Hitachi Unveils Deskstar T7K500 and 7K160 HDDs

Hitachi Unveils Deskstar T7K500 and 7K160 HDDs
By Alessandra Carneiro on October 23, 2006 - 9:08 PM

Hitachi announces worldwide availability of its Deskstar T7K500 and Deskstar 7K160 hard disk drives (HDDs). The Deskstar T7K500 features 7,200 rpm spin speeds, offering 4,17 ms average latency, and 3.0Gb/s Serial-ATA (SATA) interfaces and comes in 500/400/320/250 GB capacity.

The Deskstar 7K160 operates at 7,200 rpm and offers average seek time of 4.17 ms. The drive is available with ATA-133 and Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s interface. It is available in 80 GB and 160 GB capacity.

Both the T7K500 and the 7K160 feature Native Command Queuing (NCQ), enabling fast data transfer rates and up to 16 MB cache on SATA models.

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