Hitachi Deskstar 7K80

Hitachi Deskstar 7K80

Soham Raninga, Sep 01, 2004 0000 hrs IST

When it comes to desktop hard drives, we have been reviewing quite a few of the biggies with capacities as high as 400 GB

Excellent performance, Slim design, Minimal heating

Slightly noisy

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Test Bench
Following is the configuration of the system that we used to review this drive:

CPU: Intel Pentium 4 3.06 GHz with Hyper Threading Enabled
Motherboard: Intel 865 PE
Memory: Infineon 2 x 256 MB DDR 400
Case: ADCOM Lg. ATX Tower with 300W Power Supply
Operating System: Windows XP Professional SP1
Optical Drive: Lite-On 8X DVD-Writer

Low-level test Results



For an 80 GB single platter 7200 RPM drive, the performance is truly top class. This entry-level hard drive gives almost the same performance that the 120 GB or the 160 GB hard drives give. I ran the HD Tach Benchmark four times and the results were consistent all the time, thus ensuring the potential of the drive. A seek time of 12.6 ms and read burst of 90.6 MBps is certainly very impressive for an entry-level hard drive.





Even the CPU consumption is at a bare minimum of 1.2 % making sure that the drive does not deliver performance at the cost of high CPU utilization.

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i want to now ur service centere address in delhi

by Gaurav, delhi, on Nov 26, 2008 04:54 PM, Report abuse   Reply

hard disk is not detect please give me the service center address.

by arvind kumar ch, delhi, on Oct 13, 2008 11:18 AM, Report abuse   Reply

I want to know 80 gb hard disk service center of hitachi in delhi/ncr

by arvind kumar ch, delhi, on Oct 13, 2008 11:11 AM, Report abuse   Reply

i want service center adders for my 80GB dard disk(hitachi) in pune or mumbai plssssss help me

by sandeep, pune, on Aug 09, 2008 01:46 PM, Report abuse   Reply

My HDD is not detect

by Amar Singh Yada, Alwar, on May 06, 2008 08:01 AM, Report abuse   Reply

my harddisk is not proper working pls replace the harddisk Aug-05, Sr.No. 0a30217ba11160e58

by Anil Tawre, Mumbai, on Apr 10, 2008 11:15 AM, Report abuse   Reply

tengo problemas con un hitachi 7k80 lo conecte por USB, con un conventidor, de puertos y al intentar accederlo me dice USB DEVICE mi sistema operativo es windows XP SP2, lo coloque nuevamente en el equipo de el y no me lo detecta el setup no accede al disco

by JUAN CARLOS OTA, BUCARAMANGA - COLOMBIA, on Mar 09, 2008 03:08 AM, Report abuse   Reply

I'd taken one hdd 2month back.. but it always creating problem..... some time some foldor got currupt... sm time harddisk it'self got currupt... mail me some address in bangalore,india... that i can able to rectified this problem from your service center

by sanjeev kumar, bangalore, on Feb 01, 2008 07:19 PM, Report abuse   Reply

how can i claim and get the warranty for 80gb hard disk from hitachi

by surjeet singh, mohali (punjab) india, on Aug 29, 2007 10:57 AM, Report abuse   Reply

A great hard drive, using it for 6 months, even after 4 or 5 days of continous use, this drive managed not to show even the slightest of sluggishness. This hard drive is good for stable, reliable while performance is close to high end hard drives. The noise is atually a big issue, at day times you can't hear a thing, but at night or when the environment is pretty calm, the rattling noise from the hard disk working can be a bit annoying, this is good for home only and gaming use but not for library, school etc. This hard drive comes cheap, but that doesn't mean there is something wrong with it, instead its full of muscle and relentless performance

by Gearspec, Dhaka, on Jan 08, 2007 12:56 AM, Report abuse   Reply

but what is the price for this drive

by Shahbaaz, Mumbai, on Sep 02, 2004 11:34 AM, Report abuse   Reply

Care to read the whole review... Btw I would prefer Segate for its 5 yrs warranty.

by Sahil, Mumbai, on Sep 02, 2004 05:35 PM, Report abuse

current MOP is approx 2650 All.

by sushils, mumbai, on Jan 24, 2006 12:35 PM, Report abuse

Excellent performance. i bought it. they provide u 5 years warranty u can check it out www.hitachigst.com. many utilities

by Mrunal, Pune, on Nov 19, 2005 02:19 AM, Report abuse   Reply

Where can I get this Drive in Delhi

by Robin, New Delhi, on Aug 15, 2005 08:30 AM, Report abuse   Reply

Hitachi 7k80 the 80 GB, error in win98???

by Roberto Millán, Concepción - Chile, on Apr 12, 2005 08:04 AM, Report abuse   Reply

Good review, gives me what I want to know

by E.Laud, Beverley- Hull - England, on Mar 31, 2005 07:14 PM, Report abuse   Reply

where can u buy this drive?? tried some places in lamington no go

by adaptor, mumbai, on Nov 11, 2004 02:35 PM, Report abuse   Reply

yes this would be great having a 400GB hard disk at home pc's still an experince that how it works and is worthy will be seen practically

by sagar, mumbai, on Sep 27, 2004 11:17 AM, Report abuse   Reply

what is the price for this hard drive and what will be the carrying charge to india

by sanjib, kolkata, weast bengal, india, on Sep 24, 2004 03:26 PM, Report abuse   Reply

Won't the single platter be a drawback for this type of drives as acc to me, failure of this platter will result into failure of the complete harddrive?. I can't understand the concept of 350G shock protection.!! Does it mean that it will work even if i bang it on the ground?

by Dhaval Purohit, Jamnagar, on Sep 08, 2004 02:41 AM, Report abuse   Reply

1. WHAT IS THE PRICE COMPARISION WITH OTHER BRANDS ? 2. REPLACEMENT TIME PERIOD, IN CASE ANY PROBLEM COMES LIKE BAD SECTOR, HANGING ETC 3. WILL 40GB + THIS 80GB WILL WORK TOGETHER ON A NORMAL SMPS OR REQUIRES EXTRA POWER SUPPLY ?

by PRADEEP SINGHVI, NEW DELHI, on Sep 03, 2004 10:18 AM, Report abuse   Reply

VERY GOOD DRIVE. EXCELLENT OPTION NEXT TO SEAGATE

by DHANUSH, kakinada, on Sep 02, 2004 01:17 PM, Report abuse   Reply

Good and informative

by O.P.Jain, Noida, on Sep 02, 2004 12:11 PM, Report abuse   Reply

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