Totally overpriced; not the best performance in its class
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The Hitachi Ultrastar 7K4000 4TB made its first appearance on Maximum PC back in September 2012, when a gaggle of them debuted in the Dream Machine. At the time, they were the only 7,200rpm 4TB drives available, so they fit right in among all the...
Most of our avid readers of course have at least one SSD in their desktop and laptop, but for large volume storage you're still relegated to conventional hard disks. It's almost become a negative connotation - 'conventional' - and it really doesn't do...
SSDs are of course the hippest and fastest form of storage, but if you want lots of storage capacity without breaking the bank, you're still relegated to the familiar realm of the hard disk. There's still some choice out there in this category, and...
The Deskstar 7K4000’s ample cache, 6GB/s interface, and 7200RPM rotational speed make it a strong contender for desktop storage and other high-demand consumer storage scenarios. Hitachi is a clear leader in the highest-capacity hard drive market,...
It's not all about SSDs when it comes to storage these days. 'Traditional' hard drives are still very much alive as well. Hitachi proves this by introducing the first disks with a capacity of 4 TB. Hardware.Info extensively tested two of them to see...
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...
Die Western-Digital-Tochter Hitachi Global Storage Technologie ( HGST ) zeigt mit dem 3,5-Zoll-Modell 7K4000 4000GB dem Mutterkonzern, dass man in der höchsten Kapazitätsklasse auch sehr preisgünstige Festplatten anbieten kann: Während Sie bei der...
Nicht eine, sondern gleich zwei Festplatten mit luxuriösen 4 TB Speicherplatz schiebt Hitachi auf den Markt. Wir prüfen die Leistungsfähigkeit der beiden Modelle mit 5.400 und 7.200 U/Min. Was ist das denn: Gleich zwei Festplatten schickte uns die...
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