Hitachi Deskstar 3.5″ 500GB 7200RPM SATA II 16MB Cache Internal Hard Drive 0F10381
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- 500GB Hard Drive Storage Capacity
- 7200 RPM, 16MB Cache and SATA II 3Gbps
- Best-in-class power management means cooler operation
- Up to 18% idle power savings over previous generation product
- Eco-Friendly, Halogen-Free Design
The DeskstarTM 7K1000.C hard drive is a 7200 RPM 3.5-inch hard drive that provides an exceptional blend of power efficiency and performance, making it an ideal solution for powerfriendly consumer and commercial desktop computers. This third-generation 1TB hard drive from Hitachi boosts media transfer rate performance by as much as 13% over its predecessor. Highlights – 500GB capacity, 7200 RPM performance, Up to 18% idle power savings over previous generation product, Halogen-free design, Built on award-winning proven design
Hitachi Hard Drive
Hitachi Deskstar 3.5″ 500GB 7200RPM SATA II 16MB Cache Internal Hard Drive 0F10381
List Price: $ 99.99
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Great improvements from Hitachi,
In the past i’ve been referring Hitachi DeskStar as the deathstars due to high failure rates. I have been purchasing these drives for work due attractive pricing and very surprised to see no failure rates over the last 14 months. This purchase was for personal use and would be the 4th drive (over 30 drives are being used at work). Nice improvement from Hitachi.
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Satisfied,
Brought two of these form Amazon a couple of weeks back. They are as advertised and arrived well packed. I have not had any problems so far.
I am running one drive internally and the other in an open external enclosure as a backup device. The drives are very quiet and don’t get very hot (just ran a disk benchmark and the temp went up to 33ºC). CPU usage during the test was 7.2% on my E6750 system.
Performance on HDTune shows transfer rate avg of 108.2 MB/sec (131-65MB/sec). Burst rate was measured at 207MB/sec.
Access time at 14.1ms seems a bit slow but then this is a 1 TB drive. I can’t find anywhere that Hitachi is quoting access times on this drive, so I have no scale to know if this number is good for this drive or not.
I will give it 4 stars instead of 5 because of the possibly slow access time.
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Dependable drive,
I bought this drive because of long term dependable service from a previously purchased 320GB Hitachi drive. Some better known brands have not always lasted as well although warranty was always honored. This drive came well and securely packed and went into use immediately in an external enclosure for very important back up.
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