Hitachi 0A57547? 2.5-Inch 320 GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive

There's several sources (even Amazon.com) where you can find this drive at HALF the cost. I've been using these drives (I own two and use these extensively in a home lab where I load/reload operating systems and use heavy I/O against the drive) for quite a while. I own two right now, and am shopping for two more to replace a drive that failed (the drive that failed in this case is not this model, but the one that came with my laptop from the laptop manufacturer in 2007).

I travel with my laptops, have a virtual lab (vmware or other virtualization) and have heavy use of these drives. I've never had a problem with these drives. I also use Hitachi at work on storage arrays, and also Seagate and some Western Digital drives. I've been impressed with Hitachi drives over the years, and any drive by any manufacturer can fail at some point. However, I've personally experienced the least of failures with Hitachi drives.

I put one in a Sony Viao laptop I...Read more

I installed this drive in my 2009 Mac Mini and it's very fast. However, in looking at the temperature it's also running a little hot- usually between 47 and 51 degrees celsius. I understand that the high temps have a lot to do with the compact size of the mini, but the temps do make me a little nervous.

Just replaced the drive in my Fujitsu Lifebook S7110 notebook with this drive and it's been working great! No sound at all. May get a little warm on top (near arm rest which is just above the drive), but I have not seen this to cause any issues. Partitioned it into two drives and used the Fujitsu CD to reload Vista in C-drive and everything is fine!