The Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 extends the company's long-standing tradition of performance leadership. Hitachi's standardized features in desktop solutions enable fast transfer... more
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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.
Drive Transfer Rate: 133 MBps (external) / 105.4 MBps (internal)
Seek Time: 8.5 ms (average) / 14.7 ms (max)
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
Compatible Bays: 1 x internal - 3.5" x 1/3H
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.
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), 0.56 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 HitachiDeskStarT7K250 - hard drive - 160 GB - 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 160 GB
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: Fast, Sata, Quite Cheap, Reliable Disadvantages: Have to use Hitachi Software to Enable Sata II
...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...
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Advantages: SATA so fast, smaller cables, easy to install Disadvantages: Can be loud when reading/writing
...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...
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The Samsung Spinpoint has, for the past year or so, been the hard drive of choice for those looking for good value. I needed a new hard drive recently, and I had no reservations whatsoever about getting this.
When it arrived, I installed it and was... more
I suppose i bought this hard drive about a year ago. I chose it because it was reasonably priced,it had good capacity and it looked plain,simple but also stylish. I think i paid about £75 as i bought it on a trip to the states. I initially needed it to... more
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