Hitachi P7K500 - Manual

Balanced power and performance for desktop computing

The Deskstar™ P7K500 hard drive provides an exceptional blend of power efficiency and
performance making it an ideal solution for consumer and enterprise power-friendly PCs.
Leveraging sixth-generation power management technology as well as power-saving innovations
pioneered on Hitachi’s popular 2.5-inch line of notebook PC hard drives, this new breed
of desktop drive delivers best-in-class power management and thermal emissions to help
manufacturers meet energy compliance targets and extend drive life.

Power efficiency helps manufacturers deliver ENERGY STAR® 4.0 compliant systems

The ENERGY STAR 4.0 specifications are recognized around the world as a way of identifying
energy-efficient PCs and other office equipment. PCs that meet the ENERGY STAR 4.0
criteria are expected to become increasingly required by government agencies, corporations
and consumers. Some corporations are choosing to purchase ENERGY STAR PCs as part of
their “green” initiatives. The Deskstar P7K500 hard drive delivers industry-leading low-power
consumption – up to 40 percent operational power savings over previous generation products –
contributing to a reduction in overall system power requirements which helps PC manufacturers
achieve ENERGY STAR ratings. Additionally, less power required by the hard drive means
more power budget available in an ENERGY STAR PC for additional features and functions.

Robust technology and configuration flexibility

Featuring a choice of Parallel ATA or Serial SATA interface options to meet the needs of many
design configurations, the Deskstar P7K500 is also built using the industry’s most reliable
perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) techniques to maximize capacity, performance and
field reliability.

500, 400, 320 and 250 GB | 7200 RPM

PATA-133 and SATA 3Gb/s

Highlights

Up to 40 percent operational power savings
over previous generation products
Capacities up to 500GB

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Built on industry’s most reliable PMR
technology
Choice of Parallel ATA or Serial ATA
interface

Applications

Consumer & commercial computers
Personal storage
PC gaming

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Energy-efficient storage for power-friendly PCs

Feature / Function

Benefits

Power

Advanced Power Management

Reduces power during idle periods

HiVERT™ technology

Best-of-breed power consumption

Capacity

500, 400, 320 and 250 GB

Popular capacity points

Reliability

Thermal Fly-height Control (TFC)

Better soft error rate for improved reliability

Head load/unload

Protects disk during non-operation

CRC detection and ECC correction

Data integrity enhanced throughout circuits

SMART command transport

Adaptive error correction

Internal thermal sensor

Improves data integrity

Performance

Up to 16 MB cache buffer

Faster data processing

Configuration

Choice of PATA or SATA interface

Design flexibility

Features and Benefits

Deskstar

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P7K500

3.5-INCH HARD DISK DRIVES

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