Travelstar 5K80 HTS548040M9AT00

Along with the 7K60 family, Hitachi also unveiled the 5K80 HDD series last year. This family includes four models of 20, 40, 60 and 80GB capacities (the drive we tested was 40GB big); all of them have a spindle rotation speed of 5,400rpm. The buffer size is 8MB, the average seek time is 12msec, and the latency equals 5.5msec. The model supports ATA-6 interface.

The list of technologies implemented in this HDD family is practically identical to the features of the 7K60 family: AFC “pixie dust” media, GMR heads, fluid dynamic bearings, Partial Response Maximum Likelihood (PRML) digital channel, Adaptive Battery Life Extender (ABLE) 3.0, head load/unload, True Track Servo, Drive Fitness Test (DFT) and S.M.A.R.T.

Wow, I hope I missed nothing. No, there is one more thing: the drive is priced at $145.