Hitachi SATA 250GB any good?

rei · Post by **rei** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 10:54 am

i know the 160gb hitachi are on the short-list of good quiet hd's, do you know if the 250gb hitachi sata's are any good?

rei · Post by **rei** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 10:55 am

hmm, can the winaam tool be used on sata hitachi drives?

this would be the Hitachi Deskstar T7K250

rei · Post by **rei** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 11:14 am

uuuuh...not so good, didn't notice spcr has a review heh

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article256-page2.html

lenny · Post by **lenny** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 11:29 am

This one might be closer:

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article244-page1.html

Not the T7K250, don't know how much diff between the two - I believe Tom's Hardware has a review on the T7K250 if you're interested. I like my 7K250, other than the meow - newer models should not have that. I can't compare it with the Samsung, but it's definitely quieter than my Seagate 7200.8. I've always soft mounted my drives (grommets or Sorbothane strips) so YMMV.

Hitachi has their own feature tool, it works for me. Not sure about WinAAM, but I believe I adjusted the AAM setting for my 7K250 SATA through a Windows app.

rei · Post by **rei** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 12:57 pm

one problem with hitachi:

they do not offer advance rma

Wedge · Post by **Wedge** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 10:44 am

Guys, i'm not sure if this is of interest to any of you, but CompUSA has the "Deskstar 7K250 160GB, 7200RPM, Internal ATA/100 Hard Drive" for only $29.99 after $100 in rebates, and $10 of that being an instant rebate. It's good till August 10, 2005.

link

winguy · Post by **winguy** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 8:47 pm

T7K250's utilising 2 platters instead of 3 in 7K250 for 250GB.