I was looking for something fast with a lot of storage for my new gaming PC that most of all I could rely on; I chose this drive because Hitachi is a big brand and one that has a good reputation for reliability. I managed to pick up this drive for £44 inc. VAT which is a complete steal for ... Read review
Advantages: Fast, Sata, Quite Cheap, Reliable Disadvantages: Have to use Hitachi Software to Enable Sata II
...I chose this drive because Hitachi is a big brand and one that has a good reputation for reliability. I managed to pick up this drive for £44 inc. VAT which is a complete steal for a Hitachi drive.
If you buy the retail version you will get a 130 page instruction manual with every little detail about the drive in it as well as all the screws, cables etc but to be honest your much better off buying a OEM version which is identical but ... ...speed you 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 ... more
I was looking for something fast with a lot of storage for my new gaming PC that most of all I could rely on; I chose this drive because Hitachi is a big brand and one that has a good reputation for reliability. I managed to pick up this drive for £44 inc. VAT which is a complete steal for a Hitachi drive.
If you buy the retail version you will get a 130 page instruction manual with every little detail about the drive in it as well as all the screws, cables etc but to be honest your much better off buying a OEM version which is identical but doesn't have all the nice packaging and screws etc so you end up saving about £15 or more.
The installation is as easy as any other hard drive, just plug in the power and S-ata cables and your away. The only downside with this is to enable s-ata II which gives you a much faster transfer speed you 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 highly recommended.
jajrst 04.04.2007
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I used this to replae an aging maxtor 80GB that came with my computer. This hard drive is so much faster and quieter. Six months since installation and absolutely no problems. ...
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Advantages: Value for money, great performance, additional drive utilities , SATA 300Gb/s Disadvantages: Little noisy
Product Description HitachiDeskStarT7K250 - 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 ...
8.5 ms (average) / 14.7 ms (max), 8.5 ms (average)
Track-to-Track Seek Time
0.8 ms
Average Latency
8.3 ms
Spindle Speed
7200 rpm
Reliability
Non-Recoverable Errors
1 per 10^14
Start / Stop Cycles
50,000
Expansion / connectivity
Interfaces
1 x ATA-133 - 40 PIN IDC, 1 x Serial ATA-300 - 7 pin Serial ATA
Compatible Bays
1 x internal - 3.5" x 1/3H
Miscellaneous
Works with Windows Vista
Works with Windows Vista
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
0.56 g @ RMS (random) (operating) / 1.04 g @ RMS (random) (non-operating)
Manufacturer's product description
The Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 extends the company's long-standing tradition of performance leadership. Hitachi's standardized features in desktop solutions enable fast transfer rates, low power utilization and quiet acoustics. These features combine to make the Deskstar T7K250 ideal not only for standard PC systems but also for ATA entry-servers, personal video recorders and other non-PC computing requirements. Hitachi is dedicated to provide a breadth of hard disk drive solutions to satisfy all of today's demanding computing needs.
