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The HGST Deskstar H3IK20003272SP hard drive offers top-of-the-line 7200 RPM high-capacity storage for your PC. Its proven components, advanced engineering and solid performance make this hard drive suitable for demanding home and business computing. With high performance but an affordable price you need to extend your system storage with it today!
HGST Deskstar IDK series of internal hard drives delivers colossal storage capacity and 7200 RPM performance in a standard 3.5-inch form factor. Available in a range of sizes up to 4TB and featuring the first 6Gbit/sec SATA interface in a HGST desktop drive , the Deskstar series is designed to allow you to leverage the benefits of the latest components and operating systems to deliver high-performance, high-capacity, power-efficient systems.
Colossal Add-On Storage for your PC, Mac, or Linux System
HGST Desktop hard drives are designed to the highest quality standards and contain field-proven components. The HGST Deskstar internal hard drive kit delivers colossal add-on storage with high performing 7200 RPM speed in a standard 3.5-inch desktop form factor. With HGST GPT Disk Manager, no additional hardware is required to overcome the 2.2TB limitations of Windows systems when you're adding a 3TB drive.
Robust Design for Reliable Performance
The HGST Deskstar features a robust mechanical design that exceeds the industry standard for quality and reliability. Through a patented ramp load/unload design, the risk of shock damage is minimized by eliminating direct contact between the heads and disks, reducing wear and heat while improving overall drive reliability and power efficiency.
SATA Connections for Fast Data Transfer
Deskstar drives use SATA connections, providing up to 6Gbit/sec data transfer rates --a first for HGST desktop drives. Combined with award-winning 7200 RPM performance, moving your huge collections of photos, music, and more happens quickly and hassle-free.
HGST, a Western Digital company GPT Disk Manager for 3TB Deskstar Drives
The 3TB version of the HGST Deskstar internal hard drive kit includes access to the HGST GPT Disk Manager, an easy to use software application designed to overcome the 2.2TB limitation of Windows systems. GPT Disk Manager works with 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7. GPT Disk Manager is not required for Mac OSX and Linux systems. The HGST GPT Disk Manager software does not support RAID configurations and volumes that are managed by this software cannot be used as boot volumes.
Technical Specifications
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 ****.