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Hitachi DeskStar 7K1000

Hitachi DeskStar 7K1000 - hard drive - 1 TB - SATA-300 looks like any other hard drive currently available, but it packs in five platters and ten read/write heads for an exceptional data storage capacity.Hitachi DeskStar 7K1000 with a capacity of 1 TB is a milestone for the hard drive industry. To achieve its massive capacity, the hard drive packs 200GB on to each of its five platters; that’s up from 100GB per platter on Hitachi’s 500GB model. Being the first drive with 32MB cache memory and first 3.5″ drive to implement perpendicular magnetic recording technology includes various features to increase reliability. It has a Serial ATA II interface. Hitachi DeskStar 7K1000 has maximum internal data transfer rate of 134 MBps is very fast and its burst transfer rate is 300 MBps.

Features:

• Serial ATA II interface
• perpendicular magnetic recording technqiue
• 1TB (1,000,000,000,000 bytes) capacity
• It can hold 150 high-definition movies or more than 300,000 high-resolution photos
• 32MB Cache Memory
• Comes with 5 platters and 10 heads
• Rational Speed 7,200RPM

Comments:

The deep-bucket capacity and solid performance of the Hitachi DeskStar 7K1000 are two impressive features that attract the computer users. Hitachi DeskStar 7K1000 is a standard hard drive, best suited for general computing. With its awesome storage capacity, 32MB cache memory and fast data transfer rate, the drive is really a pleasure to have.