The domination of expensive, but fast solid-state disks does not at all please the owners of old laptops and those who are looking for a really roomy file storage. If you need a moderately smart hard drive on which you can simultaneously store heavy programs, take a look at the latest HDD models presented in this review.
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HGST Travelstar Z7K500.B - fast and productive
A capacious 500 GB hard drive in an ultra-thin 7 mm case is connected to a “fast” SATA III interface with a throughput of up to 6 Gbit / s. It is an excellent solution if you consider that the hard drive itself is very productive, because the rotation speed of its spindle reaches 7200 r / min.
Pros:
- Steady high speed, and the same for reading and writing 170 MB / s.
- Search time when reading takes only 12-13 ms.
- Low power consumption 1.8-2.1 watts.
- Designed for continuous work 24/7.
- Adaptive servo calibration for accurate positioning of the heads in the desired part of the disk, regardless of its vibrations and displacements.
- NCQ command queue optimization that improves the speed of the hard drive.
- Affordable price for a 500 gigabyte disc - 2400-2900 rubles.
Minuses:
- High revolutions inevitably lead to the heating of the hard drive.
- A modest clipboard size of 32 MB.
WD Blue 500 GB WD5000LPCX - reliable HDD for your desktop laptop
This 500 GB drive is designed for laptops and ultrabooks that perform standard, not very resource-intensive tasks. High-quality and inexpensive model with balanced characteristics - another remix of the most long-playing and popular WD Caviar line.
Owners of laptops, she is known for her loyalty to the careless owners, throwing a laptop into the bag, without waiting for it to stop.
Pros:
- Connection to the high-speed SATA 6 Gb / s port, that is, no bandwidth limitations.
- The actual read / write speed of 120 MB / s does not change as the disk is full.
- Head parking is performed in the “safe zone”, therefore the risk of accidental damage to the magnetic surface during transport is minimal.
- During the work it is almost not heated - due to low revolutions (5400 per minute) the disk temperature reaches a maximum of +38 ° С.
- The stabilized engine, fixed at two points, does not create unnecessary vibrations, which in turn improves the accuracy of the positioning of the heads.
- Low weight 90 grams.
- Silent operation at 22 dB.
- Very low power consumption (1.4 W), which is important if you carry a working laptop everywhere.
- Low price 2500-2700 rubles.
Minuses:
- 16 MB cache by today's standards is very small.
- When transferring heavy files, the recording speed may drop by 30 percent.
WD BLACK (WD10JPLX) - productive hard for powerful laptops
If the previous model of the hard drive seems insufficiently productive, take a look at the improved Black version. This hard will cope with any tasks, since it is not only twice as capacious (1 TB), but also faster.
The rotation speed of the “black” compact is 7200 rpm, and its other characteristics are impressive.
Pros:
- Good read and write speeds of 120-140 MB / s.
- The search time does not exceed 16 ms.
- Careful NoTouch-parking of magnetic heads without touching the disk surface.
- Low power consumption at 1.8 W and a set of energy-saving features to reduce battery consumption.
- The system installs easily and quickly, even older models of laptops easily recognize the hard drive, so that newbies will not have problems with the replacement.
- Increased reliability of mechanics, plus a warranty period of 5 years.
- Price within 3900-4500 rubles.
Minuses:
- Not the largest cache size - 32 MB.
- More noisy (27 dB) and at the same time can significantly vibrate during operation.
- Due to the high rotational speed, it heats up more than standard disks - up to +53 ° С.
- The thickness of the case of 9.5 mm somewhat limits the scope of application of this disc - such an ultra-thin ultrabook doesn’t fit exactly.
Seagate FireCuda 2.5 "(ST2000LX001) - Roomy and Speedy Hybrid
A capacious 2 terabyte drive in a compact 7-millimeter case seems fantastic. And if we add to this a good responsiveness, we get the perfect hard drive for thin laptops, combining a large amount of memory with high speed. True, the manufacturer managed to achieve this only by introducing a flash-chip of 8 GB, so that it will be not just a hard disk, but a real hybrid.
Pros:
- SATA III high speed interface compatible with older connector types.
- The data exchange rate with the system is 140 MB / s.
- Excellent performance not only at the expense of the flash unit, but also thanks to its own 128 MB cache.
- Not very noisy, given its volume - gives only 22-24 dB.
- Low power consumption 1.7-1.8 W when reading and writing.
- It practically does not heat up - under the maximum load the disk temperature does not exceed +38 ° C (even if corrected for poor air exchange in the laptop case, the figure will be low).
- 5 year warranty from the manufacturer.
- The price of 6-7 thousand rubles for a hybrid of 2 TB is a bit.
Minuses:
- MLC-flash memory cells, although they have a good resource, due to their scarcity will exhaust it before the magnetic unit fails.
- The limit on the temperature inside the case is no more than +60 ° C. If other components of the system overheat the disk, it will simply fail.
- The speed drops when writing large data packets.
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