SOLD: Hitachi Travelstar 5k80 60GB 5400RPM Laptop Hard Drive

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brentpresley · #1 Post by **brentpresley** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 7:59 am

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

brentpresley · #2 Post by **brentpresley** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 6:04 am

klystron · #3 Post by **klystron** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 7:41 pm

How much extra for shipping to the west coast of Canada?

brentpresley · #4 Post by **brentpresley** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 7:50 pm

klystron wrote:How much extra for shipping to the west coast of Canada?

No extra charge.

Website · #5 Post by **tfflivemb2** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 9:51 pm

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?

pcnoob · #6 Post by **pcnoob** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 1:03 am

How old is the drive? What about seek noises?

brentpresley · #7 Post by **brentpresley** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 5:39 am

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).

#8 Post by **KristianJ** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:03 pm

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.

brentpresley · #9 Post by **brentpresley** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 6:12 am

The additional shipping would be about $5 US.

brentpresley · #10 Post by **brentpresley** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 7:31 am

Bump. One available (and this one has a label and a manufacture date of Jan 06).

brentpresley · #11 Post by **brentpresley** » Wed May 03, 2006 7:14 am

pcnoob · #12 Post by **pcnoob** » Wed May 03, 2006 4:38 pm

I am kinda interested but can you let me hear what kind of sound it makes when it's on?

brentpresley · #13 Post by **brentpresley** » Wed May 03, 2006 4:43 pm

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).

Website · #14 Post by **tfflivemb2** » Wed May 03, 2006 4:49 pm

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.

brentpresley · #15 Post by **brentpresley** » Wed May 03, 2006 4:52 pm

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.

JHEM · #16 Post by **JHEM** » Wed May 03, 2006 5:02 pm

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

brentpresley · #17 Post by **brentpresley** » Thu May 04, 2006 11:15 am

SOLD: Hitachi Travelstar 5k80 60GB 5400RPM Laptop Hard Drive

SOLD: Hitachi Travelstar 5k80 60GB 5400RPM Laptop Hard Drive

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