HITACHI 7K3000 3TB 7200 RPM 64MB cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" internal hard drive

getit29 2010-12-12 03:29:48 UTC #1

Any one have this drive yet? I see mwave has them in stock and these drives still
use the old 512 Bytes per sector and not the newer 4K clusters so it should work
with XP and no PCIe card should be needed to make it work correctly but maybe a
BIOS update would be needed.
mclub price $249.99

[HITACHI HDS723030ALA640 7K3000 3TB 7200 RPM 64MB cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" internal hard drive](http://www.mwave.com/mwave/skusearch_v3.asp?scriteria=AA78157&pagetitle=HITACHI HDS723030ALA640 / 0F12450 Deskstar 7K3000 3TB 7)

Burnsama 2010-12-16 13:31:46 UTC #2

Thanks for the info getit29

tmc8080 2011-03-26 04:09:51 UTC #3

Don’t mistake being able to recognize the drive with 512k sectors to overcoming the 2tb partition limit. For that you need a compatible drive file system (ntfs or higher), hardware & o/s including the SATA controller & System BIOS (that is, without using work-arounds).

Better deal… @ 169.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145472&cm_re=hitachi_3tb_hard_drive--22-145-472--Product

Two_Degrees 2011-03-27 04:59:29 UTC #4

If you want to use the entire 3TB you have to use a 64-bit OS. I did manage to install Windows 7 x64 on my 7K3000 after much blood and sweat; it required a BIOS update to my Gigabyte board that enabled EFI.