2007 Jan 27th - UK - I need to add 3 more 750gb drives to my Mac Pro

Hi
Anyone have a good feeling for the best 3 750gb drives to add to my initial 500gb Hitachi HDS725050KLA360 that is fitted as standard.
I have heard that Seagate barracudas have some problems.
Any concrete benchmarks or actual users war stories would help.
PS My initial drive is a bit 'noisy'...
cheers

The Apple OEM Hitachi has been noted as being noisy from day #1. I would stick with Hitachi or MaxLine Pro or WD RE2 to get where you want, ie, 2TB of storage.
Barefeats did a "how to stuff 20 SATA drives in Mac Pro" recently. Otherwise, invest in external Port Multiplier or Infiniband controller + drive enclosures

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