Testseek.com have collected 7 expert reviews of the HGST / WD 2.5 inch Travelstar 5K500 SATA300 HTS5450-KTA Series and the average rating is 65%. Scroll down and see all reviews for HGST / WD 2.5 inch Travelstar 5K500 SATA300 HTS5450-KTA Series.
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The Hitachi Travelstar 5K500 HTS545050KTA300 performs quite well, but not better than the WD Scorpio 320GB, but it performs better than any of the 2.5-inch drives nevertheless. It runs cool and is quite silent features that make it perfect for any lap...
Abstract: We would have reviewed this drive much earlier, but Hitachi did not send a review sample right away. Hence the Travelstar 5K500 has been on the market for a few months now; it is still Hitachi’s top model, though. As it is based on a three platter design and a height of 12.5 mm, it will not fit into many mainstream notebook designs that require 9.5 mm drives...
Abstract: Laptop hard disks have always been smaller than their desktop counterparts, but capacities are steadily increasing. Hitachis Travelstar 5K500 is the first to have an impressively large capacity of 500GB, which is just as large as all but the most g...
High capacity in a 7mm form factor, Low power consumption
Weak performance
The Hitachi Travelstar Z5K500 is more impressive on paper than in real life. Its sole selling point is at 500GB, it is the highest-capacity 7mm height drive available today. This is great news for ultraportable computer users and manufacturers alike; ...
We have seen several new records during the testing for this review. Hitachi and Samsung are the first to offer 500GB hard drives in the notebook space. Samsung breaks a throughput record by getting close to 80 MB/s with the HM500LI. However, it also ...
Abstract: Mit 500 GB gehört die Hitachi Travelstar 5K500 zu den Speicheriesen unter den 2,5-Zoll-Festplatten. Wir prüfen, ob das Laufwerk auch beim Tempo Größe beweist. Bei 2,5-Zoll-Festplatten üblich sind zwei Datenscheiben. Um die hohe Bruttokapazität von 5...
