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Hitachi Travelstar 5K500 2.5" 500 GB Serial ATA

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  • - 500 GB 2.5" 5400 RPM Serial ATA
  • - Storage drive buffer size: 8 MB
  • - 148 g
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Hitachi Travelstar 5K500, 2.5", 500 GB, 5400 RPM

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Hitachi Travelstar 5K500. HDD size: 2.5", HDD capacity: 500 GB, HDD speed: 5400 RPM

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2011-07-31 10:35:06
Uk has collected 7 expert reviews for Hitachi Travelstar 5K500 2.5" 500 GB Serial ATA and the average expert rating is 65 of 100. The average score reflects the expert community’s view on this product. Click below and use Uk to see all ratings, product awards and conclusions.
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tomshardware.co.uk
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2011-07-31 10:35:05
We would have reviewed this drive much earlier, but Hitachi did not send a review sample right away. Hence the Travelstar 5K500 has been on the market for a few months now; it is still Hitachi’s top model, though. As it is based on a three platter design and a height of 12.5 mm, it will not fit into many mainstream notebook designs that require 9.5 mm drives...
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expertreviews.co.uk
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2011-07-31 10:35:06
Laptop hard disks have always been smaller than their desktop counterparts, but capacities are steadily increasing. Hitachis Travelstar 5K500 is the first to have an impressively large capacity of 500GB, which is just as large as all but the most g...
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tomshardware.com
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2011-07-31 10:35:05
The maximum throughput of almost 63 MB/s is also only average: Hitachi’s single platter Travelstar 5K320 is faster at almost 65 MB/s. However, the three platter Travelstar 5K500 is as efficient as Hitachi says: the manufacturer states that it is proud of maintaining almost the same power envelope for this model as that of its 320GB predecessor...
Bottom line We have seen several new records during the testing for this review. Hitachi and Samsung are the first to offer 500GB hard drives in the notebook space. Samsung breaks a throughput record by getting close to 80 MB/s with the HM500LI. However, it also...
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techtree.com
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2011-07-31 10:35:05
Laptops are speedily replacing desktop PCs and are growing more and more powerful. Needless to say, the data needs are also growing and to accommodate them, laptops are coming with larger and larger hard drives. We had recently tested a 320GB hard driv...
Good Good performance, Huge capacity, Silent, Cool...
Bad Expensive...
Bottom line The Hitachi Travelstar 5K500 HTS545050KTA300 performs quite well, but not better than the WD Scorpio 320GB, but it performs better than any of the 2.5-inch drives nevertheless. It runs cool and is quite silent features that make it perfect for any lap...
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extremetech.com
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2011-07-31 10:35:05
Hitachi Global Data Storage made a splash two years ago, with the first one terabyte desktop hard drive. Now theyre aiming to do the same thing in mobile storage, offering the first one-half terabyte drive. As with their initial one terabyte offerings...
Good 500GB in a 2.5-inch form factor; low power...
Bad Relatively low performance (5,400RPM); 12.5mm height may restrict this drive in some small laptops.
Bottom line Hitachi ups the capacity ante with the 5K500, but at the expense of some performance and a taller form factor...
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