Hitachi SATA-II drives - Anyone using them?

Coyote Hunter · 05-07-2005, 11:43 PM

Still waiting on my Supermicro 733T-450 case with hot-swap SATA drive bays. HAven't purchased the drives yet but am considering the Hitachi SATA-II 3.0Gb/s drives with NCQ.

Has anyone had experience with them and was it good or bad?

Second choice would be Seagate SATA-I 1.5Gb/s drives with NCQ. Same question?

johnrr6 · 05-07-2005, 11:52 PM

I have 2 x 80 Gig in SATA RAID 0 on my DFI NF4 Ultra D which has a SATA II controller.

You must get Hitachis Ftool in order to flip the switch on the drives to SATA II as they come set for SATA l

I LOVE them.....

VERY---VERY fast

VERY---VERY cheap

Quiet

Not hot

I think the very expensive Maxtors outperform them----but only by the smallest of margin.

You just can't beat the performance for the price....

Good luck-----John

Briton · 05-08-2005, 12:02 AM

Where did you get yours John?

guiness · 05-08-2005, 12:04 AM

Used a Hitachi SATA_II 80 gig on the system I just built for my sister, $58.50! did not get to get to do any speed tests or crunching big files as she wanted it ASAP! But it did seem to be faster than my old ATA drives. Sound of it was quite OK, pretty quiet, and run luke warm as do current fluid bearing drives do. no unusual sounds, do hear the heads seeking as you would hear in a Maxtor drive, but not as loud. Just my opinion. Put it on an EPOX NF4 Ultra board, with an A64 3200 Winchester, seems pretty responsive. Would buy one for myself if was looking for one today.

guiness · 05-08-2005, 12:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnrr6

You must get Hitachis Ftool in order to flip the switch on the drives to SATA II as they come set for SATA l

Did not know that!!! Will have to do that for the machine I just set up!! THANKS!

Got it at zipzoomfly

johnrr6 · 05-08-2005, 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Briton

Where did you get yours John?

Got mine at Newegg for $60 each----very cheap----but I couldn't find them on the site anymore----try ZipZoomFly...

Moop · 05-08-2005, 01:43 PM

I found this review comparing some of the latest hdd's including sata2. Link

chuckbam · 05-09-2005, 11:56 PM

I have the 80GB and the 250GB. I purchased them from ZZF.

johnrr6 · 05-10-2005, 09:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chuckbam

I have the 80GB and the 250GB. I purchased them from ZZF.

Chuck----did you flip the switches with Hitachis FTool.....

Looks like your still in SATA I

Also---try HD Tach and ATTO

The burst speed is incredible on these drives and sustained is darn good too

Not quite SCSI----but very fast and very cheap.....

chuckbam · 05-10-2005, 11:05 AM

Quote:

Chuck----did you flip the switches with Hitachis FTool.....

Looks like your still in SATA I
....

Why does it look like I am at a SATA I ? I did use Ftool and change to SATA II.

VSEKH · 05-10-2005, 11:27 AM

I got a pair of these 80GB Hitachi SATAII drives running in Raid0 connected to a SI3124 PCI-X SATA II controller in my system. The drives are set to SATAII mode.

I got a drive index score of 88MB/s.

chuckbam · 05-10-2005, 11:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VSEKH

I got a pair of these 80GB Hitachi SATAII drives running in Raid0 connected to a SI3124 PCI-X SATA II controller in my system. The drives are set to SATAII mode.

I got a drive index score of 88MB/s.

And I am getting 92MBs with the ICH7R

VSEKH · 05-10-2005, 11:32 AM

Maybe johnrr6 can post his scores on the Nvidia onboard SATA II controller for comparison of the different SATA II controllers.

chuckbam · 05-10-2005, 03:49 PM

johnrr6 · 05-10-2005, 08:54 PM

Chuck---everyone.....

I was reading wrong numbers when I looked a Chuck's scores-----or I got cross eyed---who knows....

Here is my HD Tach:

Overall----Not so much different than everyone elses----but my burst speeds are faster

