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HITACHI Deskstar 5K3000 2TB 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

HITACHI Deskstar 5K3000 2TB 3.5" Internal Hard Drive for $109.99 + free shipping

Feb 17, 2012 1:41 PM

Promo code: EMCNHJC36

The Deskstar 5K3000 hard drive provides an enormous capacity and features innovative CoolSpin technology to deliver a greater level of power efficiency and quiet operation for energy-conscious, environmentally-friendly computers. Key to CoolSpin technology is an optimization of motor speed to provide an ideal balance of performance, power utilization and acoustics. The CoolSpin technology, along with other Hitachi power management techniques, gives the Deskstar 5K3000 its 29% power savings over the Deskstar 7K3000. The latest SATA III interface delivers noticeable data transfer boost of up to 2x the speed of SATA Revision II, reaching the speed of 6Gbps.

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I can recommend this drive as solid and of decent speed, especially with it being one of those energy efficient drives. I think it was reading at 80MB/s. Never liked Hitachi much till I got it. That being said, I got one before the HDD crisis, so I managed to snag it for $65 after rebates.

I guess I'm glad the prices on drives are starting to come down again.

stevo32792 stevo32792
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28% gave it a 1 egg rating, with lots of failure reports. I'm not sure I'd trust my data on this drive.

corwyn74 corwyn74
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They've come a long way since the Deathstar days. They now run faster and cooler. I was wary, but I've been pretty happy with the 3TB version. Just make sure you keep it cool--if your hard drive idles at 40+ degrees, that might be part of the reason why your drive keeps on failing.

By the way, these might be the last Hitachi drives you might buy. Their hard drive division was bought out by Western Digital.

namorama namorama
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wow, actually reasonably priced (kinda). doesn't look to be the fastest drive on the market, but it'll be good for archival stuff.

in for 1!

b1ggp3te b1ggp3te
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@namorama: does that mean WD will handle the support/RMAs for the drives?

b1ggp3te b1ggp3te
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@corwyn74: Saddly look at most drives these days, the failure ratio is much higher than it used to be. There seems to be little interest in QCing drives these days. Notice the trend on warranties getting shorter now too.

bigcheeze bigcheeze
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@b1ggp3te: To be honest? I don't know. Best to consult WD about it.

namorama namorama
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I've had three of these in a RAID 5 for over a year now on my storage server with no problems.

Hitachi makes great drives, but they screwed up so bad when they kept the "Deskstar" model name after IBM trashed it.

neathedgehog neathedgehog
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I had one of these die a year ago. I've been a Samsung fan for the last few years I have 12 2tb ones in service never had a problem. I heard that Samsung sold off their HD division?

Personally I would wait a bit longer I think the bigger 2tb drives will be back in the $89 range by May or June.

salazarjohn salazarjohn
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Still known as Deathstars to this day. Do not buy unless you do not mind replacing

sadsephiroth sadsephiroth

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