Very good article - many thanks Sander, you just saved me a whole heap of time in choosing a new drive. I had a look at a friend's website to get prices for the drives and was quite please to find prices for your top four - in order, £94, £145, £86.95 & £90! My decision has been made I think - £94 for the Western Digital 800JB, 80GB with 8MB cache sounds good.

For UK (or overseas I guess) readers, I got the prices from http://www.stscomputers.co.uk/ - and tell Rob that Michael sent you!