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Toshiba MQ01ABF050

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Toshiba stirs up the market with its latest SSHD. The MQ01ABFH offers tremendous performance at a price point that's hard to ignore.Read more
The Toshiba MQ01ABDH is a SSHD that ranges up to 1TB in capacity, featuresRead more
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Pros

  • SSHDs performed significantly better than standard HDD's
  • performance within the cache was excellent and the pricing we saw initially was quite competitive

Cons

  • relies heavily on the read performance of a drive
  • the cache left performance often lagging behind some of the comparables
  • pricing details have changed significantly
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Key specs

  • 500 GB
  • 2.5"
  • SATA 6Gb/s
  • 5400
  • 8 MB
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Toshiba MQ01ABF050 - Pros & Cons

Toshiba MQ01ABF050

Pros

  • SSHDs performed significantly better than standard HDD's
  • performance within the cache was excellent and the pricing we saw initially was quite competitive

Cons

  • relies heavily on the read performance of a drive
  • the cache left performance often lagging behind some of the comparables
  • pricing details have changed significantly
  • its performance is somewhat lacking
  • hard disk drive spins at a below average speed
  • can store a very small amount of data temporarily
  • Anvil Storage Utilities is not officially available yet

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Toshiba MQ01ABF050 - Full Specifications

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General
Capacity500 GB
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Design
Form factor2.5"
Size2.5"
Colour of productBlack,Silver
Min operating temperature5 °C
Max operating temperature55 °C
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Connectivity
InterfaceSATA 6Gb/s
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Dimensions
Height0.28 in
Width2.75 in
Depth3.94 in
Weight3.25 oz
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Performance
Spindle speed5400
Buffer size8 MB
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Power
Power consumption (idle)0.55 W
Power consumption (write)1.5 W
Power consumption (read)1.5 W
Operating voltage5.0 V

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Toshiba MQ01ABF050 Toshiba - Editorial Reviews (2)

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Toshiba MQ01ABF050 Toshiba 500GB SSHD (MQ01ABF050H) Review
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TweakTown
Published: 05.09.2013
Toshiba 500GB SSHD (MQ01ABF050H) Review
4.8

Toshiba stirs up the market with its latest SSHD. The MQ01ABFH offers tremendous performance at a price point that's hard to ignore.

By Tyler Bernath
11 minute read
Toshiba MQ01ABF050 Toshiba SSHD Review (MQ01ABDH)
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StorageReview.com
Published: 26.07.2013
Toshiba SSHD Review (MQ01ABDH)

The Toshiba MQ01ABDH is a SSHD that ranges up to 1TB in capacity, features

By storagereview
14 minute read

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