I've given up on all drives except Seagate
If they started to go bad, I dont know what I'd do.
However, I do have a machine shop friend make me brackets that hold two drives about an inch apart, and an 80MM fan that blows air crosswise over the platter end of the drives simultaneously. They stay ice cold all the time. I then bolt the whole thing to the bottom of the case.
Another thing to watch out for is pushing so hard on the 12V molex that one may crystallize or impair the four solder joints on the PCB. Always rock it out or in easy.