400GB HD, They just keep getting bigger
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 May 4 2004, 11:36 AM
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 nFm [ Level 1 ]  Group: Full Member Posts: 217 Joined: 24-April 04 Member No.: 90  |
From neowin.net:
"Hitachi's deskstar 7K400 ($400) is the new king of big: The 7200-rpm Serial ATA hard drive comes with an 8MB buffer and a staggering 400GB of storage. The reasonably priced drive, available now, also features improved digital-media handling capabilities. In our tests it performed exceptionally well on standard desktop applications, too. To reach 400GB in the new model, Hitachi essentially slipped two more 80GB platters into its 250GB Deskstar 7K250--the fastest hard drive we have tested to date (see January's Top 10 Hard Drives). Adding the extra platters didn't affect performance: The 7K400 completed our tests in 34 minutes, 1 second--21 seconds slower than the 7K250, a statistical tie. And in both our Windows and our applications-based tests, it outperformed the average score of all seven 200GB or larger hard drives we've seen, often by 9 to 16 percent. The drive is not only speedy; Hitachi says it also excels at streaming video--a key function of set-top, TiVo-like boxes and of PCs used as digital video recorders--thanks to its new Streaming Command Set." neowin.net article captbics -------------------- O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,
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May 4 2004, 12:34 PM
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 nFm [ Level 1 ] Group: Private Member Posts: 248 Joined: 21-March 04 Member No.: 52 |
there's 400G you can loose in 1 power surge. isn't that great
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| DutchKid |
May 5 2004, 12:47 AM
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Institutionalised Nutcase Group: Admin Posts: 576 Joined: 17-March 04 From: The Netherlands Member No.: 6 |
Also a 400GB drive that might just last a lifetime!
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| dInferno |
May 5 2004, 02:43 AM
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if only I could afford one. :(
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May 5 2004, 06:18 AM
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man, im about 3 months away from a entire new computer, and i must say 2 of these looks like the way to go :D drooling over the stats, and over the words 'tax deductable'... :D
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May 6 2004, 11:02 AM
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nFm [ Level 1 ] Group: Private Member Posts: 248 Joined: 21-March 04 Member No.: 52 |
yeah but for someone who does graphics stuff you'll need it
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