Hitachi Global Storage Technologies has announced volume shipment of their new 250GB Travelstar 5K250 hard drive which they claim is the industry’s highest performing and lowest power consuming 250GB notebook/laptop hard drive. The new drive features several other technologies including 400G shock protection, quiet acoustics, and optional Bulk Data Encryption data security. Here are the main features and specifications for the Hitachi Travelstar 5K250.

  • 5400 RPM 2.5 inch hard drive
  • 250GB of space
  • Claimed 10-25 % faster application performance than competitive drives
  • 1.8W read/write power and 0.55W low power idle
  • 400G operating shock (1000 G non-operating shock)
  • 5.5 ms average latency
  • 11 ms average read time
  • 2.4 Bels typical idle acoustics
  • 2.6 Bels typical operational acoustics

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