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SOLD: Hitachi Travelstar 5k80 60GB 5400RPM Laptop Hard Drive
Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 7:59 am
by brentpresley
Perfect condition. Passed a full surface scan with zero bad sectors. OEM drives pulled from T41s (no labels).
Specs:
Model HTS5480860M9AT00
60GB
5400RPM
8MB Cache
ATA-100 Interface
http://www.duke.edu/~bkp/images/5k80.jpg
60-day warranty
$65 shipped
SOLD
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 6:04 am
by brentpresley
^^^
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 7:41 pm
by klystron
How much extra for shipping to the west coast of Canada?
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 7:50 pm
by brentpresley
klystron wrote:How much extra for shipping to the west coast of Canada?
No extra charge.
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 9:51 pm
by tfflivemb2
brentpresley wrote:klystron wrote:How much extra for shipping to the west coast of Canada?
No extra charge.
Is Brent a nice guy or what?
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 1:03 am
by pcnoob
How old is the drive? What about seek noises?
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 5:39 am
by brentpresley
All the drives are 12-18 months old (the age of the laptops they were in). Seek noises are minimal (but I am used to the seek noise of a 7200RPM drive, so take that for what it is worth).
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:03 pm
by KristianJ
Hi Brent. Just for future reference if one of these is still available in a few weeks (since an upgrade's not a main priority as yet but could be after I've paid for extended warranty on my T40), how much extra would you charge for shipping to Sydney, Australia?
TIA.
Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 6:12 am
by brentpresley
The additional shipping would be about $5 US.
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 7:31 am
by brentpresley
Bump. One available (and this one has a label and a manufacture date of Jan 06).
Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 7:14 am
by brentpresley
bump
Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 4:38 pm
by pcnoob
I am kinda interested but can you let me hear what kind of sound it makes when it's on?
Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 4:43 pm
by brentpresley
pcnoob wrote:I am kinda interested but can you let me hear what kind of sound it makes when it's on?
Sorry, but I don't have a mic to record the sound.
It is very quiet, almost as quiet as a 4200RPM drive. Once inside a casing, I seriously doubt it could be heard except when seeking (which is also quiet).
Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 4:49 pm
by tfflivemb2
If it helps, the 80GB 5400rpm drive that I bought from brent was virtually quiet as well. I was worried that the faster drive would be too loud, but I was quite impressed. I can hear no real audible difference between my 80GB 5400rpm drive and my 60GB 4200rpm drive. Infact, if I had to choose, the 80GB might be quieter, but that could also be because the seek time is less than the 60gb.
Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 4:52 pm
by brentpresley
Both the 5k80 and 5k100 series drives use Fluid Dynamic Bearings. They are WHISPER quiet because of this.
Here is a review that has this drive in it:
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article207-page2.html
Shows idle and seek noise of 19/20 dBA measured from 3".
EDIT: the FDBs also significantly reduce heat production in these drives.
Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 5:02 pm
by JHEM
pcnoob wrote:I am kinda interested but can you let me hear what kind of sound it makes when it's on?
It goes whirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Sheesh. Just buy it. If it's too noisy for you Brent will refund your money.
Regards,
James
Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 11:15 am
by brentpresley
SOLD
