Hitachi Debuts 7,200 RPM 3TB HDD

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Hitachi's latest 3.5-inch, 7200 RPM HDD has a tasty 3 TB capacity.

Various reports point to a new 7200 RPM, 3.5-inch HDD that Hitachi recently added to its roster. Called the Deskstar 7K3000, the drive features 5 platters and a meaty 3 TB of storage. It also follows Hitachi's previous 7200 RPM entry in the market which offered a slightly smaller 2 TB capacity.

"The Deskstar 7K3000 is designed to allow manufacturers to leverage the benefits of the latest components and operating systems to deliver high-performance, high-capacity, power-efficient systems," Hitachi said.

The company also points consumers here, explaining that they can't simply shove a 3 TB drive into any rig.

"A data drive greater than or equal to 2.2 TB requires an operating system that supports long LBA addressing, such as Windows 7, a GUID partition table (GPT) and HDD drivers that support 2.2 TB drives," Hitachi states. "In addition to the requirements for a data drive, a Windows boot drive requires an EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface) BIOS and a 64-bit version of Windows Vista or Windows 7. Linux does not require an EFI BIOS."

Currently there's no pricing or a release date, however it's speculated that the drive will cost around $320 USD. Hitachi also offers a 1.5 TB and 2 TB model.

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39 Comments Comment from the forums
  • qu3becker
    I want cheaper hard drive that can spin faster instead of more storage. Big, "slow" hard drive are cheap. SSD and 10,000 RPM hard drive aren't.
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  • TheWhiteRose000
    Wants one.
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  • eleclerc
    3TB, just 10 times bigger than mine!
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  • shovenose
    3tb, just 20 times bigger than mine :)
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  • shovenose
    besides, i wouldnt buy a hitchi drive anyway. i stick to wd hard drives, theyre the best!
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  • tronika
    raid 0 these babes for "unlimited" space. sweet.
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  • theshonen8899
    I have a Hitachi 2TB and I'm really happy with it. Now if only they had 5 year warranties...
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  • darkavenger123
    Ooohh...DESKSTAR....not a good name. Old timers will remember IBM once released a hard disk called Deskstar...it was plagued with problems...and eventually it is known as the "DeahStar" ala StarWars. LOL.
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  • bison88
    qu3beckerI want cheaper hard drive that can spin faster instead of more storage. Big, "slow" hard drive are cheap. SSD and 10,000 RPM hard drive aren't.

    I was reading on another site saying the Hitachi Drive is claiming 170MBps for the 5,400 and 210MBps read/writes for the 7,200 drives. If that article was correct then those would be some of the fastest and largest single drives for consumers. Although I've yet to see a single consumer HDD go above 120MBps steady myself. I'm wondering how they are able to do that given they didn't release that info.

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  • darkavenger123
    Oopss..typo...i meant IBM "DeathStar".
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