Any reason not to go for the Hitachi 1TB HDs?

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Hi Guys,

Want to make a quick decision about a new HD and as far as I can see nothing should technically beat the new Hitachi 1Tbs. They have 200Mb platters which should mean high areal density and therefore high sustained read speeds. Hitachis are usually pretty good on access speeds so therefore I cant see how I can go wrong getting one (perhaps they are a bit more expensive £/Gb) and usually support all the new techs.

At the moment I already have a Raptor 74GB 8Mb and a WD 320Gb JD so I dont really need loads of HDs space, Id rather have another Raptor 150GB 16Mb but I cant see the point with these now on the market.

Any reliable website reviews or users experiences? Looking to pick one up by the end of the week...

ps3ud0 :cool:
 
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Cheers guys - youve given me some food for thought - still tempted by the 1Tb drive due to the new perpendicular storage and the fact it uses 200Gb per platter.

Ive done RAID 0 and to be honest Id rather minimise the amount of HDs I have (perhaps I could use these as a replacement to my raptor - thoughts?) to prevent heat/noise...

If I went RAID 0 what drives should I consider? Sadly I need the cliched performance with least noise/heat...

skanky said:
think you've answered your own question here, bolded the relevant bit.
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Perhaps I wasnt too clear - Im not desperate for space at the moment but it makes sense to spend a bit more to make sure I dont need to upgrade too soon - to me perpendicular storage is the biggest tech change in HDs for years since the Raptor...

If you think of the reasons why people bought the Raptor and the reasons why people told you not to, the Hitachi has all the advantages and none of the disadvantages. Technically it ticks all boxes and just has a price premium at the moment as its in demand and king of the hill. Yep RAID 0 will always beat it, but that will happen in any arguement versus a single HDD...

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drunkenmaster said:
it doesn't really matter which he needs most, capacity, size, speed, heat the hitachi wins them all, also quietest i believe. anandtech reviews, there are two i believe normal + an update where it generally is within a couple percent performance above and below the raptor in all area's. if you wait a bit and supply increases prices should come down. or you could wait on stores to, shock horror, stop price gauging stuff and screwing us just because theres not a huge stock of them.

the other things hitachi do best is raid, ok less of a lead than in the past but for as many years as i can remember you've always got the best raid 0 performance out of ibm's/hitachi drives. no , if you want to spend £200 on a drive theres entirely no reason to get anything but a hitachi. solid state should be cheap and ultra fast right now but they are screwing around and they aren't.
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Ive done RAID 0 on 2 75GXPs so trust me Ive been at the 'clicking' edge ;). Wish I had the money to get 2 x 1Tb drives...

jbloggs said:
A couple of reviews can be found Here and Here

If you have the cash, go for it, but there is certainly a bit of a price premium on it, eg. 2 x 500GB WD AAKSs around £150 which would give comparable performance to the Hitachi 1TB, or a couple of 500GB Samsung Spinpoints - £140. :)
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Cheers Ill check out those reviews - not seen much about the drive really yet...


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Grrrrrr think you guys have persuaded me to get at least 1 500GB drives - its a toss up between the WD AAKS or the Samsung HD501LJ - both 166GB platters and I guess similar performance...

Anything that sets those 2 apart? (soz would never consider Seagate or Maxtor)

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