I've always used Western Digital drives...they have taken the beatings I give them and they are ALL still working...the only problem I've had is with a drive that was in a hot swap enclosure and its fan died...said drive wacked out for a while (which is how I figured out the enclosure fan had died...i.e. overheated the drive) but is still working...
the point being look around for a drive like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136049