Found this thought it was a good deal for brand new 500GB hard drive delivered.
Seller is a registered business seller with excellent reputation.
Perfect for PVR's
NOTE: This is a 3.5" drive not a 2.5" drive so is no use for laptops but can be used in PC's.
BRAND NEW SEAGATE PIPELINE HD 500-GB HARD DRIVE
Full 12-Month Warranty Included
These hard drives are the exact same hard drives used by Sky in their Amstrad DRX890 & Samsung 500 HDSKY Sky+HD boxes.
The Seagate 500GB hard drive you are buying here has been removed from a brand new Sky+HD box by us, we take them out when we do our 1000GB conversions. The boxes have never been turned on so you can rest assured the drives are brand new, never used items.
Hard Drive Overview
DVR and media center applications
Entry-level surveillance DVR (SDVR) systems
Low power appliances and devices
Home theater PC
IPTV
Multimedia hard drive recorders
Karaoke and audio jukeboxes
Key Features & Benefits
Sweet spot capacities points of 160GB, 250GB 320GB, 500GB and 1TB, meet the needs of entry level systems as well as high definition media center applications
Tuned to balance high-performance with low power consumption, Pipeline HD drives can support a minimum of 10 simultaneous streams of HD content
Eco-friendly, best in class power performance is easy on the environment while also enabling strict energy conservation programs such as Energy Star
Seagate Soft Sonic™ motor technology enables years of ultra-quiet, worry free operation with acoustic performance as low as 1.9bels
Designed for cool, quiet, worry free, 24x7 operations 365 days a year. Always on, always reliable
Seagate Think Green certified, Pipeline HD drives are more than green - with improved reliability, low power consumption, leading recycling programs, RoHS compliance, PVC free and available and low- halogen designs
Specifications
Model Number: ST3500312CS
Interface: SATA 3Gb/s
Cache: 8MB
Capacity: 500GB
Guaranteed Sectors: 976,773,168
Height: 20.20mm (0.795 in)
Width: 101.85mm (4.010 in)
Length: 146.99mm (5.787 in)
Weight (typical): 420g (0.926 lb)
Random read seek time: <14.0ms
Random write seek time: <15.0ms
Annual Failure Rate: 0.55%
Maximum start current, DC: 2.0
All of the above information and more can be found by following the link below.
These drives work fine in PCs - fitted one from my Humax PVR that I had upgraded.
loopie
11 Jan 11#2
Shame I think my Humax 9200T is IDE/PATA so a Sata drive would be no good.
Tom Pickering to loopie
11 Jan 11#3
Do the manufacturers still make PATA drives?
loopie
11 Jan 11#4
I assume they must as you can still buy them on Amazon for example, I assume people with older PVRs, Laptops and Pcs still might buy them, think they are at a price premium over Sata though.
Deano467
11 Jan 112#5
You can buy ide/sata converters so you can fit newer more efficient (+cheaper) sata drives in older IDE (PATA) systems,
paolo to Deano467
11 Jan 11#7
Why didn't I think of that! PATA drives are SO expensive!!
ShaunnyBwoy
11 Jan 111#6
Might wanna let people know this is a desktop HDD, so no good for laptops or ps3 etc
bradford_dr
11 Jan 11#8
I did a lot of research before upgrading the drive in my Hummy, it seems it's pretty fussy about the drive you put in, and ive heard a lot of problems with people who've used sata/ide convertors with blocking and noise and the drive not being detected when the box is turned on, plus missed recordings...
you can buy PATA HDDs from humaxdirect.co.uk and rest assured they will work, it is however more expensive than shopping around...
Still a good price for a 500GB HDD though.
SUREFIRE247
11 Jan 11#9
Check this for a cheap power lead converter old style to new :
Be careful - not all brands of converter work in PVR applications.
I used the 320GB version of this SATA drive to replace the 250GB PATA drive in my Topfield TF5800 a year ago and it's been excellent - no noise and runs a lot cooler.
But before I bought it I checked on the http://www.toppy.org.uk forums to find out what was involved, and there were lots of posts about problems with SATA to PATA converters - it seemed that only a couple of different chipsets were suitable.
I ended up buying a Startech one from Kikatech - works fine, but check the forums first - I did mine a year ago (a year and a week to be exact!).
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Opening post
Seller is a registered business seller with excellent reputation.
Perfect for PVR's
NOTE: This is a 3.5" drive not a 2.5" drive so is no use for laptops but can be used in PC's.
BRAND NEW SEAGATE PIPELINE HD 500-GB HARD DRIVE
Full 12-Month Warranty Included
These hard drives are the exact same hard drives used by Sky in their Amstrad DRX890 & Samsung 500 HDSKY Sky+HD boxes.
The Seagate 500GB hard drive you are buying here has been removed from a brand new Sky+HD box by us, we take them out when we do our 1000GB conversions. The boxes have never been turned on so you can rest assured the drives are brand new, never used items.
Hard Drive Overview
DVR and media center applications
Entry-level surveillance DVR (SDVR) systems
Low power appliances and devices
Home theater PC
IPTV
Multimedia hard drive recorders
Karaoke and audio jukeboxes
Key Features & Benefits
Sweet spot capacities points of 160GB, 250GB 320GB, 500GB and 1TB, meet the needs of entry level systems as well as high definition media center applications
Tuned to balance high-performance with low power consumption, Pipeline HD drives can support a minimum of 10 simultaneous streams of HD content
Eco-friendly, best in class power performance is easy on the environment while also enabling strict energy conservation programs such as Energy Star
Seagate Soft Sonic™ motor technology enables years of ultra-quiet, worry free operation with acoustic performance as low as 1.9bels
Designed for cool, quiet, worry free, 24x7 operations 365 days a year. Always on, always reliable
Seagate Think Green certified, Pipeline HD drives are more than green - with improved reliability, low power consumption, leading recycling programs, RoHS compliance, PVC free and available and low- halogen designs
Specifications
Model Number: ST3500312CS
Interface: SATA 3Gb/s
Cache: 8MB
Capacity: 500GB
Guaranteed Sectors: 976,773,168
Height: 20.20mm (0.795 in)
Width: 101.85mm (4.010 in)
Length: 146.99mm (5.787 in)
Weight (typical): 420g (0.926 lb)
Random read seek time: <14.0ms
Random write seek time: <15.0ms
Annual Failure Rate: 0.55%
Maximum start current, DC: 2.0
All of the above information and more can be found by following the link below.
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?name=st3500312cs-pipeline-hd-sata-500gb-hd&vgnextoid=49d2c1bea859f110VgnVCM100000f5ee0a0aRCRD&locale=en-US#tTabContentOverview
All comments (31)
you can buy PATA HDDs from humaxdirect.co.uk and rest assured they will work, it is however more expensive than shopping around...
Still a good price for a 500GB HDD though.
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/sata-hard-drive-power-cable-splitte/849459#post10348785
I used the 320GB version of this SATA drive to replace the 250GB PATA drive in my Topfield TF5800 a year ago and it's been excellent - no noise and runs a lot cooler.
But before I bought it I checked on the http://www.toppy.org.uk forums to find out what was involved, and there were lots of posts about problems with SATA to PATA converters - it seemed that only a couple of different chipsets were suitable.
I ended up buying a Startech one from Kikatech - works fine, but check the forums first - I did mine a year ago (a year and a week to be exact!).
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