Samsung Spinpoint M6 HM500LI

Comparable 2.5" SATA Hard Disks
Item 800: Samsung HM500LI
Size500 GB
Cache (MB)8
RPM5400
Form Factor2.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed3 Gb/s
Disk RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVT 5400 8 500 49.00 Amazon Marketplace 10.20
Hitachi Travelstar 5K500.B HTS545050B9A300 (0A57915) 5400 8 500 49.99 Newegg.com 10.00  
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BPVT 5400 8 500 57.35 PC Connection 8.72
Seagate Momentus 5400 ST9500327AS 5400 8 500 57.99 Amazon Marketplace 8.62
Hitachi Travelstar HD20500 IDK/5K 5400 500 58.99 Amazon Marketplace 8.48  
Hitachi Travelstar H2IK500854SP 5400 500 59.99 Newegg.com 8.33  
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9500325AS 5400 8 500 59.99 Amazon.com 8.33
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9500325ASG 5400 8 500 59.99 Newegg.com 8.33
Toshiba MKxx65GSX Series MK5065GSX 5400 8 500 59.99 Newegg.com 8.33
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9500420AS 7200 16 500 63.09 Amazon Marketplace 7.93
Samsung Spinpoint M7 HM500JI 5400 8 500 63.90 Amazon Marketplace 7.82
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVTRTL 5400 8 500 64.46 Amazon Marketplace 7.76
Western Digital AV-25 WD5000BUDT 5400 32 500 64.99 Newegg.com 7.69
Hitachi Travelstar 0S02858 7200 500 69.98 Amazon Marketplace 7.14  
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9500420ASG 7200 16 500 69.99 Amazon.com 7.14
Seagate Momentus ST905003N1A1AS-RK 5400 8 500 71.85 Amazon Marketplace 6.96
Western Digital Scorpio Black WD5000BEKT 7200 16 500 73.90 Amazon Marketplace 6.77
Samsung Spinpoint MP4 HM500JJ 7200 16 500 74.99 Newegg.com 6.67  
Hitachi Travelstar 7K500 HD20500 IDK/7K 7200 500 76.00 Amazon Marketplace 6.58  
Toshiba MJA2500BH Series MJA2500BH 5400 8 500 86.24 Buy.com 5.80
Fujitsu 2.5" SATA MJA2500BH-G2 5400 8 500 89.99 eCost.com 5.56  
Seagate Momentus ST905003N3A1AS-RK 7200 16 500 89.99 Amazon.com 5.56
Samsung Spinpoint M7E HM501II 5400 8 500 92.90 Amazon Marketplace 5.38  
Seagate Momentus 7200 FDE.2 ST9500421AS 7200 16 500 93.05 PC Connection 5.37
Toshiba MKxx56GSY Series MK5056GSY 7200 16 500 94.99 Newegg.com 5.26
Seagate Momentus XT ST95005620AS 7200 32 500 129.99 Amazon.com 3.85  
Lenovo ThinkPad 43N3423 7200 16 500 144.99 Newegg.com 3.45  
Seagate Constellation ST9500530NS 7200 32 500 182.99 eCost.com 2.73
HP Midline 507750-B21 7200 500 263.99 Amazon Marketplace 1.89  
Samsung Spinpoint M6 HM500LI 5400 8 500 0.00

Manufacturer's Specs

General
InterfaceSATA 3.0Gbps
Buffer DRAM Size8 MB
Byte per Sector512
Capacity500GB
Rotational Speed5,400 RPM
Performance
Average Latency5.6 ms
Data Transfer Rate / Buffer to/from Host(Max.)300MB/s
Data Transfer Rate / Media to/from Buffer(Max.)860 Mbits/s
Average Seek time(typical)12 ms
Power
Standby (typical)0.25 W
Read/Write (typical)2.4 W
Sleep (typical)0.2 W
Spin-up Current (Max.)1000 mA
Idle (typical)0.7 W
Seek (typical)2.6 W
Voltage+5V+-5%
Acoustics
Idle2.5 Bel
Performance Seek2.7 Bel
Reliability
Non-recoverable Read Error1 sector in 1014 bits
Physical
Width69.85 mm
Length100 mm
Height (Max.)9.5 mm
Weight (avg.)115 g

External links

Samsung
http://www.samsung.com/us/c...
HM500LI
http://www.samsung.com/glob...

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Reviews & Benchmarks

Tom's Hardware - Not All 500 GB Hard Drives Are Created Equal - 2009-07-23
Tom's Hardware - Perfect Notebook Storage: Seven 2.5” 500 GB Drives - 2009-06-18

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