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Hitachi Deskstar 7K250
| Manufacturer |
Hitachi |
| Model |
Deskstar |
| Interface |
ATA 100 |
| Nominal Capacity |
250GB |
| Rotational
Speed |
7200 RPM |
| Cache Size |
8 MB |
| Price (inc.
VAT) |
£110.99 |
| Retailer |
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| Formatted
Capacity |
232 GB |
| Cost per
GB |
48p |
| PC Mark 2004
Score |
5398 |
| Average Seek
time |
6.93ms |
| Typical Running
Temperature |
44c |
Not too long ago, IBM sold off their hard drive business to Hitachi.
The Deskstar name is still used by Hitachi, and the current range of Deskstar
drives look physically very similar to the old IBM range.
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This example is the ATA/100 250GB model. You would expect this drive to be
slow, but surprisingly, it is the second fastest drive in this group test. Where
as other drives of this capacity have seek times around 10ms, the Deskstar 7K250
manages a very credible 6.9ms.
Price per GB is 48p, exactly the same as the Maxtor MaXline 2 250GB, but a
good 60% faster. Noise levels and heat output are average, but the real strength
of the Deskstar is that almost all machines will support it, with its PATA interface.
The PC Mark score of 5398 easily beats every other Parallel ATA drive on test,
and is even faster than the 36 GB 10,000RPM SATA Raptor from Western Digital,
which scored 5215. This drive is highly recommended for upgrading an older system,
and would also be a prime candidate for running in a RAID array.
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