Recieved Deskstar P7K500 instead of a T7K500...

ElectroBlaster · 1 Mar 2008 at 13:01

Ok I recently ordered an hitachi 250gb sata drive from ocuk. The one I picked was the T7K500 and they have sent me an P7K500...

Should I bother getting it changed? I cant find that much about it except for the fact it uses the same powering saving stuff as hitachi's laptop drives.

rpstewart · 2 Mar 2008 at 10:35

Stick with the P7K500. It has, as you mention, all the power saving gizmos but it's also based on a 250Gb platter rather than the 160Gb platter of the T7K500 so it should be a fair bit quicker.

Slackworth · 2 Mar 2008 at 11:45

As far as we are aware they should be T7K500. I will get our stock checked on Monday.

The P7K500 is a better drive due to its additional power management. Unlike the WD GP drives, the P7K500 is a full 7200RPM drive rather than 5400RPM so definitely a better drive and you've got yourself a bit of a bargain as these normally cost a little more.

If you do want to send it back though then give the tech lads a shout and if you have any problems then tell them to speak to me.

ElectroBlaster · 2 Mar 2008 at 13:53

Slackworth said:
As far as we are aware they should be T7K500. I will get our stock checked on Monday.

The P7K500 is a better drive due to its additional power management. Unlike the WD GP drives, the P7K500 is a full 7200RPM drive rather than 5400RPM so definitely a better drive and you've got yourself a bit of a bargain as these normally cost a little more.

If you do want to send it back though then give the tech lads a shout and if you have any problems then tell them to speak to me.

Thanx m8. For an easy life I will probably just keep it. I cant be bothered sending it back and then having to wait for another to arrive, I havent fitted it yet but I will do soon.