TheTechLounge has posted an updated 1TB Hard Drive Roundup. They take a look at these drivers: the Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000, the Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 (ST3100340AS), and the Seagate Barracuda ES.2 (ST31000340NS). Western Digital Green (WD10EACS) and Western Digital Caviar Black (WD1001FALS). Here's a taster:

I was really quite surprised by the results I got from this round of tests. The 500 GB roundup showed a serious lack of performance on the part of Seagate. I am happy to report that they have remedied that situation. Although Hitachi hit the market first, the performance numbers that Seagate is posting in these benchmarks is quite impressive. On sheer performance, I would say that the Seagate drives are hands-down winners. UPDATE: Scratch that, the obvious winner now has to be the WD Black 1TB drive. Yes, previously I did like the Seagate drives for their performance, but now, I just can't argue with the WD Black. With that said, I also like the WD Green drive as well. Even though the performance numbers that it posted are not earth shattering, the drive does run very cool. I was able to tell a noticeable difference in temperature of the drives just by touch. For that reason alone, the WD Green drive would be my drive of choice for low noise, low heat applications (hmmm, sound familiar?).

With the addition of the WD Black drive with its top-notch performance and its solid 5-year warranty, there is no reason to look any further for a 1 TB drive. Unless you want a cool running drive, in which case, just go with the WD Green.