We all know that Western Digital these days are more reliable than Seagate, I've read that this drive is noisy which isn't true, it makes less of that crackling noise than any others unless pushed to its extreme and even then with my side case off its far less noisy than my Barracuda. If you are looking for a new HDD don't look any further than Western Digital.

Just what you need to begin with, or for a budget build. Relatively quiet, decent capacity, decent price.

All the space I need, but you can really hear it when it's working

Hard drive is perfect for general storage and mightyape delivered blazing fast. :)