Advantages: Big storage, quite quiet Disadvantages: None after 1 month of use
I bought this drive to replace my old 250gb western digital and 320gb samsung hard drives. I chose this Hitachi drive as at the time it was the best value drive I could find, and for the £58 I paid (from a company called overclockers) it offered a massive amount of storage at 1TB.
So far I've been using it for a month and no problems to report yet. It isn't the quietest drive I've used, but it is certainly by no means a noisy drive and also seems to have nice quick access times compared to my older SATA drives. Im using it as my only drive, with windows on a separate partition and all my other documents and programs on the remainder of the drive. The boot up time for windows seems quick at the moment, however i am sure with time it will slow down as all drives do when they get full of user files and related junk!
As far as ...
Advantages: Reliable, Quick, Quite, Good value for money Disadvantages: Not a very high capasity
If you are looking for an 80 GB hard disk for your PC, you have found the one to buy! I have been using 2 of these HitachiDeskstar's in my PC for a long time now. I have had no problems with them. For the price you pay to buy one, you are getting cheap and reliable hard disk, witch has a good capacity to price ratio (around 2GB per pound).
I would recommend this hard disk to anyone whom it is making up a new computer, or just needs more storage space.
This hard disk is probable one of the quickest disks I have used, its read speed is good, but I must say, the SATA (serial ATA) version is about twice as quick, but for them that don't intend to go down the path of SATA Can just stick with the ATA-100 version (or IDE as it is more commonly known).
Instillation of this disk is like every other hard disk on this planet, if you know ...
Advantages: Value for money, great performance, additional drive utilities , SATA 300Gb/s Disadvantages: Little noisy
Product Description HitachiDeskStar T7K250 - 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 ...
Product Information for "Hitachi Deskstar E7K1000 1 TB" »
General
MPN
0A38028
Device Type
Hard drive - internal
Width
10.2 cm
Depth
14.7 cm
Height
2.6 cm
Weight
0.68 kg
Hard drive
Form Factor
3.5" x 1/3H
Capacity
1 TB
Interface Type
Serial ATA-300
Buffer Size
32 MB
Features
Temperature sensor, load/unload technology, Rotational Vibration Safeguard (RVS), Hitachi Voltage Efficiency Regulator Technology (HiVERT), Thermal Flyheight Control (TFC), Bulk Data Encryption, Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (PMR)
Compliant Standards
S.M.A.R.T.
Performance
Drive Transfer Rate
300 MBps (external)
Internal Data Rate
174 MBps
Seek Time
8.5 ms (average)
Spindle Speed
7200 rpm
Reliability
MTBF
1,200,000 hour(s)
Non-Recoverable Errors
1 per 10^15
Start / Stop Cycles
300,000
Expansion / connectivity
Interfaces
1 x Serial ATA-300 - 7 pin Serial ATA
Compatible Bays
1 x internal - 3.5" x 1/3H
Miscellaneous
Works with Windows Vista
Software and devices that carry the Works with Windows Vista logo have been tested for baseline compatibility with PC's running.
Compliant Standards
RoHS
Environmental standards
EPA Energy Star Compliant
Yes
Manufacturer warranty
Service & Support
5 years warranty
Service & Support Details
Limited warranty - 5 years
Environmental parameters
Min Operating Temperature
0 °C
Max Operating Temperature
60 °C
Humidity Range Operating
8 - 90%
Shock Tolerance
300 g @ 2ms half-sine pulse (non-operating)
Vibration Tolerance
0.67 g @ RMS (random) (operating) / 1.04 g @ RMS (random) (non-operating)
Manufacturer's product description
The Deskstar E7K1000 delivers value to the enterprise with up to 1TB of capacity, 7200 RPM performance and innovative technologies like Rotational Vibration Safeguard (RVS). Systems with multiple drives installed are at risk for rotational vibration disturbance, which results from simultaneous operation of neighboring drives. To mitigate any adverse impact on system performance, Hitachi-patented RVS technology works to counteract this disturbance ensuring drive performance and data integrity. With a SATA 3Gb/s interface which utilizes the same physical connector as Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) drives, the Deskstar 7K1000.B is ideal for use in mixed-drive enterprise environments. The drive also has a targeted 1.2 million hours MTBF rating.
