New hard drive- eSata?

[zillion]

Well, I had a 500 gig Western Digital **** out on me (may still be under warranty thru Newegg- have to check) but I need to get something new- I think the one that died got too hot. I have an Antec case with multi directional fans (sucking in and blowing out) but man, the WD drives just plain run super-hot. That Raptor 150 of mine (10 gigs for XP/2nd partition for storage) is still too hot to touch and I worry the heat may kill it eventually too. My 500 gig was a storage only and now I need a new drive.

I did some research here and on Tom's Hardware, and think I need an external, if nothing else just to keep my case temps down. Would that help my system stability? I am looking into either an external case that can cool the hell out of an internal plugged into it, or a devoted external drive that takes care of itself on cooling.
I'd like the best bang for buck of reliable storage and have looked at the confusing WD My book (I, II, pro, etc) line. Tom's hardware suggests getting eSata but then where does that plug into. I have two Sata ports on my mobo (the Raptor uses one) but that is inside so do I need an adapter to run an eSata external to my tower? I have also heard of drives that can hook into your modem/router but I worry that that is not the fastest data transfer, nor does it sound secure.
I'd like to get either 500 gigs or maybe 750 (the 1000 gigs are too expensive)

I have been out of the loop on storage drives so any ideas? Thanks!! -Z

[Sterling_Aug]

Newegg will not replace the hard drive, but Western Digital should. Newegg will only swap out a dead item within the first 15 days I think. After that, it is covered by the manufacturer.

I would just add a 120mm case fan mounted in the case with zip ties and blowing onto the hard drive. Leave as much room around the drive as you can.

I would also switch all of the case fans to suck only. Pull all of the hot air out of the case and forget about any fans blowing in. The air will find a way in the case no matter what.

[zillion]

I will call western digital today, thanks. So for a new hard drive, how do you guys feel about the 1.5 TB My Book (haven't priced it yet though).. or the My Book's in general.

[Sterling_Aug]

Why go external? They are more expensive and not as easily upgraded.

[Midknyte]

you would need to have an esata port on the back of your computer. for external usb2 would be better for compatibility.

[fizur2002]

a lot of newer motherboards now have the eSATA built in or have it as a addon bracket.

[zillion]

I found a great $14 PCI card that adds two internal SATA ports and one external.
I am holding out on getting a My Book yet as WD did say my drive had a 3 year warranty and so they're sending me a new one. Yay! With the bracket, I can throw my former 300 gig drive in as well.