The Deskstar T7K500 builds on Hitachi's award winning tradition with 160GB per platter areal density technology. Consumer personal computers and mid-range servers demand high... more
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Features: Temperature sensor, load/unload technology, Native Command Queuing (NCQ), Temperature sensor, Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
Compliant Standards: S.M.A.R.T.
Performance
Drive Transfer Rate: 300 MBps (external) / 124.8 MBps (internal)
Seek Time: 8.5 ms (average)
Spindle Speed: 7200 rpm
Reliability
Non-Recoverable Errors: 1 per 10^14
Start / Stop Cycles: 50,000
Manufacturer's product description
The Deskstar T7K500 builds on Hitachi's award winning tradition with 160GB per platter areal density technology. Consumer personal computers and mid-range servers demand high capacity and high performance storage to meet consumers digital media needs and growth ATA server application requirements. The Deskstar T7K500 meets these performance requirements and delivers the high capacity for today's applications.
Expansion / connectivity
Interfaces: 1 x Serial ATA-300, 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: 55 g @ 2ms half-sine pulse (operating) / 300 g @ 2ms half-sine pulse (non-operating)
Vibration Tolerance: 0.67 g @ RMS (random) (operating) / 1.04 g @ RMS (random) (non-operating)
Advantages: Easy setup, Reliable Disadvantages: Perhaps a little noisey
...Nice product, got mine for £45 being a oem drive so no cabels were supplied etc .... It was easy to install format and partition with no problems, windows recognised the full size straight away, Jumper setting guide is on the drive an easy to follow, I use mine as my second drive with windows being installed on another but im always swapping files to and from drives and all my downloads go to the Hitachi and so far no errors, corruptions or anything of the sort, Speed seems reasonable transfers a 5Gb movie in about 2 mins with other things going on in the background all in all it seems very reliable the only complaint i would have is it does tend to get a little noisey at times but only a little and not as loud as my maxtor...
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Advantages: Lots of storage space for Rock Bottom prices Disadvantages: You have to get the pins correctly inserted with the cables as you can choose the size of the hard drive with this technique
...This has got to be one of the best buys I have ever made for a hard drive. 160gb for that price is a like a bargain at a car boot sale. Not only does it have gigantic storage space, it is reliable because of the 8mb cache. Most hard drives that are cheap come with a 2mb cache whcih make them work slower. So if you buy this product, you know it will never fail on you. This makes it very reliable. Many hard drives are unreliable because of the size and it can't actually handle the data. This is easy to install, and would take a maximum of five minutes to get up and running. It has enormous storage capabilities at high speeds. I would recommend this to anyone who needs a new hard drive with enough space and at a rock bottom price....
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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 you...
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