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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leadership. Hitachi's standardized features in desktop and low duty cycle server solutions enable faster transfer rates, scalable performance and quicker boot up times. Hitachi is dedicated to providing a breadth of hard disk drive products to satisfy all of todays demanding computing needs. Hitachi hard drives are backed by an array of technical support and services which may include customer and integration service.
leadership. Hitachi's standardized features in desktop and low duty cycle server solutions enable faster transfer rates,scalable performance and quicker boot up times. Hitachi is dedicated to providing a breadth of hard disk drive products to satisfy all of today's demanding computing needs. Hitachi hard drives are backed by an array of technical support and services which may include customer and integration service.The Deskst...
and beyond. The T7K250 provides all of these enhancements to enable faster data access and better power management to the system. The drive is also backward compatible for those wishing to upgrade their storage of SATA 1.0 systems.
Features: Temperature sensor, load/unload technology, Native Command Queuing (NCQ), Enhanced Error Correction Code, Thermal Flyheight Control (TFC)
Compliant Standards: S.M.A.R.T.
Performance
Drive Transfer Rate: 300 MBps (external) / 121 MBps (internal)
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 Serial ATA-300 - 7 pin Serial ATA
Compatible Bays: 1 x internal - 3.5" x 1/3H
Miscellaneous
Compliant Standards: RoHS
Environmental parameters
Min Operating Temperature: 0 °C
Max Operating Temperature: 60 °C
Humidity Range Operating: 8 - 90%
Shock Tolerance: 70 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: Value for money, great performance, additional drive utilities , SATA 300Gb/s Disadvantages: Little noisy
...Product Description HitachiDeskStar T7K250 - hard drive - 160GB - SATA II
Type Hard drive - internal
Form Factor 3.5" x 1/3H
Dimensions (WxDxH) 10.2 cm x 14.6 cm x 2.5 cm
Weight 0.6 kg
Capacity 160GB
Interface Type Serial ATA II
Connector 22-position Serial ATA (SATA) plug
Data Transfer Rate 300 MBps
Average Seek Time 8.5 ms
Spindle Speed 7200 rpm
Buffer Size 8 MB
This is one of the cheapest SATA 300Gb/s capable hard disk available in this capacity range.
The hard disk has a SATA interface, regular 12v power connector, and also a SATA power interface. If your computer has the new SATA power connectors, you...
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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...
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Advantages: Reliable, Quick, Quite, Good value for money Disadvantages: Not a very high capasity
...If you are looking for an 80 GB hard disk for your PC, you have found the one to buy! I have been using 2 of these Hitachi Deskstar's in my PC for a long time now. I have had no problems with them. For the price you pay to buy one, you are getting cheap and reliable hard disk, witch has a good capacity to price ratio (around 2GB per pound).
I would recommend this hard disk to anyone whom it is making up a new computer, or just needs more storage space.
This hard disk is probable one of the quickest disks I have used, its read speed is good, but I must say, the SATA (serial ATA) version is about twice as quick, but for them that don't intend to go down the path of SATA Can just stick with the ATA-100 version (or IDE as it is more commonly known).
Instillation of this disk is like every other hard disk on this planet, if you know...
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