Hitachi 2TB Touro 3.5" Black USB3.0 External Hard Drive - Retail for £83.99 @ Novatech

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  pet20001 year, 2 months ago #1Show comment toolsReply

  desktop 3.5"
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  ettienem10011 year, 2 months ago #2Show comment toolsReply

  pet2000

  desktop 3.5"

  
  Updated title... Thanks
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  wombat60251 year, 2 months ago #3Show comment toolsReply

  This is the slower 5400rpm drive:
  
  Brand Hitachi
  Product External Hard Drive
  Capacity 2TB
  Form Factor 3.5"
  Dimensions (W x H x D) 12.9cm, 6cm, 18.3cm
  Weight 0.97Kg
  Interface USB 3.0
  Performance
  Spindle 5400rpm
  Data Transfer Up to 480Mbit/Sec
  Requirements
  Windows Windows XP
  Windows Vista
  Windows 7
  available USB 2.0 port
  Mac OS 10.5 or newer
  available USB 2.0 port
  Other Information
  In The Box 1 x 2TB Touro USB 3.0 Hard Drive
  1 x USB cable
  1x Power adapter
  Warranty 2 Year Manufacturer Warranty
  
  The faster drive is £87 at Dabs http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/hitachi-2tb-touro-desk-pro-7200rpm-cloud-storage-remote-access-usb-3-0-3-5-desktop-1169883
  
  

  
  Edited By: wombat6025 on Mar 20, 2012 18:30
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  tamoil1 year, 1 month ago #4Show comment toolsReply

  wombat6025

  This is the slower 5400rpm drive:
  
  
  

  
  Not necessarily true, mine had a 7200 rpm drive in it.
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  doveman0071 year, 1 month ago #5Show comment toolsReply

  Can USB3 exceed a 5400RPM drive then? Maybe the slower drive might last longer, what with less heat, etc.
  

  
  Edited By: doveman007 on Mar 22, 2012 18:38
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  bigpapa1 year, 1 month ago #6Show comment toolsReply

  Would i be able to change the hard drives in this to another type or size?
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  renderman1 year, 1 month ago #7Show comment toolsReply

  Mine was 7200rpm and 79 from ebuyers ebay store:
  
  Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 - 2000.3 GB
  
  SATA 600 - 7200rpm - 153mb/s write and read
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  renderman1 year, 1 month ago #8Show comment toolsReply

  wombat6025

  This is the slower 5400rpm drive:
  
  Brand Hitachi
  Product External Hard Drive
  Capacity 2TB
  Form Factor 3.5"
  Dimensions (W x H x D) 12.9cm, 6cm, 18.3cm
  Weight 0.97Kg
  Interface USB 3.0
  Performance
  Spindle 5400rpm
  Data Transfer Up to 480Mbit/Sec
  Requirements
  Windows Windows XP
  Windows Vista
  Windows 7
  available USB 2.0 port
  Mac OS 10.5 or newer
  available USB 2.0 port
  Other Information
  In The Box 1 x 2TB Touro USB 3.0 Hard Drive
  1 x USB cable
  1x Power adapter
  Warranty 2 Year Manufacturer Warranty
  
  The faster drive is £87 at Dabs http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/hitachi-2tb-touro-desk-pro-7200rpm-cloud-storage-remote-access-usb-3-0-3-5-desktop-1169883
  
  

  
  
  That is a mi-description on the RPM speed - the pro only has cloud storage as the difference, in fact the box for the DX3 does not say DX3 or RPM speed anywhere on it and everyone that had done a disk info test or opened one up has found a 7200rpm drive
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  renderman1 year, 1 month ago #9Show comment toolsReply

  Also it's still in stock on ebuyer in their ebay shop.
  
