I need a 3GB internal harddrive. Looking through statistic data from BackBlaze, it seems that Seagate is the worst solution because of it HUGE failure rate. Yes the prices are good for this drive but you don't want a cheap drive that will fail after 2 years. Right?
The next brand with high failure rate is Western Digital.
Both Seagate and WesternDigital drive have price in the 100 euros range.
Toshiba has a much better failure rate.
But the winner is HGST. It has a significant higher price (126 euro) but totally worth it.
You want to do amateur or power-level computing? Then there is no other choice than Windows! Period. As a Windows user you don't have to spend tons of a money for a Mac PC (sorry Mac guys but Mac is nothing else than an expensive PC now) and you don't have to waste time on forums to learn how install stuff. All that Linux/Mac can offer you can get on Windows and get is better. I spent many years working with Linux but it was always only my second choice. Sorry Linux friends, but I said it.