Hitachi GST Deskstar H3IK20003272SP (0S02861) 2TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

Pros: I just received and installed this hard drive today and the product sticker on the drive itself lists a model number of: HDS722020ALA330 which is the same product number as the Deskstar 7K2000 on the Hitachi website. Under the product number it says, Type: DK7SAA200

The drive came in a sealed retail box and was packed tightly with peanuts in a newegg packing box. The drive is made in Thailand by Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Thailand) Ltd.

From the Hitachi website as to how to read the Deskstar model number:

HDS722020ALA330 = 2TB, 32MB buffer

H = Hitachi
D = Deskstar
S =Series prefix
72 = 7200 RPM 20 = Full capacity—2TB
20 = Capacity this model,
20 = 2TB
A =Generationcode
L = 26.1mm z-height
A3 = Interface, SATA 3Gb/s
3 = 32MB buffer
0 = Reserved

The drive is silent in an iMac 24 inch Intel. I'm currently recording live TV via an Elgato EyeTV unit attached to my iMac and the hard drive temperature is 135 degrees with iTunes currently playing

Cons: The drive doesn't have the set in cutouts or insets of a standard drive on the bottom I think because this might be a five platter design so I placed my hard drive temperature sensor above the drive height of 26.1mm or 1.0275 inch which was no problem for a 24 in Intel iMac but may provide a space issue for other computers or I'm guessing you can always side mount your temperature sensor if that little sensor bump makes a difference.

Overall Review: The retail box shown on a certain well known website that begins with the letter "A" that sells a whole bunch of stuff is the same as the one that I received.

The hard drive is running at 1,576 rpm's at 135 degrees with an ambient room temperature of 76 degrees while recording live TV and playing a different movie on iTunes and converting a Flash file to a MP4 file at the same time with CPU usage at 63% User - 10% System - 27% Idle

The drive is rated at: 5 watts at 400 mA 12A 850 mA

This drive is replacing a WD Black Caviar 1TB which ran about 12 degrees higher in temperature with the same type of CPU load.

Side note: The original Apple OEM iMac hard drive was also a Hitachi branded drive.

Hope this information helps as I also couldn't find any information on the listed model number of H3IK20003272SP.

Pros: 3 year warranty, so when it does die, you can pay $10 to ship it back to Hitachi and get a replacement in a few weeks. Save the box!

Cons: Beware! You will not receive this hard drive. Hitachi is substituting another drive, Newegg part number N82E16822145473. I just bought 2 of these, and each drive has 3 different part numbers listed: 0F12115 and HDS723020BLA642 printed on the drive itself, which match the other Newegg part number, and 0S02861 printed on the box, which matches the description on this part. As another reviewer pointed out, the 2 different models are the 7K2000 and the 7K3000 (no the bigger number isn't the better drive, but that's what your getting). This is clearly a bait and switch scam being perpetrated by Hitachi Global Storage Technologies. Oh, by the way one of the drives I just bought was DOA...

Overall Review: *** This is not Newegg's fault. *** Hitachi is fraudulently mislabeling the boxes. Newegg has no way of knowing what is inside.

HGST/WD: don't bother responding to tell me you are "sorry to read of [my] drive experience" and to call tech support, like you did on the others reviews that pointed this out. You have been caught red handed. Fix your ****.