I've never had any go bad, but others have so the potential is certainly there. I've only bought maybe a dozen, so the stats can't be settled just by me. It has its own RAID card built in, and that driver isn't built into Windows 7 or Server 2008, so you get to download the driver and add it during OS install (not nearly as bad as it used to be, USB and CDs are allowed, and you don't have to press "F6" at just the right time).
It will fit multiple places, I'd consider sticking it on the orange slot way down at the end; better ventilation is never a bad thing.