Products reviews

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS (250 GB)

$43.00 to $1,024.00



These reliable drives are lightning fast, but they still deliver technologically advanced acoustics and cool operation. The one-two performance punch of 300 MB/s transfer rate, state-of-the-art performance for SATA drives, and 16 MB cache make the WD Caviar SE16 family the fastest desktop-class hard drives available. These SATA II drives feature a transfer rate three times faster than EIDE and twice as fast as SATA 1. Cool operation means the highest reliability even in high-heat environments such as personal video recorders. That's why these drives, the coolest on the market, are the drive of choice for the world's leading consumer electronics manufacturers as well as the world's leading PC makers.Minimize

Manufacturer:Western Digital Product MPNKey FeaturesTechnical FeaturesOther FeaturesDimensionsWarrantyMiscellaneous
MPNWD2500KS
Designation   Desktop Computer
Capacity250 GB
InterfaceSerial ATA
Enclosure   Internal
HDD Form Factor   3.5" x 1/3H (Low Profile)
Spindle Speed   7200 RPM
Internal Data Transfer Rate   748 Mbit/s
External Data Transfer Rate   300 MBps
Seek Time   8.9 ms
Buffer Size16 MB
Average Latency4.17 ms
Interface (Detailed)   Serial ATA II
Sound Emission33 dB
Platform   PC
Package Qty.1
Height1.03 in.
Width4 in.
Depth5.79 in.
Weight1.32 lb.
Warranty3 Years
Release DateMay, 2005
UPC718037114316


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Western Digital My Book Studio WDH1Q3200N (320 GB)

$100.00 to $186.00



The My Book Studio Edition (Model WDH1Q3200N) offers 320B of storage, quad interface, and a high-speed interface that makes it perfect for creative professionals and video editors.

Manufacturer:Western Digital Product MPNKey FeaturesTechnical FeaturesOther FeaturesDimensionsMiscellaneous
MPNWDH1Q3200N
Capacity320 GB
InterfaceSerial ATA • USB • FireWire
Enclosure   External
Spindle Speed   7200 RPM
Internal Data Transfer Rate   2,400 Mbit/s
Buffer Size16 MB
Average Latency4.17 ms
Interface (Detailed)   USB • FireWire 400 (1394a) • USB 2.0 • Serial ATA • FireWire 800 (1394b)
Compliant StandardsPlug and Play
Platform   PC
Package Qty.1
Height2.13 in.
Width6.54 in.
Depth5.39 in.
Weight2.58 lb.
UPC00718037123165


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Hitachi Deskstar 7K250 (250 GB)

$55.00 to $210.00



Hitachi's standardized features in desktop solutions enable fast transfer rates, low power utilization and quiet acoustics. These features combine to make the Deskstar 7K250 ideal not only for standard PC systems but also for ATA entry-servers, personal video recorders and other non-PC computing requirements.??The Hitachi Deskstar 7K250 extends the company's long-standing tradition of performance leadership. This new series of Deskstar drives incorporates both new and proven technologies to boost the performance, capacity, and reliability to handle a wide range of advanced storage requirements.Minimize

Manufacturer:Hitachi Product MPNKey FeaturesTechnical FeaturesOther FeaturesDimensions
MPNHDS722525VLAT80
Designation   Desktop Computer
Capacity250 GB
InterfaceIDE/EIDE
Enclosure   Internal
HDD Form Factor   3.5" x 1/3H (Low Profile)
Spindle Speed   7200 RPM
External Data Transfer Rate   100 MBps
Seek Time   8.5 ms
Buffer Size8 MB
Average Latency4.17 ms
Interface (Detailed)   DMA/ATA-100 (Ultra)
Platform   PC
Package Qty.1
Height0.99 in.
Width4.02 in.
Depth5.75 in.
Weight1.32 lb.


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hitachi, deskstar, 7k250, 250, gb,


IBM 90P1305 (73 GB)


Double your throughput in select IBM eServer xSeries servers with the next generation of high-speed Ultra320 SCSI hard disk drives (HDDs), now with the new Ultra-Slim tray form factor. Ultra320 SCSI drives provide top-of-the-line performance for business-critical, disk-intensive applications such as e-business, transaction processing, data mining and data warehousing. Ultra320 SCSI technology combines interface data transfer rates of up to 320MBps, reduced overhead and enhanced flow control to help deliver dramatic performance gains. Improved diagnostics and data protection, as well as hot-swap capabilities with direct docking, help reduce downtime. For even greater reliability, you can create high-performance RAID arrays. Simply connect your drives to either an onboard Ultra320 SCSI controller with integrated mirroring capabilities or an IBM ServeRAID-5i Controller, available on select xSeries servers.Minimize


Hewlett Packard 432095-B21 (72 GB)


The Hewlett Packard (432095-B21) 72 GB SAS Hard Drive is fully compatible with PC systems.The Hard Drive connect by: SAS for Internal utilization. Spinning up to 15000 RPM and offering capacity as large as 72 GB


Toshiba MK 6021GAS (60 GB)


The MK6021GAS, 2.5-inch 60GB hard disk drive, offers the industries highest areal density per platter, at 48.8gigabits per square inch. This new drive offers enough capacity for portable video recording and editing, with lower power consumption compared to the traditional 3.5-inch HDDs. This functionality provides ideal storage for a range of commercial and consumer notebooks, as well as non-PC applications such as PDAs, printers, copiers, GPS systems and MP3 players. The MK6021GAS is ATA-5 compliant, supporting high transfer rates of up to 100 megabytes per second.Minimize


Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 (160 GB)


Barracuda 7200.9 is a member of the Seagate 3.5-inch family of high-capacity desktop drives targeted at mainstream and high-performance PCs and advanced storage applications. The product enables OEMs and system builders to qualify one family of drives from a premier provider for a wide range of storage applications.