Deskstar T7K500

ray_nl · 01-09-2008, 01:01 AM

I bought a 320 gig Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 16mb sata 2, instead of buying the raptor 74gig. I was going to get the 320gb western digital 16mb but that one was out of stock. Is the Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 good for the OS? what do you guys rekon?

Iluvpenguins · 01-09-2008, 01:11 AM

Hitachi deathstars are good for nothing. They have a reputation of dying. Hence the deathstar name.

StrangleHold · 01-09-2008, 02:32 AM

Hitachi is about the worse drives I (use to) install as far myself and customers bringing back because of harddrive failures. I just use W/D and Seagate now and have had good luck with both, About 80% W/D and 20% Seagates in builds.

SirKenin · 01-09-2008, 03:23 AM

I figure, in the last ten years, I've seen several thousand harddrives. Either sold them, used them or serviced them. From best to worst they ranked as follows:

WD Raptor and RE
Quantum Fireball
Maxtor Diamond Max (not the 8 or Fireball 3)
Seagate Barracuda
Samsung T-series
Western Digital Caviar
Hitachi
Fujitsu
Connor

The last four are really close. Connor is now gone, Fujitsu doesn't really factor in the desktop equation anymore, Hitachis are just plain crap and every single corrupt or dead harddrive I've repaired lately (at least one a week) is a Western Digital Caviar.

2048Megabytes · 01-10-2008, 03:40 AM

So are Western Digital Caviar RE hard drives good or poor quality?

dznutz · 01-09-2008, 11:03 PM

i'm using a 2+ year old deckstar with no problems.
i also have a 60 gig ibm deckstar [6+ years] also with no problems.

the deathstar was coined for the ibm drives that failed resulting in the ibm hd buyout by hitachi.

hitachi's are fast and good.

SirKenin · 01-10-2008, 06:59 AM

The REs are good (except that they don't get along with certain backplane/RAID controller combos). The SEs are only good with light duty applications.

01-09-2008, 01:01 AM	#1 (permalink)
ray_nl New Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 13	Deskstar T7K500 I bought a 320 gig Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 16mb sata 2, instead of buying the raptor 74gig. I was going to get the 320gb western digital 16mb but that one was out of stock. Is the Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 good for the OS? what do you guys rekon?

01-09-2008, 01:11 AM	#2 (permalink)
Iluvpenguins Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Kitchener Ontario Posts: 1,293	Hitachi deathstars are good for nothing. They have a reputation of dying. Hence the deathstar name. __________________ My computer: Intel Core2Duo E6550 @ 3.01ghz Gigabyte P31-DS3L Patriot 2x1GB DDR2-800 @ 1032mhz EVGA GeForce 8800GTX Antec 500W w/32A on 12v rail WD 80GB HDD,WD 500GB HDD Ultra Aluminus Full Tower Case (Black Finish)

01-09-2008, 02:32 AM	#3 (permalink)
StrangleHold VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 11,181	Hitachi is about the worse drives I (use to) install as far myself and customers bringing back because of harddrive failures. I just use W/D and Seagate now and have had good luck with both, About 80% W/D and 20% Seagates in builds. __________________ NZXT Apollo S75QB 750W ZEROtherm FZ120 Phenom II 720BE (X4) 3.5GHZ. Gigabyte GA MA790X UD4P G Skill DDR2 1066 4GB. MSI GTS 250 Seagate 7200.12 500GB. Welcome to the show

01-10-2008, 03:40 AM	#5 (permalink)
2048Megabytes Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Mainland United States Posts: 2,295	So are Western Digital Caviar RE hard drives good or poor quality? __________________ "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become more corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." -- Benjamin Franklin Operating Systems: Linux Ubuntu 9.04 and Windows Vista Power Supply: OCZ StealthXStream OCZ600SXS Video Card: MSI R3650-T2D512 OC Radeon HD 3650 Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-M78SM-S2H Memory: Super Talent PC2-6400 2 gigabytes Processor: Phenom 9550 Quad-Core (2.2 gigahertz)

01-09-2008, 11:03 PM	#6 (permalink)
dznutz Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: california Age: 29 Posts: 741	i'm using a 2+ year old deckstar with no problems. i also have a 60 gig ibm deckstar [6+ years] also with no problems. the deathstar was coined for the ibm drives that failed resulting in the ibm hd buyout by hitachi. hitachi's are fast and good. __________________ ANTEC 900 OCZ STEALTHXTREAM 500W GIGABYTE EP45 UD3R INTEL E5200 ASUS ATI HD3450 2gb OCZ SLI RAM SAMSUNG SH-203N SATA SEAGATE BARRACUDA 1Tb and 1.5 tb SATA AIRLINK 101 300n pci XP PRO 32 bit

01-09-2008, 03:23 AM	#4 (permalink)
SirKenin banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 4,711	I figure, in the last ten years, I've seen several thousand harddrives. Either sold them, used them or serviced them. From best to worst they ranked as follows: WD Raptor and RE Quantum Fireball Maxtor Diamond Max (not the 8 or Fireball 3) Seagate Barracuda Samsung T-series Western Digital Caviar Hitachi Fujitsu Connor The last four are really close. Connor is now gone, Fujitsu doesn't really factor in the desktop equation anymore, Hitachis are just plain crap and every single corrupt or dead harddrive I've repaired lately (at least one a week) is a Western Digital Caviar.

01-10-2008, 06:59 AM	#7 (permalink)
SirKenin banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 4,711	The REs are good (except that they don't get along with certain backplane/RAID controller combos). The SEs are only good with light duty applications.

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