4TB ($299) and 5TB ($399) Toshiba Internal Desktop HDDs Finally Available

Toshiba’s Digital Products Division (DPD), a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., introduced 4TB and 5TB capacities of its desktop 3.5″ 7,200rpm internal SATA 3.0 HDD, a device that provides a way to upgrade desktop computer.

With this product, Toshiba combines its HDD technology with a SATA interface to provide increased performance, capacity and compatibility.

“Toshiba has been developing and manufacturing HDDs for more than 20 years,” said Maciek Brzeski, VP of branded storage products, Toshiba digital products division. “The time is right to upgrade our offerings not only to meet, but to get ahead of consumers’ expectations by expanding our offering of our internal 3.5″ HDDs to 4TB and 5TB sizes.”

Compatible with major brands of SATA enabled desktop computers, The HDDs use PMR technology, Native Command Queuing (NCQ) and TMR head recording technology for increased capacity, reliability and performance. Low power consumption and internal shock detection and ramp loading technology, to help protect the drive, are two features built-in to the drive. Support is available for Windows 8.1, Windows 8 and Windows 7; Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7, 10.8 and 10.9; and Linux.

The HDDs are available for purchase at select retailers and on toshiba.com/us/storage for $299 MSRP for the 4TB model and $399 MSRP for the 5TB model. A 3-year standard limited warranty is included with each model sold in the Americas (U.S., Latin America and Canada).

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