Hitachi DeskStar T7K250 160 GB > Reviews > Impressed Thus Far

Author's product rating:   

Memory / capacity	Excellent
Reliability	Excellent
Ease of Installation	Excellent - very quick and easy
Speed	Very fast
Value For Money	Excellent

Advantages:	SATA so fast, smaller cables, easy to install
Disadvantages:	Can be loud when reading/writing

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

I wanted an SATA hard drive so bought this one on the back of great reviews with impressive test results when compared to comparative rival hard disks of similar price. I originally wanted an SATA 150 hard drive as that's all my motherboard can support, however this drive was marginally more expensive so I opted for this one, as, being SATA 2 it will be suitable for the future in a new PC. This drive performs far quicker than my old IDE hard drive and the difference in speed is visible with no special diagnostic programs. As is made obvious from my earlier statement it is like most SATA 2 hard drives backwards compatible with SATA 150. There's not really too much more to say about a hard drive other than that it is quiet most of the time but makes the usual noises during read and write it is slightly louder than my old IDE drive but nothing extreme. Installation was easy and the new cabling system used by SATA is much better for system air flow.

PLEASE NOTE I have selected totally unhelpful for instruction manual and manufacturer support as respectively there isn't one and i haven't used it. in addition it is hard for me to judge its reliabilty however it does come with a 3 year guarantee