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Hitachi Deskstar 7K400

74

Good
  • Pros
  • Inexpensive
  • Performs solidly
  • Cons
  • 500GB drive costs only slightly more
  • Pricing: Very Inexpensive: $120 (11/16/2007)
  • Performance: Good: 75
  • Features: Fair: 64
  • Design: Good: 75
Find out how these four scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Pricing

Very Inexpensive: $120
Cost per Gigabyte - $0.3

Performance

Good: 75
PC World Tests (seconds)
Interface Tested SATA-300 
Primary Volume - Virus Scan 54.57 
Primary Volume - Windows File Search 157.66 
Internal Read - Ahead Nero Burning 444 
Internal Read - WinZip 356 
Internal Read - ACDSee 527 
Internal Write - Files and Folders 162.36 
Internal Write - Large File 120.76 

Features

Fair: 64
Basics
Drive size (GB) 400GB 
Supported Interface(s) SATA-300 
Speed (RPM) 7200 
Buffer Size (MB) 16 
Other
Installation Kit Hardware SATA data cable, four mounting screws 
Bundled Software Ontrack Disk Manager 5.0 
Support & Reliability
Labor Warranty (years) Three 
Parts Warranty (years) Three 
Weekday Support Hours 24 
Saturday Support Hours 0 
Sunday Support Hours 0 
Toll-Free Support Yes 

Design

Good: 75
About the Test Center

User Reviews for Hitachi Deskstar 7K400

  • Reviewed by: zhengtli

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: Cheap after rebate.

    Weaknesses: 8mb cache

    Overall Evaluation: Bought it with a rebate. Quite cheap compared to other brand. This drive is quite fast and a little hot. Only concern is it has 5 plates. That might be old technology.

  • Reviewed by: pgyoon

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: Cheap. 3-year Warranty

    Weaknesses: Hot. Heavy Due to the five 80 gb platters. Not SATA-II

    Overall Evaluation: If you can get this drive at a cheap price, it's good to buy. However, this drive is made by old technology. It has five 80 gb platters. (These days, some companyies use 160 gb paltters) It's hotter and heavier than other drives.

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