Hitachi Ships New 500 GB Hard Drive
By Rodrigo Chia on April 4, 2006 - 11:13 AM

Hitachi has released a new 500 GB HD as part of its Deskstar series. The T7K500 (not to be confounded with the 7K500) operates at 7,200 rpm and offers average seek time of 8.5 ms. The drive is available with ATA-133 (8 MB buffer) and Serial ATA 3 Gb/s interface (16 MB). Other features include Smooth Stream technology, to improve performance in audio and video applications, and Thermal Fly Height Control, to improve data integrity.

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