The Deskstar 7K160 builds on Hitachi's award-winning tradition with 160GB per platter areal density technology. Desktop personal computers demand highly efficient designs. The... more
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but also for ATA entry-servers per-sonal video recorders and other non-PC computing requirements.The Deskstar 7k160 is the second generation Deskstar drive to ena...
areal density technology. Desktop personal computers demand highly efficient designs. The Deskstar 7K160 meets these design points and delivers the sweet spot capacit...
areal density technology. Desktop personal computers demand highly efficient designs. The Deskstar 7K160 meets these design points and delivers the sweet spot capacit...
but also for ATA entry-servers per-sonal video recorders and other non-PC computing requirements.The Deskstar 7k160 is the second generation Deskstar drive to enable the host system to maximize storage of data. This is achieved by Hitachi’s “Smooth Stream” technology which gives the host control over the drive’s error recovery process. This important ATA-7 Standards feature fine tunes the Deskstar to capture long audio or video data streams. Capacity - 160GB Interface - SATA 3.0Gb/s (Serial) Rotational Speed - 7200RPM Buffer Size - 8MB Average Seek Time - 8.5ms Warranty - 3 Years
long standing tradition of performance and quality. TheT7K160 range combines both new and proven technologies to boost performance, capacity and reliability. With Hitachi s standardized features their desktop solutions are given fast transfer rates, low power and quiet accoustics. These features mean thatthe Hitachis Deskstar T7K160 is ideal for a host of requirements including PC systems. ATA-Entry servers, personal video recorders and other non-PC computing requirements. Serial ATA technology provides many benefits to the end user and storage vendorsby offering a platform that overcomes the limitations of Parallel-ATA drives. Integration is made simpler with Hot-Plug connection, reduced pin count, lower voltage signalling and smaller connectors and cables. SATA drives offer transfer rates of up to300MB/Sec. Configuration S-ATA Ultra-300 Interface Sector size (bytes) - 512 Recording zones - 30 Data heads (physical) - 4 Data disks - 2 Max. areal density (Gbits/sq. inch) - 62 Max. recording density (KBPI) - 689 Track density (KTPI) -93.5 (3 disk), 90 (2/1 disk), 87 (1 disk) Performance 8MB Data buffer Latency average (ms) - 4.17 Media transfer rate (max. Mbits/sec) - 757 Interface transfer rate (max. MB/sec) - 300 Sustained data rate (MB/sec) - 61.4 -29.7 (zone0-29) Seek time (read, typical) Average (ms) - 8.5/8.8 Track to track (ms) - 1.1 Full track (ms) - 15.1 Reliability Error rate (non-recoverable) - 1 in 10E14 Start/stops (at 40 C) - 50K Acoustic Idle (Bels) -3.0 (3 disks), 2.8 (2 disks), 2.6 (1 disk) Power Requirement +5 VDC (+/- 5%), +12 VDC (+10%/-8%) Startup current (max. A) - 1.72 (+12V) & 068 (+5V) Idle (W) - 7.0 (3 disks), 5.9 (2 disks), 5.0 (1 disk) Physical size Height(mm) - 25.4 Width (mm) - 101.6 Depth (mm) - 146 Weight (max. g) - 640 Ambient temperature 5 to 55 C Relative humidity (non-condensing) 8% to 90% Max. wet bulb (non-condensing) 29.4 C Shock (half sine wave, 2ms) 55G Vibration (random (RMS)0.67G for horizontal, 0.56G for vertical Ambient temperature -40 to 65 C Relative humidity (non-condensing) 5% to 95% Max. wet bulb (non-condensing) 35 C
Drive Transfer Rate: 133 MBps (external) / 121 MBps (internal)
Seek Time: 8.5 ms (average)
Spindle Speed: 7200 rpm
Reliability
Non-Recoverable Errors: 1 per 10^14
Start / Stop Cycles: 50,000
Manufacturer's product description
The Deskstar 7K160 builds on Hitachi's award-winning tradition with 160GB per platter areal density technology. Desktop personal computers demand highly efficient designs. The Deskstar 7K160 meets these design points and delivers the sweet spot capacities for today's business applications.
Expansion / connectivity
Interfaces: 1 x ATA-133 - 40 PIN IDC
Compatible Bays: 1 x internal - 3.5" x 1/3H
Miscellaneous
Compliant Standards: RoHS
Environmental parameters
Min Operating Temperature: 5 °C
Max Operating Temperature: 55 °C
Humidity Range Operating: 8 - 90%
Shock Tolerance: 55 g @ 2ms half-sine pulse (operating) / 350 g @ 2ms half-sine pulse (non-operating)
Vibration Tolerance: 0.67 g @ RMS (random) (operating) / 1.04 g @ RMS (random) (non-operating)
Advantages: Fast, Sata, Quite Cheap, Reliable Disadvantages: Have to use Hitachi Software to Enable Sata II
...have to use Hitachi Feature Tools within windows, this is available from the Hitachi website and is easy enough but is just a added nuisance really. Once you have done this though the drive really flies along with speeds of about 130Mbps. The drive is also very unobtrusive sound wise, you can barely hear it clicking away in the background if you install it tightly.
If your looking for something that's good for storing all of your files and fast enough to run games off that not going to break the bank this is really the drive to go for. If your looking for something that's just really for games have a look at the Western Digital Raptor X series with 10,000 Rpm and 74Gb of Storage but these retail at about £150 or so, I personally would go for the Hitachi over the Raptor because of it's superior reliability and more data storage. This comes...
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Advantages: Extremely Reliable Disadvantages: A little noisy, but you'd need a decimeter to prove it!
...The Hitachi160GB (SATA Version) is truly an exceptional drive. Whereas Maxtor are known for their low prices and Western Digital for their performance, Hitachi have truly captured the market as a result of the reliability of their products. And so it is with the 160GB Hard Drive.
As far as hard drives go, it's pretty standard. It installs the same way, works the same way, even looks the same way, unless you count the different logo.
I personally have 2 of these drives, having bought them as a replacement for my previous Maxtor drives, after one o them failed irrecoverably and the other failed but did not have guarenteed reliability.
I have found that the Hitachi drive is slightly noisier than the Maxtor, although this is only really noticeable if you are lyying next to your case with it lying open, and even then only on bootup...
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Advantages: Easy setup, Reliable Disadvantages: Perhaps a little noisey
...Nice product, got mine for £45 being a oem drive so no cabels were supplied etc .... It was easy to install format and partition with no problems, windows recognised the full size straight away, Jumper setting guide is on the drive an easy to follow, I use mine as my second drive with windows being installed on another but im always swapping files to and from drives and all my downloads go to the Hitachi and so far no errors, corruptions or anything of the sort, Speed seems reasonable transfers a 5Gb movie in about 2 mins with other things going on in the background all in all it seems very reliable the only complaint i would have is it does tend to get a little noisey at times but only a little and not as loud as my maxtor...
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