Net Reviews: Hitachi DeskStar 250GB SATA

IBM was a leader in desktop hard drives with their early Deskstar series, but eventually the drive line encountered the infamous 'click of death' which changed their fortunes. Eventually they sold their drive division to Hitachi. The Tech Report takes a look at the new Hitachi Deskstar 7K250 SATA to see if Hitachi has turned around the fate of the Deskstar line.

Don't forget to check out the other reviews posted on the Net over the weekend.

Laptops

• Sharp Actius MM20 @ CNet
• Sharp Actius MM20 @ PC Magazine
• Sony VAIO V505 @ CNet
• Toshiba Portege M200 @ CNet

Cases and Mods

• Ahanix D.vine 4 HTPC Case @ The Crucible
• Lian-Li PC-7 H Aluminum Case @ Overclockers Cafe
• RaidMax Cobra Gaming Case @ MODTHEBOX

Cooling

• Aerocool HT-101 Heatsink @ Viper Lair
• Microcool Chipset Heatsinks @ System Cooling

CPUs

• AMD Athlon XP-M @ Sudhian Media

Hard Drives

• Hitachi Deskstar 7K250 SATA @ The Tech Report

Memory

• Corsair XMS TWINX PC4400 DDR @ CoolTechZone
• GeIL Ultra Platinum PC3200 DDR @ AMD Power
• Kingston HyperX PC4000 DDR @ Tweak News

Monitors

• BenQ FP767-12 17" LCD @ CNet

Motherboards

• Albatron PX875 Pro i875P @ Tech-PC
• ASUS SK8V K8T800 @ Trusted Reviews
• Chaintech 9PJL Apogee i865PE @ Red & Blackness
• Shuttle ST62K XPC Zen SFF ATI 9100 @ Dan's Data

Optical Drives

• ASUS CRW-5232AS QuieTrack 52x CD-RW @ CDRLabs

Video Cards

• MSI GeForceFX 5950 Ultra-VTD @ HEXUS