John

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05-07-2005, 11:52 PM	#2
johnrr6 Lucky Amateur Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Virginia Posts: 2,429	Two In SATA RAID 0 I have 2 x 80 Gig in SATA RAID 0 on my DFI NF4 Ultra D which has a SATA II controller. You must get Hitachis Ftool in order to flip the switch on the drives to SATA II as they come set for SATA l I LOVE them..... VERY---VERY fast VERY---VERY cheap Quiet Not hot I think the very expensive Maxtors outperform them----but only by the smallest of margin. You just can't beat the performance for the price.... Good luck-----John __________________ 1st Rig:------------------------------------------------------2nd Rig: i7 920 @ 3.6 Ghz--------------------------------------------9850 BE at 2.6 Ghz Vista Ultimate Edition 64 Bit SP1---------------------------Vista Ultimate Edition 64 Bit SP1 Asus P6T Deluxe, BIOS 1101------------------------------AsRock 780G BIOS 1.50 Vigor Monsoon III LT---------------------------------------Thermaltake Blue Orb II 6 x 2 Gig Mushkin PC12800--------------------------------Mushkin 4 x 2 Gig PC8500 ATI HD 4870 1 Gig------------------------------------------ATI HD 4870 2 x 500 Gig Seagate SATA II HDs in RAID 0--------------2 x 500Gig Western Digital SATA II HDs in RAID 0 Samsung SATA TruDirect DVD Burner w/Lightscribe-------Samsung SATA Tru Direct DVD Burner w/Lightscribe Seasonic 600W PSU-----------------------------------------Silverstone 500 Watt ST50EF PSU Creative X-Fi Titanium sound-------------------------------Azalia Onboard Sound Lian Li AO5B Black Case------------------------------------Silverstone SG01 SFF Black Case Hauppage 1800 TV Card------------------------------------Hauppage 1600 TV Card
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05-08-2005, 12:02 AM	#3
Briton Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Boston Posts: 2,778	Where did you get yours John?
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05-08-2005, 12:04 AM	#4
guiness Out Of The Wild Blue Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 4,270	Used a Hitachi SATA_II 80 gig on the system I just built for my sister, $58.50! did not get to get to do any speed tests or crunching big files as she wanted it ASAP! But it did seem to be faster than my old ATA drives. Sound of it was quite OK, pretty quiet, and run luke warm as do current fluid bearing drives do. no unusual sounds, do hear the heads seeking as you would hear in a Maxtor drive, but not as loud. Just my opinion. Put it on an EPOX NF4 Ultra board, with an A64 3200 Winchester, seems pretty responsive. Would buy one for myself if was looking for one today.
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VSEKH Fold for ABX Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 11,934	I got a pair of these 80GB Hitachi SATAII drives running in Raid0 connected to a SI3124 PCI-X SATA II controller in my system. The drives are set to SATAII mode. I got a drive index score of 88MB/s. __________________ Folding Rig:Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6, QX9650 cooled with a Zalman 9700NT, Powercolor X300SE, Audigy2zs, 4G DDR2-800 Mushkin memory, Plextor PX-760, Pair of 74GB WD Raptors in Raid0 & Seagate 750GB SATA drives, PC Power & Cooling 610 watt PSU, Coolermaster Cosmos case Gaming Rig: Asus Maximus Formula SE, Intel QX9650 cooled with a Zalman 9700NT, EVGA 8800GTX, 4GB of GSkill DDR2-1000, Audigy XFi fatality, Samsung 203B, Pair of 150GB WD Raptors in Raid0 & 1TB Hitachi Sata hard drives, PC Power & Cooling 750 watt PSU, Coolermaster Stacker STC-T01 case
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VSEKH Fold for ABX Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 11,934	Maybe johnrr6 can post his scores on the Nvidia onboard SATA II controller for comparison of the different SATA II controllers. __________________ Folding Rig:Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6, QX9650 cooled with a Zalman 9700NT, Powercolor X300SE, Audigy2zs, 4G DDR2-800 Mushkin memory, Plextor PX-760, Pair of 74GB WD Raptors in Raid0 & Seagate 750GB SATA drives, PC Power & Cooling 610 watt PSU, Coolermaster Cosmos case Gaming Rig: Asus Maximus Formula SE, Intel QX9650 cooled with a Zalman 9700NT, EVGA 8800GTX, 4GB of GSkill DDR2-1000, Audigy XFi fatality, Samsung 203B, Pair of 150GB WD Raptors in Raid0 & 1TB Hitachi Sata hard drives, PC Power & Cooling 750 watt PSU, Coolermaster Stacker STC-T01 case
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johnrr6 Lucky Amateur Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Virginia Posts: 2,429	My HD-Tach Chuck---everyone..... I was reading wrong numbers when I looked a Chuck's scores-----or I got cross eyed---who knows.... Here is my HD Tach: Overall----Not so much different than everyone elses----but my burst speeds are faster John __________________ 1st Rig:------------------------------------------------------2nd Rig: i7 920 @ 3.6 Ghz--------------------------------------------9850 BE at 2.6 Ghz Vista Ultimate Edition 64 Bit SP1---------------------------Vista Ultimate Edition 64 Bit SP1 Asus P6T Deluxe, BIOS 1101------------------------------AsRock 780G BIOS 1.50 Vigor Monsoon III LT---------------------------------------Thermaltake Blue Orb II 6 x 2 Gig Mushkin PC12800--------------------------------Mushkin 4 x 2 Gig PC8500 ATI HD 4870 1 Gig------------------------------------------ATI HD 4870 2 x 500 Gig Seagate SATA II HDs in RAID 0--------------2 x 500Gig Western Digital SATA II HDs in RAID 0 Samsung SATA TruDirect DVD Burner w/Lightscribe-------Samsung SATA Tru Direct DVD Burner w/Lightscribe Seasonic 600W PSU-----------------------------------------Silverstone 500 Watt ST50EF PSU Creative X-Fi Titanium sound-------------------------------Azalia Onboard Sound Lian Li AO5B Black Case------------------------------------Silverstone SG01 SFF Black Case Hauppage 1800 TV Card------------------------------------Hauppage 1600 TV Card
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