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500GB 2.5" Hitachi Travelstar 5K500 5400RPM 12.5mm SATA Notebook Drive with 8MB Cache - For all Apple MacBook Pro 17" (Not for MacBook 13.3", MacBook Pro 15") and PC Laptops that support 12.5mm drives. New, 3 Year Warranty (HIT0A53487)

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Hitachi Travelstar™ 5K500
Industry-leading storage capacity for advanced mobile applications

For all Apple MacBook Pro 17" and PC Laptop models with hard drive bay(s) that support 12.5mm height drives. Not for MacBook, MacBook Pro 15", or PC models which require 9.5mm max height drive.

Highest-capacity storage for full-featured notebook PCs

Hitachi is first to introduce a 500GB, 5400 RPM 2.5-inch hard drive for entertainment power-house notebooks, sleek desktop PCs, external storage devices and other advanced mobile applications. Travelstar™ 5K500 uses a three-disk design to deliver up to 500GB of capacity. This new drive is extremely energy-efficient, with a power profile nearly identical to its 2-disk predecessor and Travelstar 5K500 performance is the highest among 2.5-inch 5400 RPM drives in PCMark testing. The 5K500 is well-suited for "slim" desktop PCs delivering high capacities in space-saving enclosures. Designed to help consumers enjoy their high-definition movies, music, photos and games on the go, Travelstar 5K500 delivers the features, design innovations and technologies that enhance the entertainment experience. The 5K500 provides the advantages of a desktop with the portability of a notebook.

Technology and design innovation

Travelstar 5K500 is Hitachi’s fourth-generation mobile drive to use perpendicular magnetic recording technology to deliver breakthrough capacity and reliability. Today’s full-featured notebooks include premium speakers for enhancing a user’s audio experience. These speakers
can inadvertently cause vibrations within the system enclosure. To mitigate any adverse impact on system performance, the Travelstar 5K500 is the first mobile drive to feature Hitachi patented Rotational Vibration Safeguard (RVS) technology. RVS serves as an "early warning" system for the drive, enabling it to sense a possible disturbance in advance and take the necessary steps to stabilize the drive head and maintain performance.

Highlights

  • Up to 500GB1 of capacity
  • 3-disk configuration with 12.5mm z-height
  • Rotational Vibration Safeguard
  • Frugal on power consumption
  • Serial ATA 3 Gb/s

Applications

  • Notebook PCs
  • Multi-media & entertainment PCs
  • External Storage
  • Slim desktop PCs
  • Advanced mobile applications
Features and Benefits
  Feature / Function Benefits
Capacity Up to 500GB of storage Up to 125 hours of high-definition video,
500 hrs of standard video, 178 movies,
125,000 4-min songs or 250 games*
Performance Rotational Vibration Safeguard Compensates for vibration & shock effects to maintain performance
Reliability 400G operating shock
1000G non-operating shock		 Best protection against bumps and rough handling
Thermal Fly-height Control (TFC) Better soft error rate for improved reliability
TrueTrack Technology™ Tracking accuracy in high shock or vibration
Power 1.9W read/write power
0.7W low power idle		 Long battery life for more "unplugged" time
Comparable profile to 2-disk models
Acoustics Quiet acoustics Richer audio-listening for music, movies and games
Interface SATA 3 Gb/s High data throughput
*Actual storage may vary depending on the compression rate applied. Capacities may not be combined.

Travelstar 5K500 Specifications

Model(s) HTS545050KTA300
Interface SATA 3 Gb/sec
Capacity (GB)1 500
Sector size (bytes) 512
Recording zones 24
Data heads (physical) 6
Data disks 3
Max. areal density (Gbits/sq. inch) 260 / 211
Performance
Data buffer (MB)2 8
Rotational speed (RPM) 5400
Latency average (ms) 5.5
Media transfer rate (Mbits/sec, max) 824 / 775
Interface Transfer Rate (MB/sec, max) 300
Seek time (read, typical) (avg. ms) 3 12
Track to track (read, typical) (avg. ms) 1
Full stroke 20
Reliability
Error rate (non-recoverable, transferred) < 1 per 1.0 E 14 bits
Load/Unload 600,000
Power
Requirement +5 VDC (±5%)
Startup (W, peak, max.) 5.0
Seek (W, avg.) 2.3
Read / Write (W, avg.) 1.9
Performance idle (W, avg.) 1.8
Active idle (W, avg.) 0.95
Low power idle (W, avg.) 0.7
Standby (W, avg.) 0.2
Sleep (W) 0.1
Physical size
z-height (mm) 12.5 mm
Dimensions (width x depth, mm) 70 x 100
Weight (max, g) 148
Environmental (Operating)
Shock (half-sine wave) 400G / 2ms, 200G / 1ms
Ambient temperature 5 to 55° C
Environmental (Non-operating)  
Shock (half-sine wave) 1000G / 1ms
Acoustics (A-weighted sound power)
Idle (typical) 2.2
Seek (typical) 2.4
  1. One GB is equal to one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity; accessible capacity may be less
  2. Upper 951.3KB out of 8MB used for firmware
  3. Excludes command overhead
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