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Hitachi Travelstar 7K320

post #1 of 14
6/30/08 at 11:45pm
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These babies are now starting to appear in the retail channels.
I ordered one from here. Scheduled for delivery tomorrow...
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post #2 of 14
7/2/08 at 9:04am
Any Benchmarks yet?
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post #3 of 14
7/2/08 at 9:15am
Too rich for my blood now although relatively speaking, its a good price. I have a caddy for a second HD so time to put it to use. You decided to get the M6300 yet?
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post #4 of 14
7/2/08 at 9:28am
I also would like to know how this bad boy performs... though I doubt I would upgrade from my 250gb samsung to this.
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post #5 of 14
7/2/08 at 12:52pm
Here are some transfer diagrams for WD's 320 GB 7200 RPM that's available at $180, maybe lower.
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post #6 of 14
7/3/08 at 11:44pm
It will be cheaper if you give another 2 months when 500GB hit the market
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post #7 of 14
7/5/08 at 5:49pm
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Originally Posted by Altoid View Post
Here are some transfer diagrams for WD's 320 GB 7200 RPM that's available at $180, maybe lower.
I'll go which ever one is cheaper if the performance is comparable. Its nice to have 300gb of formatted space.

Thanks for the links!
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post #8 of 14
7/9/08 at 2:11pm
Gleaned from this thread

7K320:
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Disk Test 44.50

Sequential 82.60
Uncached Write 105.61 64.84 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 104.92 59.36 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 47.73 13.97 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 118.03 59.32 MB/sec [256K blocks]

Random 30.45
Uncached Write 9.90 1.05 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 96.71 30.96 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 82.58 0.59 MB
Uncached Read 126.34 23.44 MB/sec
WD320 Black:
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Disk test 51.81

Sequential 90.81
uncached write 74.67 mb/sec 4k
uncached write 67.66 mb/sec 256k
uncached read 14.43 mb/sec 4k
uncached read 70.01 mb/sec 256k

Random 36.24
uncached write 1.27 mb/sec 4k
uncached write 38.60 mb/sec 256k
uncached read 0.61 mb/sec 4k
uncached read 25.67 mb/sec 256k
I've never used XBench, as it's for Macs, but it appears that all the numbers are higher for the WD drive. I'm not sure what the first column of numbers is in the 7k320 benchmark. Also, Tom's hardware has a review out for the 500 gig drives.
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post #9 of 14
7/9/08 at 4:39pm
Those through output numbers are quite sexy if only they had 320GB 7200RPM numbers in there.
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post #10 of 14
7/10/08 at 5:01pm
Care to elaborate?
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post #11 of 14
7/12/08 at 12:52am
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Originally Posted by Pirx View Post
These babies are now starting to appear in the retail channels.
I ordered one from here. Scheduled for delivery tomorrow...
I just bought one from your link, and also got a $ 30.00 Mail In rebate

Woot

Gong to put this in my new M6300
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post #12 of 14
7/12/08 at 1:04am
The 320GB "Scorpio Black" drive is at Newegg now:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136280
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post #13 of 14
7/12/08 at 2:38am
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Originally Posted by dave-p View Post
I just bought one from your link, and also got a $ 30.00 Mail In rebate

Woot

Gong to put this in my new M6300

Nice one Dave
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post #14 of 14
8/21/08 at 4:49am
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Originally Posted by Altoid View Post
Gleaned from this thread

7K320:WD320 Black:I've never used XBench, as it's for Macs, but it appears that all the numbers are higher for the WD drive. I'm not sure what the first column of numbers is in the 7k320 benchmark. Also, Tom's hardware has a review out for the 500 gig drives.
Looks like the Western Digital Scorpio Black gives better performance numbers. But, the manufacturers specs show the Hitachi Travelstar consumes less power.

So, you may want to choose based on your preference for performance versus power consumption.
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