Hitachi pushes out 2.5-inch 320GB Travelstar 5K320

Considering that Fujitsu just unleashed a half-terabyte drive in the 2.5-inch form factor yesterday, Hitachi's 320GB Travelstar 5K320 seems a bit underwhelming. Still, it's pretty capacious in its own right, and does feature optional Bulk Data Encryption (BDE) and a 3Gb/s data transfer rate. The 5,400RPM SATA drive also includes "altitude-sensing Thermal Fly-height Control (TFC), an improved actuator latch and fourth-generation perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) head technology," and better still, only sucks down 1.8-watts of power when reading and writing. The good news? It's shipping to customers worldwide as we speak. The bad? Who knows how pricey it'll be.

[nak @ Feb 26th 2008 8:04AM]

Isn't the 500GB Fujitsu drive at 12.5mm? Not very useful to most laptop owners.

[Ian @ Feb 26th 2008 11:03AM]

From the link:

Travelstar 5K320
320/250/160/120/80 GB
9.5 mm in height

[Nipponese @ Feb 26th 2008 11:18AM]

@ Ian, he was mentioning the Fujitsu, not the above article Hitachi.

[Aprime @ Feb 26th 2008 8:07AM]

At least 2.50

[ae86takumi @ Feb 26th 2008 10:16AM]

Will this work on my PS3??

[spyder91 @ Feb 26th 2008 12:28PM]

Yes.

[SimbaDogg @ Feb 26th 2008 4:28PM]

i hope i'll never need 500 on my ps3, but this looks like it might be THE fit

[paxman @ Feb 26th 2008 10:06PM]

Samsung has already announced a 500GB 2.5" drive earlier in the year that, although a triple platter design, still adheres to the standard 9.5mm height.

http://www.samsung.com/us/business/semiconductor/newsView.do?news_id=892

Been waiting for this one since CES. Due out 1st half 2008.

[Jim @ Feb 28th 2008 6:41PM]

Let's see if Samsung can deliver a reliable drive though.