The Deskstar P7K500 hard drive provides an exceptional blend of power efficiency and performance making it an ideal solution for consumer and enterprise power-friendly PCs. Leveraging sixth-generation power management technology as well as power-saving innovations pioneered on Hitachi's popular 2.5-inch line of notebook PC hard drives, this new breed of desktop drive delivers best-in-class power management and thermal emissions to help manufacturers meet energy compliance targets and extend drive life.
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Listen to the silence
Reviewed by Andy. Review Posted 23/09/2009
I love these drives. I now have 6 in various configurations in various rigs. They are not the fastest (for instance the newer saturns 7K1000.B and seagates 7200.12 are significantly faster) but they are cheap and they are *really* quiet. I recently sent back some seagate Barracuda's simply because I cannot bear the seek noise. My rig is almost completely silent, so the drives need to be as well. These sound like gentle rain. I have never had a Deskstar fail on me either - the ones these replaced were dated Nov 2003 and still going strong.
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Quiet
Reviewed by Andy. Review Posted 08/08/2009
No frills packacge but what a frilling drive. I can't hear it above the noise of the system and it's fast too.
This drive does not come with any cabling, so make sure you have SATA power and data cables at the ready.
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Now I've got three!
Reviewed by Gary. Review Posted 13/01/2009
Bought one... then two... and now I have three. Vista on one, xp on the other, and a third for backup...
Quite simply the best hard drives I've come across so far. Quiet, reliable, and superb value!
If you need a hard drive, grab one of these!
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- Product Description
- Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 - hard drive - 500 GB - SATA-300
- Type
- Hard drive - internal
- Form Factor
- 3.5" x 1/3H
- Dimensions (WxDxH)
- 10.2 cm x 14.7 cm x 2.6 cm
- Weight
- 0.6 kg
- Capacity
- 500 GB
- Interface Type
- Serial ATA-300
- Data Transfer Rate
- 300 MBps
- Spindle Speed
- 7200 rpm
- Buffer Size
- 16 MB
- Microsoft Certification
- Compatible with Windows 7
- Environmental Standards
- EPA Energy Star
Detail
General
- Device Type
- Hard drive - internal
- Width
- 10.2 cm
- Depth
- 14.7 cm
- Height
- 2.6 cm
- Weight
- 0.6 kg
Hard Drive
- Form Factor
- 3.5" x 1/3H
- Capacity
- 500 GB
- Interface Type
- Serial ATA-300
- Buffer Size
- 16 MB
- Features
- Temperature sensor, load/unload technology, Hitachi Voltage Efficiency Regulator Technology (HiVERT), Enhanced Error Correction Code, Thermal Flyheight Control (TFC), Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (PMR)
- Compliant Standards
- S.M.A.R.T.
Performance
- Drive Transfer Rate
- 300 MBps (external)
- Internal Data Rate
- 124.3 MBps
- Spindle Speed
- 7200 rpm
Reliability
- Non-Recoverable Errors
- 1 per 10^14
- Start / Stop Cycles
- 50,000
Expansion / Connectivity
- Interfaces
- 1 x Serial ATA-300 - 7 pin Serial ATA
- Compatible Bays
- 1 x internal - 3.5" x 1/3H
Environmental Standards
- EPA Energy Star Compliant
- Yes
Environmental Parameters
- Min Operating Temperature
- 0 °C
- Max Operating Temperature
- 60 °C
- Humidity Range Operating
- 8 - 90%
- Shock Tolerance
- 70 g @ 1ms half-sine pulse (operating) / 350 g @ 2ms half-sine pulse (non-operating)
- Vibration Tolerance
- 0.67 g @ RMS (random) (operating) / 1.04 g @ RMS (random) (non-operating)
