Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB SATA2 HDS721010CLA332 HDD Review

This review is not about an SSD, but about the current Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB HDD with a very good cost-performance ratio. Sure, many PC or Mac owners save already their money for a fast Solid State Drive, however the price difference between HDD and SSD with the same capacity is so enormously high, that most SSD buyers will need an additional hard disk drive for their PC or Mac. Let us have a closer look at the results of the Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB SATA2 drive with 7200 rpm and 32 MB cache and let us compare them with some benchmark programs.

Thanks for the support …

Many thanks for the support with the Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB 3.5″ HDD by the manufacturer Hitachi.

The Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB SATA2 Hard Disk Drive HDS721010CLA332 has at present a price of approx. 65 Euro (Stand 07/2010).

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The supply of the Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB SATA2 HDD …

The Hitachi drive was supplied well protected in this cardboard box:

That is contained …

The drive comes without an installation guide. Here is a picture of the Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C HDD:

And here is a picture of the backside, where one can see a small PCB with SATA power connector, SATA data connector, controller IC and the Cache chip: