Western Digital Caviar WD800BB 80 GB

Like any other 7200 drive, I really wonder if all those problems I read with W.D. are because people place them in an oven? I overclock everything, keep 4 fans always running and NEVER had a problem with W.D. I'll bet most problems would not have happened if a case fan was blowing on the drive. W.D. has never given me a problem. I build only with W.D. and Never a call it failed after building around 40 computers in last 2 years.

To: "Keep it Cool" This drive was in a PC that the case never even got warm to touch. I'm a firm believer in cooling. So it's not the temperature doing it. Have not had problems with WD drives till the last 3 to 4 yrs. Since then all the blue drives don't last. Have a Black that's running good. Have had 2 Raptor drives fail the same way. Using WD's test disk to confirm the drives are bad. So far the Green and Black drives are still running but they are not out of warranty yet. Will see what happens. That's 4 Blue and 2 Raptors in the last 5 yrs. that have failed me.