Testseek.com have collected 18 expert reviews of the HGST / WD 2.5 inch Travelstar 7K500 SATA300 HTS7250-A9A Series and the average rating is 77%. Scroll down and see all reviews for HGST / WD 2.5 inch Travelstar 7K500 SATA300 HTS7250-A9A Series.
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Hitachi and Toshiba had a few more months than Seagate to work on their 500GB 7,200 RPM notebook hard drives, and both did a great job. The Travelstar 7K500 delivers up to 108 MB/s, which is an all-time high throughput result for notebook drives. Toshi...
Fast (but not the fastest), Reasonable power consumption, Quiet and low vibration
Not the fastest notebook drive
Our review of the Hitachi Travelstar 7K500 shows the hard drive to be an impressive choice in the 2.5” notebook drive class. Contrary to popular opinion though, the 7K500 is actually not the fastest notebook drive on the market – the Western Digital S...
The usual argument against 7200rpm drives for laptops was built around increased vibration, heat and power consumption as compared to normal drives. The Hitachi TravelStar 7K500 500GB drive manages to strengthen its case by providing improved speed, y...
Abstract: While SSDs are taking the spotlight when it comes to ultimate performance, many people still prefer the much lower cost per gigabyte of traditional hard drives. For whomever wants to pick up 320GB (or more) of storage for $100, SSDs simply aren’t an op...
Abstract: At first I want to thank Hitachi for providing me Travelstar 7K500-500 HDD for testing and reviewing.In this review I will test one of the newest 2.5’’ HDDs from Hitachi, the 7K500, 500GB model and will compare it with another high performance HDD from...
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Published: 2010-11-02, Author: Chris , review by: tweaktown.com
The Hitachi 7K500 is able to break the 100MB/s mark and has a few feathers in its cap on the technology side, but the competition’s headdress looks like something an Indian chief would wear in ceremony. With 250GB platters spinning at 7,200 RPMs and...
The usual argument against 7200rpm drives for laptops was built around increased vibration, heat and power consumption as compared to normal drives. The Hitachi TravelStar 7K500 500GB drive manages to strengthen its case by providing improved speed ye...
