2012 Mac Mini i7 1TB hard drive question

[product26]

Can those of you who own a 2012 Mac Mini i7 with the 1TB hard drive please check to see what brand of hard drive is in your mini?

To do so, select Apple Menu > About This Mac > More Info > System Report > Serial-ATA and copy/paste the contents.

I am considering picking up one of these minis and drive brand is extremely important to me. (please dont be fujitsu, please don't be fujitsu, please don't be fujitsu...)

Your help will be very much appreciated!

[jjk454ss]

How do you determine the brand?

APPLE HDD HTS541010A9E662:

Capacity: 1 TB (1,000,204,886,016 bytes)
Model: APPLE HDD HTS541010A9E662
Revision: JA0AB560
Serial Number: J8900119HB1VNC
Native Command Queuing: Yes
Queue Depth: 32
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk1
Rotational Rate: 5400
Medium Type: Rotational
Bay Name: Lower
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Volumes:
disk1s1:
Capacity: 209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes)
BSD Name: disk1s1
Content: EFI
disk1s2:
Capacity: 999.35 GB (999,345,127,424 bytes)
BSD Name: disk1s2
Content: Apple_CoreStorage
Boot OS X:
Capacity: 650 MB (650,002,432 bytes)
BSD Name: disk1s3
Content: Apple_Boot
Volume UUID: 2FCB49FD-7D73-308C-A24A-2502C36B04FF

[NeverhadaPC]

WDC 7500BTKT x 2. I assume that is Western Digital per http://www.wdc.com/global/products/s...905&language=1

[product26]

Thank you both very much!

[jjk454ss]

I am assuming your going by model? I'm curious what mine is now.

[philipma1957]

Originally Posted by jjk454ss

How do you determine the brand?

APPLE HDD HTS541010A9E662:

Capacity: 1 TB (1,000,204,886,016 bytes)
Model: APPLE HDD HTS541010A9E662 ---------this is a hitachi 1tb 5400 rpm hdd
Revision: JA0AB560
Serial Number: J8900119HB1VNC
Native Command Queuing: Yes
Queue Depth: 32
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk1
Rotational Rate: 5400
Medium Type: Rotational
Bay Name: Lower
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Volumes:
disk1s1:
Capacity: 209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes)
BSD Name: disk1s1
Content: EFI
disk1s2:
Capacity: 999.35 GB (999,345,127,424 bytes)
BSD Name: disk1s2
Content: Apple_CoreStorage
Boot OS X:
Capacity: 650 MB (650,002,432 bytes)
BSD Name: disk1s3
Content: Apple_Boot
Volume UUID: 2FCB49FD-7D73-308C-A24A-2502C36B04FF

I marked that this is an hitachi see above in bold. my 2.3 quad core diy fusion has a samsung 500gb ssd and a hitachi 1tb 5400 rpm(stock)

[jjk454ss]

Originally Posted by philipma1957

I marked that this is an hitachi see above in bold

Thanks

[philipma1957]

Originally Posted by jjk454ss

Thanks

you are welcome. I have opened a few of the 2.3 2012 quads.

they have hitachi or toshiba 1tb 5400 rpm hdds

[COrocket]

Fairly confident mine was a hitachi

[takiv]

Mine is a Hitachi

[FreakinEurekan]

HTS541010A9E662 as part of a BTO Fusion i7 2.6GHz

[iMarvin]

Hitachi 1TB here.

[philipma1957]

yeah my hitachi to toshiba ratio in these minis is 15 or 16 to 1. if you go back to novemeber when I got the new quad and did lots of heat testing on it the machine died. that was the only 2012 that I got with a toshiba/ every one since then has been hitachi

[kenoflife]

which is better?

[philipma1957]

Originally Posted by kenoflife

which is better?

I liked the toshiba better but that machine was the only 2012 mini that ended up broken. Not saying it is the toshiba's fault. I will look for some reviews of the two drives. newegg has some reviews

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...scrollFullInfo

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822145848


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822149377


I felt like the toshiba was faster.

[Mr. Retrofire]

Originally Posted by product26

Can those of you who own a 2012 Mac Mini i7 with the 1TB hard drive please check to see what brand of hard drive is in your mini?

To do so, select Apple Menu > About This Mac > More Info > System Report > Serial-ATA and copy/paste the contents.

In many cases, it is a Hitachi drive.

AFAIR, Apple had a contract with WD. Now Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (HGST) is a subdivision of WD, and HGST has some very nice HDD options in all kind of markets. So that is (flexibility) the main reason why Apple uses HGST HDDs.

The average reliability of modern SSDs and HDDs is not Apples main problem, because they give the user Time Machine, which is just one backup method, which you can use.

[product26]

Thank you all for the replies.

I picked up the 2.3 i7 mini last night and have already installed an Intel 320 series SSD using an OWC second drive kit. I decided to stick with the Hitachi 1tb drive for my storage volume.