One more note: the 1TB Black and 1.5TB Green drives that I have here, are the first 3.5" drives that I have actually paid for since the 1990s. Normally I use vendor freebies for everything.

So I'm voting with my wallet on these ones.

I do purchase 2.5" drives as well, though. There, my current preference is also WD, and for the same reasons: quiet, very low power usage, and very, very fast.

Cheers