The Hitachi Travelstar 7K200 is the industry's only third-generation 7200 RPM notebook hard drive. It delivers double the capacity and a 22% performance improvement over its... more
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hard drive. It delivers double the capacity and a 22% performance improvement over its predecessor. Despite the higher spin speed, the 7K200 offers comparably low po...
RPM notebook hard drive. It delivers double the capacity and a 22% performance improvement over its predecessor. At 200GB, Hitachi offers the highest capacity 7200 RPM 2.5-inch product with unmatched performance in PCMark testing. Despite the higher spin speed, the 7K200 offers comparably low power consumption, heat emission and acoustics to its 5400 RPM counterparts, so users dont have to trade off battery life or audio quality for high performance. In addition, with its new higher shock specifications, and optional Bulk Data Encryption, Travelstar 7K200, is designed for the most discriminating notebook users.. Manufacturer:Hitachi. Manufacturer Part Number:HTS722012K9SA00. Manufacturer Website Address:www.Hitachi.com. Product Name:120GB SATA Laptop HDD Hitachi TravelStar 7K200 7200RPM 16MB 2.5 9.5mm. Product Type:Laptop Hard Drive - Internal. Capacity: 120 GB. Spindle Speed: 7200 Rpm. Data Transfer Rate: 150 MBps. Average Seek Time: 10 ms. Cache Size: 16 MB. Interface Type: Serial ATA. Form Factor: 2.5 ? 1/8H. Dimension (WxHxD):2.8x0.4x3.9. Weight:0.3 lb
A review by andyar85 on Hitachi TravelStar 7K200 200 GB February 22nd, 2008
Author's product rating:
Memory / capacity
Excellent
Reliability
Good
Ease of Installation
Excellent - very quick and easy
Speed
Very fast
Value For Money
Good
Advantages:
High speed transfer, power consumption low, quiet
Disadvantages:
usual HDD shock issues
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
The Hitachi TravelStar 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 1.5 GB/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
Features: TrueTrack servo technology, TrueTrack servo technology, Thermal Flyheight Control (TFC), Bulk Data Encryption
Performance
Drive Transfer Rate: 150 MBps (external) / 110 MBps (internal)
Seek Time: 10 ms (average) / 18 ms (max)
Track-to-Track Seek Time: 1 ms
Average Latency: 4.2 ms
Spindle Speed: 7200 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 Hitachi Travelstar 7K200 is the industry's only third-generation 7200 RPM notebook hard drive. It delivers double the capacity and a 22% performance improvement over its predecessor. Despite the higher spin speed, the 7K200 offers comparably low power consumption, heat emission and acoustics to its 5400 RPM counterparts, so users don't have to trade off battery life or audio quality for high performance. In addition, with its higher shock specifications, Travelstar 7K200 is designed for the most discriminating notebook users.
Environmental parameters
Min Operating Temperature: 5 °C
Max Operating Temperature: 55 °C
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Environmental parameters
Shock Tolerance: 320 g @ 2ms half-sine pulse (operating) / 1000 g @ 1ms half-sine pulse (non-operating), 180 g @ 1ms half-sine pulse (operating) / 1000 g @ 1ms half-sine pulse (non-operating)
