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[dankellys]

Im looking for a 500Gb HDD. Just seen this one on scan for £67

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500 GB Hitachi 0A33437 Deskstar 7K500, SATA II, 7200 rpm, 16MB Cache, 8.5 ms, NCQ

Is it any good? never had a Hitachi drive before, are they reliable?

[peterb]

They are OK - I used to use them, but switched to Samsung which were quieter. As for reliability, I had a failure but then any mfr can have a failure so it isn't statistically significant! I would guess that they are no more or less reliable than any other make - have a look at the mfr website to see what the mtbf and rated lifetime/operating conditions.

[Queelis]

The 7200.11 Seagates are 250GB/platter, so that'd give you only 2 platters, should be cool and quiet. Though, WD announced their 320GB/platter Caviar drives, which should be available 'instantly', but I don't know the model numbers/names, so can't help there.

And yes, Sammies are known to be quiet.

[Russ]

hitatchi are fine now, there was a time people wouldnt touch them with a stick.
i've alays had seagate personally, never ever gone wrong

[iranu]

I'm using one and it's fine. I started using Hitachi deskstars a few years ago and they run quick. The 500gb model is very quick and I've seen it top many reviews against other 500Gb disks hence why I bought one. I think it runs slightly hotter than the others but I've had no issues.