X-bitlabs reviews 6 hard including:
Hitachi Travelstar 7K100: HTS721010G9SA00
Hitachi Travelstar 7K200: HTS722020K9SA00
Fujitsu MHV2 BT: MHV2200BT
Fujitsu MHY2 BH: MHY2200BH
Fujitsu MHW2 BJ: MHW2160BJ
Seagate Momentus 7200.1: ST910021AS
Thanks to rapid growth of data density, 2.5-inch HDDs became fit not only for notebooks but also for desktop systems. But how their performance compares against that of 3.5-inch models? Our today's review is going to answer this question, too.
2.5-inch hard disk drives used to be considered an attribute of notebooks while their low storage capacity was put up with as an annoying, yet inevitable, drawback. This attitude seems to call for a revision now thanks to the rapid growth of recording density. The capacity of 200-250 gigabytes (and even 320GB in newer models) is quite enough not only for an office/workstation PC but also for a home multimedia/gaming system. What is good about 2.5" HDDs, they feature low power consumption and, accordingly, low heat dissipation. They are also small and produce little noise. No wonder then that we now often hear about non-mobile applications of such HDDs. They are installed into compact computers such as the Mac Mini or AOpen miniPC. People who build silent PCs install such HDDs into full-size system cases instead of noisy 3.5" models. And if you are planning to assemble a compact Network Attached Storage or even an inexpensive 1U server with a good disk subsystem, you may want to consider using 2.5" HDDs as well...
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