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    Four 1TB hard drives on test

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Tinderbox (UK), Jan 4, 2009.

  1. Tinderbox (UK)

    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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    Tinderbox (UK), Jan 4, 2009
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  2. nizzy1115

    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    Interesting information thanks for the link.
     
    nizzy1115, Jan 4, 2009
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  3. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Good find!
     
    DetlevCM, Jan 4, 2009
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  4. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    I am pretty sure that the Hitachi E7K1000 is the fastest 1TB drive you can buy. Storage review, and a bunch of other websites agree.
    That review site is old where the 1TB drives were 5 200gb platters. Now they have 333Gb platters, and 500Gb platters. The higehr data density makes the new ones faster.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Jan 4, 2009
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  5. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    They are, of course, desktop drives, so not strictly relevant here except as fast external storage connected using eSATA.

    At the moment the manufacturers are giving us only 500GB in 2.5" format, but I expect this to increase during 2009.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Jan 4, 2009
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  6. gengerald

    gengerald Technofile Extraordinaire

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    The Western Digital Caviar Black is supposed to be at the top currently.
     
    gengerald, Jan 4, 2009
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