Description
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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.
Specifications
Summary
- Product Description
- Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 HDP725050GLA360 - 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
- ENERGY STAR Qualified
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
Miscellaneous
- Compatible with Windows 7
- "Compatible with Windows 7" software and devices carry Microsoft’s assurance that these products have passed tests for compatibility and reliability with 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7.
Environmental Standards
- ENERGY STAR Qualified
- 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)
Customer reviews
Write a review for the Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB 7200RPM S300 16MB 3.5" here!
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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Beautifully quiet
Reviewed by Chris. Review Posted 16/10/2008
I have 4 of these in a RAID5 configuration and the case fan is still the loudest thing I can hear. These are the quietest drives I have heard (or not heard...)
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great value and quiet too
Reviewed by Dr B. Review Posted 11/06/2008
I have always used Seagates for 8+ years before now but this drive is a bit faster, a bit cheaper and much quieter (especially seek noise) than the similar spec Seagate SATA drive I replaced it with. As for reliability...well only time can tell!
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Fast, Quiet and Cool
Reviewed by Dave Reed. Review Posted 14/05/2008
As 7200 rpm drives go, this is an excellent one. It registers as 5.9 on the Windows Vista benchmark so is certainly fast enough, while it also runs cool and quiet (unlike most 10krpm drives).
When picking this drive I went for my usual rule of thumb: i.e find the largest drive available from a manufacturer you trust, then find the smallest capacity drive in that family. That’s especially important, if you are going to make a RAID out of them. Most desktop PCs are unlikely to need the huge capacities available in the latest drives, but you still should go for the latest family of drives, in order to get thebest performance and efficiency.
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Amazing Drives!
Reviewed by Stuart Walsh. Review Posted 11/04/2008
I bought 2 of these to create a RAID stack when I rebuilt my PC. In RAID, they are unbeleivably fast.
They are completely silent (and I do have perfect hearing!).
They are so fast that now Windows XP Pro boots up to Internet browsable faster than my 6 month old iMac Dual Core (takes <30 seconds) - which until I saw it, would have thought was impossible.
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Hitachi 500GB
Reviewed by Anonymous Review Posted 06/12/2007
I bought this drive to replace an old 80GB Hitachi Hard drive as I'd run out of space. I've always stuck with Hitachi drives as I find them very reliable. Easy to install, quiet and super fast.
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Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB
Reviewed by Alex. Review Posted 24/04/2009
I had this for two months. I then moved my PC between houses. I took the drive out of my PC, packed it up in a standard cardboard and foam HDD box (the type they're shipped in). On the second occasion I carefully re-installed it and the drive showed up as being corrupt. The drive is totally knackered and won't even re-format now.
The one saving grace is that it was alive enough to recover the data with GetBackData.
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