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|manufacturer = [[Hitachi]]
|manufacturer = [[Hitachi]]
|purpose = laptop
|form_factor = 2.5"
|form_factor = 2.5"
|speed = 5,400
|speed = 5,400
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|released = 2008
|released = 2008
|discontinued = 2013?
|discontinued = 2013?
|predecessor = [[Hitachi Travelstar 5K500]]
|predecessor = [[Hitachi Travelstar 5K500]]<br>[[Hitachi Travelstar 5K320]]
|successor = [[Hitachi Travelstar 5K750]]
|successor = [[Hitachi Travelstar 5K750]]
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'''Hitachi Travelstar 5K500.B''' was a hard drive product family by [[Hitachi]]. It is Hitachi's second 500 GB hard drive family, and the first to do so in the conventional 9.5&nbsp;mm z-height (the earlier 5K500 had to push the z-height to 12.5&nbsp;mm in order to fit 500 GB).  
'''Hitachi Travelstar 5K500.B''' was a hard drive product family by [[Hitachi]]. It is Hitachi's second 500 GB 2.5" hard drive family, and the first to do so in the conventional 9.5&nbsp;mm z-height (the earlier [[Hitachi Travelstar 5K500]] had to push the z-height to 12.5&nbsp;mm in order to fit 500 GB). It succeeds the [[Hitachi Travelstar 5K320]], pushing the density to 250 GB/platter except in 160 GB models. Similar families from other manufacturers include the [[Fujitsu Hornet M250]], the [[:Category:Western Digital Marvell Mercury|Mercury]] platform [[Western Digital Scorpio Blue]] members, [[Seagate Momentus 5400.6]], [[Toshiba MKxx52GSX]] and [[Samsung Spinpoint M7]].


==Products==
==Products==

Revision as of 12:07, 27 July 2022

Hitachi Travelstar 5K500.B was a hard drive product family by Hitachi. It is Hitachi's second 500 GB 2.5" hard drive family, and the first to do so in the conventional 9.5 mm z-height (the earlier Hitachi Travelstar 5K500 had to push the z-height to 12.5 mm in order to fit 500 GB). It succeeds the Hitachi Travelstar 5K320, pushing the density to 250 GB/platter except in 160 GB models. Similar families from other manufacturers include the Fujitsu Hornet M250, the Mercury platform Western Digital Scorpio Blue members, Seagate Momentus 5400.6, Toshiba MKxx52GSX and Samsung Spinpoint M7.

Products

160 GB/platter models

160 GB models use 160 GB platters, the only models in the 5K500.B family to do so.

250 GB/platter models

Trivia

  • All members of the 5K500.B family are codenamed Panther-B.

Gallery

References

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