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320GB 2.5" Hitachi Travelstar 5K320 5400RPM SATA Notebook Drive with 8MB Cache - New, 3 Year Warranty (HIT0A56417) $74.99 after $20 Travelstar 5K320 320GB rebate available from Hitachi for purchases made between 10/07/2008 and 10/31/2008, click to download rebate form, and view terms and details	Same Day	$94.99

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Hitachi Travelstar™ 5K320
High-capacity notebook PC storage

Reliable, high-capacity storage for mobile applications

Travelstar™ 5K320 is a 5400 RPM 2.5-inch hard drive with capacities ranging from 80GB to 320GB. The 160GB per platter one- and two-disk models are designed for use in notebook PCs, set-top boxes, gaming consoles and other mobile applications. The 5K320 raises the standard for hard drive reliability with design enhancements that include altitude-sensing Thermal Fly-height Control (TFC), an improved actuator latch and fourth generation perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) head technology. Along with the attention to ruggedness, Hitachi continues to deliver excellent performance and low-power leadership. Designed to support the multi-tasking needs of consumers and commercial users balancing mobile computing and movies, music, photos and games on the go, Travelstar 5K320 delivers the right capacity and performance options to meet the needs of IT and consumer electronics manufacturers. Hitachi offers optional hard-drive-level encryption for users looking for increased data security and models with enhanced availability to deliver high-capacity storage for non-stop environments.

Hitachi quality and service

Hitachi Travelstar mobile hard disk drives are designed to the highest quality standards and contain field-proven components. Hitachi provides worldwide technical support and integration services to enable global customers to bring their products to market quickly.

Highlights

Up to 320GB¹ of capacity
Low power consumption
Serial ATA 3Gb/s

Applications

Notebook computers
External storage
Gaming consoles
Small form factor video devices

Travelstar 5K320 Specifications

Model(s)	HTS543232L9A300 HTS543225L9A300 HTS543216L9A300 HTS543212L9A300 HTS543280L9A300
Configuration
Interface	SATA 3Gb/s
Capacity (GB)¹	320 / 250 / 160 / 120 / 80
Sector size (bytes)	512
Recording zones	24
Data heads (physical)	4 / 3 / 2 / 2 / 1
Data disks	2 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 1
Max. areal density (Gbits/sq. inch)	250
Performance
Data buffer (MB)²	8
Rotational speed (RPM)	5400
Latency average (ms)	5.5
Media transfer rate (Mbits/sec, max)	729
Interface Transfer Rate (MB/sec, max)	300
Seek time - Average (typical)ms (read)³	12
Seek Time - Track to track (typical) ms (read)	1
Seek Time - Full stroke (typical) ms (read)	20
Reliability
Load/unload cycles	600,000
Warranty	3 years
Power
Requirement	+5 VDC (±5%)
Dissipation (typical) - Startup (peak, max.)	5.0W
Dissipation (typical) - Seek (average)	2.2W
Dissipation (typical) - Read / Write (average)	1.8W
Dissipation (typical) - Performance idle (average)	1.7W
Dissipation (typical) - Active idle (average)	0.8W
Dissipation (typical) - Low power idle (average)	.55W
Dissipation (typical) - Standby (average)	0.2W
Dissipation (typical) - Sleep	0.1W
Acoustics (A-weighted sound power)
Idle (typica, Belsl)	2.4
Seel (typical, Bels)	2.6
Physical
z-height (mm)	9.5
Dimensions (width x depth, mm)	70 x 100
Weight (max, g)	102 // 95
Environmental (Operating)
Shock (half-sine wave)	400 G/2ms, 200 G/1ms
Ambient temperature	5 to 55° C
Environmental (Non-operating)
Shock (half-sine wave)	1000 G/1ms
Ambient temperature	-40 to 65° C
One GB is equal to one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may be less. Upper 736KB out of 8MB used for firmware Excludes command overhead Specific application environments such as temperature and duty cycle will affect the overall reliability rates.