Hitachi travelstar 7k500 availability?

Does anyone know if there is anyone at all selling this in the UK? I cant seem to find it anywhere.
If its not available I was going to go for the WD Scorpio Black 320GB but everywhere seems to be out of stock on this as well which is a bit frustrating, does anyone know if this is due to be replaced soon as thats the only reason i can think for noone having it in stock?

Edit: Sorry i meant to say 7k500 Travelstar

 

Until very recently it hasn't been available in Australia either.I think you may get it in a couple of weeks or so.

 

Thanks, will hang on for a couple of weeks, if not i suppose i could try and order from somewhere in the US although i dont want to get stung with import duty

 

It is available online ; http://www.probsolvexpress.com/technical.asp?partno=HTS725050A9A364

for example... take a look and at £84 it is a pretty good buy!

 

Actually they don't have any stock but they're expecting it soon.

 

lol 84 pounds is a lot... 50-60 would be reasonable.... wait a while... the more retailers get it , the more the price will drop...

 

How do you know if I may ask?
I send them an email yesterday and they said that they don't have any in stock and they don't have an ETA from the manufacturer either

 

it says on that page: "Delivery between 1-3 working days"

But going by your information and the fact that no other shop has it they probably won't have it that soon i guess.

 

I posted in the other thread for this question. I guess not many people saw it.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=5706872#post5706872

I'll repeat myself here, but basically, quite alot of retailers have started to list this model of hard disk, but as expected, none of them have it in stock yet. One retailer, however, says they have a "restock" date of the 15th. Whether it actually arrives on that date is unknown. Here is the link:
http://www.morecomputers.com/extra.asp?pn=HTS725050A9A364&referer=Froogle

I think £85-90 for this drive isn't too bad. The closest competitor the 500GB 7K500 is the 500GB Seagate 7200.4, which also retails at around the same price.

 

On paper that's the closest competitor, but in real life the WD5000BEVT comes closer to 7K500's performance. Too bad because I just order a HP DM3 that comes with Seagate 7200.4.

I'd love to see some real life comparisons between the 7K500 and WD5000bevt.

But what I'd love to see more is the WD5000BEKT Scorpio Black.

 

Span.com probably have the most comprehensive selection of 2.5" HDDs in UK although, for some reason, they have never stocked Samsung HDDs.

Insight list the 7K500 but the availability is vague.

John

 

This is still my favorite list as it combines UK, Dutch, German and Austrian shops:
http://geizhals.at/eu/a460663.html

No one has it in stock.

 

This is true, Phil. Seagates traditionally have had comparitively poor I/O, but generally score well in synthetic benchmarks. I guess Seagate has some specific optimisations for that. Hitachi and WD do seem to perform much better in the real world.

I too am looking forward to the 500GB model of the BEKT model. It should be a good contest with the Hitachi drive. Does anyone have any information regarding release on that one?

 

that's another store http://www.trusthardware.co.uk/pp/data+storage/hard+disk+drives/Travelstar+7K500+500GB.html ,who confirmed that they should be getting 7K500 soon :

"Good Afternoon
Thank you for contacting Trust Systems.
The lead-time for this item is 2 weeks from date of order.
If you would like to order these items please let me know and I will update the website to allow you to place the order.
Kind regards
Joe"

and another one http://www.lasystems.be/Hitachi/HTS725050A9A364/Travelstar7K500500GB/product/195797.html

so hopefully there gonna be available soon...

 

Hi all, here in Italy too the Travelstar 7k500 series isn't yet available in any store all across the country, although it appears in many online shops since the end of november.
No one of them is able to tell when it will be available.
Seems like no one in the entire Europe has yet received one of these 2.5" Hitachi HDs.

I mailed Hitachi about that, they answered these drives should be already marketed..

