The Travelstar 5K250 is Hitachi's highest capacity 5400 RPM hard drive for notebook PCs. With more than a 56% capacity improvement and 8% better application performance than its... more
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With more than a 56% capacity improvement and 8% better application performance than its predecessor, this drive is the work horse of the mobile product line. The ...
With more than a 56% capacity improvement and 8% better application performance than its predecessor, this drive is the work horse of the mobile product line. The ...
With more than a 56% capacity improvement and 8% better application performance than its predecessor, this drive is the workhorse of the mobile product line. Trave...
With more than a 56% capacity improvement and 8% better application performance than its predecessor this drive is the workhorse of the mobile product line. Travels...
Features: TrueTrack servo technology, Thermal Flyheight Control (TFC), TrueTrack servo technology, Thermal Flyheight Control (TFC), Bulk Data Encryption
Performance
Drive Transfer Rate: 150 MBps (external) / 83.1 MBps (internal)
Seek Time: 11 ms (average)
Track-to-Track Seek Time: 1 ms
Average Latency: 5.5 ms
Spindle Speed: 5400 rpm
Reliability
Start / Stop Cycles: 600,000
Expansion / connectivity
Interfaces: 1 x Serial ATA-150 - 7 pin Serial ATA
Compatible Bays: 1 x internal - 2.5" x 1/8H
Manufacturer's product description
The Travelstar 5K250 is Hitachi's highest capacity 5400 RPM hard drive for notebook PCs. With more than a 56% capacity improvement and 8% better application performance than its predecessor, this drive is the workhorse of the mobile product line. Travelstar 5K250, with outstanding power management, delivers the lowest power consumption, providing longer battery life for notebook users. Hitachi has improved the shock performance of the 5K250 by almost 23% to an industry-leading 400G, enhancing its ability to withstand rough handling. The acoustics have also been improved over the previous generation product, allowing users to enjoy high quality audio on their laptops. Travelstar 5K250 is designed to address the balanced requirements of notebook PC and mobile computing users - high capacity, ruggedness, power-efficiency and speed.
Environmental parameters
Min Operating Temperature: 5 °C
Max Operating Temperature: 55 °C
Shock Tolerance: 200 g @ 1ms (operating) / 1000 g @ 1ms (non-operating)
Advantages: Quite, low power consumption, high capacity Disadvantages: Expensive
...I have been using a HitachiTravelStar for a long time now, I have had not problems with it and I have given it a good run for the price I paid for it.
I originally started out with the 80gb model of this hard disk. I had absolutely no problems with it. (I now have the 100gb model as the laptop it was in was broken in a car accident).
I had the 80gb model for a year and never gave me any trouble. It was:
· Fast
· Reliable
· Quite
· Super low power consumption
· Had a quick spin up time
· Very quick seek time
· Standard 5 year warranty
· Very helpful warranty/customer support
Hitachi's customer warranty claims support is like no other that I have come across before. You go onto there website, fill out a warrant claim form; package the device (hard disk in my case) in the way they require. Once you have sent it to them...
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Advantages: High speed transfer, power consumption low, quiet Disadvantages: usual HDD shock issues
...The HitachiTravelStar is the newly developed model from Hitachi Co. specifically designed for notebooks. It varies in storage capacity, but the important factors are: the rotation speed of 7200 RPM, S-ATA 1.5GB/s interface, and what Hitachi says "a 22% performance increase".
Let's see what are the improvements:
-Having tested the model you get a random access time of 14ms which is extremely faster than it's predecessor and it's competitors;
-A Sequential Transfer rate of 71.5 MB/s (let me say wow-it's very fast)
-It's almost noiseless, you get a 42dB/A idle noise at 3mm distance from the HDD;
-and it's power consumption was reduced(in full load it uses 3W and in idle mode only 1.1W), which means it is very economical.
-the price is in reach;
I think this motivates you in at least trying one...
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Advantages: Loads in seconds, Durable, Power Utilized, about 30% extra boost, High Transfer Rate Disadvantages: N/A
...Do you know why I brought Travelstar 7K100? Do you know how much awards it got? 1. Editor's Choice Award, Micro Computer, China, August 2006 2.First Place in "Price-Performance", PC Welt, Germany, March 2006. There're another 2 awards. Feel how nice performance with this hard drive. It gives about 30% boost to your PC. It gives minimum 26 MB/sec transfer rate while a similar product gives 14.1 MB/sec transfer rate. It loads in seconds (approximately 0.30 minutes) and its buffer is 8 MB. Use HD Tune. You may find it!. It moves data faster without unconscious noises. It makes low heat than Fujetsu. 7200rpm is probably nicer with home PC. Hitachi Travelstar provided a remarkably, noticeably smoother experience. It's durable and power utilized....
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