A little noisy, but you'd need a decimeter to prove it !
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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The Hitachi 160GB (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. The performance on the other hand is very good. There is no noticeable degradation of the drive, as found by using a disk analysis utility. Repeated or scheduled fragmentation also has no negligable effect. The drive is priced slightly higher than other major brands, with current prices around £60 exc. vat.
My opinion is that this is the perfect drive for anyone considering an upgrade, or for those like myself who are also computer builders. Clients can be guarenteed reliability.
Score: Full Marks!
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Design
Excellent
Ease of use
Very easy
Instruction manual
Very useful
Manufacturer Support
Excellent
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