Does anyone knows of any shop which is actually selling these drives in Europe?
(Otherwise it's possible to order from U.S. but without warranty benefits)
Best to all,

Carlo

 

Hi all, here in Italy the Hitachi Travelstar 7k500 series isn't yet available in any store all across the country, although it appears in many online shops since the end of november.
No one of them is able to tell when it will be available.
Seems like no one in the entire Europe has yet received one of these 2.5" Hitachi HDs.

I mailed Hitachi about that, they answered these drives should be already marketed..

Does anyone knows of any shop which is actually selling these drives in Europe?
(Otherwise it's possible to order from U.S. but without warranty benefits)
Best to all,

Carlo

I found two online shops saying these 7k500 Hard Drives will be available the 19 April 2010!!
I really can't see why this incredible delay between us and the U.S.

 

i did really want this drive but im still yet to find it so i may just go with the 320gb WD Scorpio black. How doe sit compare to the 7k500 in performance

 

In some situation the 7K500 will be faster, in some the WD will be faster.

It will be very hard/impossible to notice the difference.

 

Lo sto cercando anch'io, ma senza successo. L'alternativa è prenderlo su e-bay (ci sono 2/3 rivenditori o meglio speculatori!) a 129.99$ (prezzo originale 119.99$) mentre newegg lo vende on-line a 109.99!!!

Ti consiglierei di prenderlo lì, ma a parte la tranvata delle spese di spedizione ti attende anche il 20% dell'IVA quando il pacco arriverà attraverso la dogana in Italia!

L'alternativa sarebbe prenderlo in Germania oppure in Inghilterra lì il risparmi sarebbe assicurato, ma non sò dove prenderlo, sembra che per il momento si trovi solo in USA.

Ciao


I'm looking too, but without success. The alternative is to take it on e-bay (there are 2 or 3 or more dealers or "speculators"!) at $ 129.99 or 149.99$ (original price is 119.99 $) while newegg sells it online at 109.99!

We suggest you take there, but apart from the transport costs are also expected to give you 20% VAT when the package will come through customs in Italy!

The alternative would be to take it in Germany or in England, the savings would be secure, but do not know where to take it, it seems that for now is found only in the USA market.

 

I am currently in the US and will bring two 7K500s to Europe. If anyone's interested drop me a line.

Just to be clear, they cost me a lot of time and effort to get and I hope to get over 100 euros.

 

yay Phil! congrats on your purchase !!
I'll anxiously waiting for real life benchmark result of 7k500 vs WD1600BEKT from you

 

I just got one from ebay at 102€ included shipping cost....this drive is simply PERFECT

 

I just installed one in my MBP17. tons more space for my iTunes crap. lol. I think I paid $89 US dollars... amazon

 

what website did u order them from cheapest ive found is 117 for the Hitachi Travelstar 7k500

 

Newegg has them for 109 - rebate

 

it can be had for $61 AR at TD

 

awesome im gonna have to order me one,and get rid of this 320 i have as storage thanks phil

61 ? thats even better

i looked for that hdd on tigerdirect newegg and zipzoomfly
all i found was wd and seagate no hitachi

 

Newegg
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145275&nm_mc=OTC-RSS

Fry's
http://www.frys.com/product/5966014

Tigerdirect
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5509442&CatId=2682

Zipzoomfly
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10011881

 

Damn 89 at TD, I paid 109 at Newegg...

 

Yes, but TD shipping is $7.00 to California where Newegg is FREE so the savings is not quite as great as it appears. Actually FRY's is the easiest for me since it is only 5 miles from my house. $100 still isn't a bad deal.

 

TD also has a $15 rebate dropping it lower. And in addition, you can use Bingcashback to drop another $13 off 74.99.

 

i dont know how i missed that i got it though thanks for looking that up deeastman

 

Dutch stores received their stock today. Seems like it's finally becoming available in Europe.

If anyone lives in a European country that doesn't have them, I've got one for sale: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=457263

 

At last!
great news mate
And how much is it down in Holland?

 

About 99 euros excl. shipping.

Mine can be bought for 90.