Testseek.com have collected 33 expert reviews of the HGST / WD 3.5 inch Deskstar 7K3000 SATA600 HDS7230-ALA Series and the average rating is 84%. Scroll down and see all reviews for HGST / WD 3.5 inch Deskstar 7K3000 SATA600 HDS7230-ALA Series.
June 2011
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Very high capacity
High platter density
Excellent overall performance
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Slightly higher than normal power consumption
Can't match Western Digital's warranty period (3 vs. 5 years)
Abstract: When we reviewed our first 3TB hard drive almost a year ago, the market wasn't quite ready for the huge storage capacity being made available. Fully compatible motherboards featuring the unified extensible firmware interface (UEFI) were still months aw...
Abstract: When we reviewed our first 3TB hard drive almost a year ago, the market wasn't quite ready for the huge storage capacity being made available. Fully compatible motherboards featuring the unified extensible firmware interface (UEFI) were still months away,...
The storage industry is willing to serve your ever expanding data storage needs. Need to store lots of data in a single drive, and need that drive to be fast as well? This Hitachi drive is a viable choice and comes out ahead of Seagate's Barracuda XT ...
Abstract: The Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 is a robust 7200 RPM, 3TB drive with 64MB of cache that comes with a five-year warranty. It's pricey, hovering currently around $375, but if you're looking for a drive that's designed to take 24x7 punishment it may be worth it...
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Although Hitachi GST has been a very long time in the market this was my first contact with one of their internal drives and i have to say that i deeply regret that since the DeskStar 7K3000 is truly a great hard disk drive. Of course as the te...
Very high capacity, High platter density, Excellent overall performance
Slightly higher than normal power consumption, Can't match Western Digital's warranty period (3 vs. 5 years)
The 7K3000 proved to be not just a drive that can hold a lot of data, but also an excellent overall performer. It went head-to-head with the class performance leaders, the Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB and the enterprise RE4 2TB. The 7K3000 fell be...
On one hand, the Deskstar 7K3000 represents an impressive milestone for mechanical storage. On the other, it's the latest example of Hitachi reaching a new capacity with five platters instead of four. Adding another platter to compensate for a lower area...
Abstract: The free space on our computers’ hard disks is getting consumed at a tremendous rate in our never-ending search for higher quality. HD video, 15-megapixel photographs, lossless audio, high-resolution textures of latest games are the reasons why we don’...
Abstract: Hitachi recently started shipping a pair of 4 TB hard drives. We can see that they're pretty expensive, but how do they compare to existing 3 TB models in other ways? It’s time for a comprehensive overview of today's high-capacity hard drive offerings....
Abstract: Hard drives able to hold 3 TB of data need to be considered carefully because they might not always work as expected. This round-up of four high-capacity disks compares products from Hitachi, Seagate, and Western Digital, then covers their caveats. The...