  290687323328
  
  is the item number £79 delivered
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  wombat60251 year, 1 month ago #10Show comment toolsReply

  renderman

  wombat6025

  This is the slower 5400rpm drive:
  
  Brand Hitachi
  Product External Hard Drive
  Capacity 2TB
  Form Factor 3.5"
  Dimensions (W x H x D) 12.9cm, 6cm, 18.3cm
  Weight 0.97Kg
  Interface USB 3.0
  Performance
  Spindle 5400rpm
  Data Transfer Up to 480Mbit/Sec
  Requirements
  Windows Windows XP
  Windows Vista
  Windows 7
  available USB 2.0 port
  Mac OS 10.5 or newer
  available USB 2.0 port
  Other Information
  In The Box 1 x 2TB Touro USB 3.0 Hard Drive
  1 x USB cable
  1x Power adapter
  Warranty 2 Year Manufacturer Warranty
  
  The faster drive is £87 at Dabs http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/hitachi-2tb-touro-desk-pro-7200rpm-cloud-storage-remote-access-usb-3-0-3-5-desktop-1169883
  
  

  
  
  That is a mi-description on the RPM speed - the pro only has cloud storage as the difference, in fact the box for the DX3 does not say DX3 or RPM speed anywhere on it and everyone that had done a disk info test or opened one up has found a 7200rpm drive

  
  
  Thanks for the update - I do wish retailers would put the correct info on their sites...
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  emiratesstadium1 year, 1 month ago #11Show comment toolsReply

  tamoil

  wombat6025

  This is the slower 5400rpm drive:
  
  
  

  
  Not necessarily true, mine had a 7200 rpm drive in it.

  
  
  You obviously had the pro version which you can by from dabs for £3 more......
  
  http://www.dabs.com/products/hitachi-2tb-touro-desk-pro-usb-3-0-3-5--desktop-hard-drive-7ZSR.html?q=hitachi%202tb&src=16
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  renderman1 year, 1 month ago #12Show comment toolsReply

  Not obvious at all it's only £79 delivered for the non-pro with the 7200rpm in it. Everyone that's had one from ebuyer has had a 7200rpm drive, the 5400rpm is not written anywhere except the sellers documentation, the pro one only comes with cloud access and remote access.
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  emiratesstadium1 year, 1 month ago #13Show comment toolsReply

  renderman

  Not obvious at all it's only £79 delivered for the non-pro with the 7200rpm in it. Everyone that's had one from ebuyer has had a 7200rpm drive, the 5400rpm is not written anywhere except the sellers documentation, the pro one only comes with cloud access and remote access.

  
  
  And it comes with 7200rpm on top of the cloud storage.
  
  Didn't realise the non-pro version runs at 7200rpm. i would still rather pay £87 and get the extra 3GB cloud storage on top though.
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  be11aml1 year, 1 month ago #14Show comment toolsReply

  renderman

  Also it's still in stock on ebuyer in their ebay shop.
  
  290687323328
  
  is the item number £79 delivered

  
  I got one of those drives from Ebuyer. Any way to tell which HDD is inside without taking it apart?
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  renderman1 year, 1 month ago #15Show comment toolsReply

  be11aml

  renderman

  Also it's still in stock on ebuyer in their ebay shop.
  
  290687323328
  
  is the item number £79 delivered

  
  I got one of those drives from Ebuyer. Any way to tell which HDD is inside without taking it apart?

  
  
  Yes download a free program called crystaldiskinfo - quick google search will take you there. Then tyest the performance with crystaldiskmark or ATTO bench 32 or similar.
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  zoopakev1 year, 1 month ago #16Show comment toolsReply

  got a pro one last week and impressed with it (tops out at 107mb/s with large files on my xps 15). Only 'downside' is the physical size ... its about twice as thick as the wd elements drives.
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  Sponge1 year, 1 month ago #17Show comment toolsReply

  renderman

  Also it's still in stock on ebuyer in their ebay shop.
  
  290687323328
  
  is the item number £79 delivered

  
  
  Now this is hot.
  
  I bought the Pro one from Dabs as at the time it was reported the non-Pro had a slower drive, but it now appears otherwise. I could have save a few £. Oh well. :)
  

  
  Edited By: Sponge on Mar 28, 2012 14:16
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  rambobambo1 year, 1 month ago #18Show comment toolsReply

  any clarity on above which one is 7200 RPM...... thanks
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  Fujioka1 year, 1 month ago #19Show comment toolsReply

  Back at £79.99 on eBay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/280857827109
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  doveman0071 year, 1 month ago #20Show comment toolsReply

  I got the ebuyer e-bay one and made a scan of it. I don't know whether it shows which speed drive it is though. Seems OK except for the lack of powerswitch, which means I have to keep unplugging/plugging the powerlead (I should probably unplug the PSU, but the plug socket's rather inaccessible).
  
  
  

  
  Edited By: doveman007 on Apr 03, 2012 21:10

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