computers of my relatives and now they think I am some sort of half-god.

Back in the day Seagate lived up to their reputation (which was glowing). It's only recently I've seen a lot of bad press. So your drive might be OK. After all if it's seen several years it's not inherently faulty. But it will wear out at some point so replacing it isn't unreasonable.

That drive you selected is a solid purchase. But personally I'd recommend something of a combination of an SSD and maybe a Green model WD. Which you could get for more or less the same money.

From that site you could get a 60GB SSD for $50 and a WD green for $80, which is a solid combo of speed and capacity for not much more than your choice.

Plus, having your files on a separate HDD to your OS protects you from drive failure.