I didn't found it today in the todays only , it's 117 without the delivery charges if there are any, what realllly amazed me though is that they are supplying the drive with 1 year warranty and I're read somewhere that the hard drive is supplied with 3 years warranty, hm I have to double check that with dabs or wherever I'll be buying it. Hm, Isn't the warranty impled/given by Hitachi no matter where you bought it from? I am asking just in case cause I have inspiron 8100 and 8200 both suffer annual hard drive replacement :(
Thanks a lot for that info Master Yoda , that is exactly what I need and what I am looking for.. Will be definately looking for E7K60 , I am in UK, do you have any idea where can IÂ buy this Hard Drive either OEM or RP with 3 years warranty?
The E7K60 is really better than the 7K60. The E stands for enhanced and that is because it has a 100 percent duty cycle unlike the 7K60 which is only a 20 percent duty cycle.
So what does the duty cycle mean your are asking. The 7K60 with its 20 percent duty cycle is designed read and or write only 20 percent of the time. If you have a 20 percent duty cycle then 48 seconds out of every minute it needs to rest. This does not mean it can't run continuously but by doing so it is adding more wear and tear than it was designed for. You will find that most laptop harddrives are only rated for 20 percent duty cycle.
On the other hand the E7K60 can run continuously without any additional wear and tear because it was design to do just that. The main use it was designed for was blade servers but does not mean it can't be used in laptop computers. Accutely it is a much better harddrive for laptops than the 7K60.
Now not everyone needs a 100 percent duty cycle harddrive. But if you have your computer on a network that requires you to leave it connected and powered on all night so that updates can be pushed to it using MicroSoft's SMS software, then by all means use the E7K60 instead of the 7K60. You will be much better off in the end.
I have seen several laptops in my office die over the last year just because of harddrive failure due to being left on all night and having all kinds of security scans, software updates, and who knows what else done to them.
Look at it this way, the E7K60 is the Heavy Duty version of the 7K60!
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You will notice I don't have the E7K60, but if it would have been available when I install the 7K60 things would different.
Message Edited by Master Yoda on 09-29-2004 05:20 PM
You can do a google search for 7K60 and E7K60. You should get several hits but I do know that they are at ZipZoomFly.com formerly known as GoogleGear.com, not connected with Google Search. I have purchased several items from them with no problems.
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also is this the best hard drive in terms of speed and capacity ?
is there any better? I've heard something about a toshiba laptop hard drive with 16MB buffer cache ,7200 rpm ?
will someone provide any info on these like part numbers,s.numbers things like that..
Thanks.
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Well, I'll be buying mine tomorrow for about 115 GBP , I'm in UK and that is the only option I have - www.dabs.com and then select UK.
You might have much more options where to buy it from if you are in US.
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Thanks mate,
I didn't found it today in the todays only , it's 117 without the delivery charges if there are any, what realllly amazed me though is that they are supplying the drive with 1 year warranty and I're read somewhere that the hard drive is supplied with 3 years warranty, hm I have to double check that with dabs or wherever I'll be buying it. Hm, Isn't the warranty impled/given by Hitachi no matter where you bought it from? I am asking just in case cause I have inspiron 8100 and 8200 both suffer annual hard drive replacement :(
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Well then, any ideas where can I get a RP or Retail Packaged one?
Thanks.
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This is one is OEM and is supplied with 3 years warranty,though they do not ship to UK..
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=22-146-020&depa=0
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Any other good deals for purchasing this HDD in US? Thanks.
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?sku=A0398344&c=us&l=en&cs=19&category_id=2999&page=external
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=100519
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Thanks again for that 101% useful post.
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The E7K60 is really better than the 7K60. The E stands for enhanced and that is because it has a 100 percent duty cycle unlike the 7K60 which is only a 20 percent duty cycle.
So what does the duty cycle mean your are asking. The 7K60 with its 20 percent duty cycle is designed read and or write only 20 percent of the time. If you have a 20 percent duty cycle then 48 seconds out of every minute it needs to rest. This does not mean it can't run continuously but by doing so it is adding more wear and tear than it was designed for. You will find that most laptop harddrives are only rated for 20 percent duty cycle.
On the other hand the E7K60 can run continuously without any additional wear and tear because it was design to do just that. The main use it was designed for was blade servers but does not mean it can't be used in laptop computers. Accutely it is a much better harddrive for laptops than the 7K60.
Now not everyone needs a 100 percent duty cycle harddrive. But if you have your computer on a network that requires you to leave it connected and powered on all night so that updates can be pushed to it using MicroSoft's SMS software, then by all means use the E7K60 instead of the 7K60. You will be much better off in the end.
I have seen several laptops in my office die over the last year just because of harddrive failure due to being left on all night and having all kinds of security scans, software updates, and who knows what else done to them.
Look at it this way, the E7K60 is the Heavy Duty version of the 7K60!
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You will notice I don't have the E7K60, but if it would have been available when I install the 7K60 things would different.
Message Edited by Master Yoda on 09-29-2004 05:20 PM
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You can do a google search for 7K60 and E7K60. You should get several hits but I do know that they are at ZipZoomFly.com formerly known as GoogleGear.com, not connected with Google Search. I have purchased several items from them with no problems.