Samsung Spinpoint M7 HM500JI

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Item 2026: Samsung HM500JI
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Size500 GB
Cache (MB)8
RPM5400
Form Factor2.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed3 Gb/s
Disk Interface RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Samsung Spinpoint M7 HM500JI SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 69.99 Amazon.com 7.14
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 76.99 Buy.com 6.49
Hitachi Travelstar 5K500.B HTS545050B9A300 (0A57915) SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 79.99 Newegg.com 6.25  
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9500325AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 79.99 Newegg.com 6.25
Fujitsu 2.5" SATA MJA2500BH-G2 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 84.99 Newegg.com 5.88  
Hitachi Travelstar HD20500 IDK/5K SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 500 84.99 Newegg.com 5.88  
Samsung Spinpoint M7E HM501II SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 84.99 Newegg.com 5.88  
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9500325ASG SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 88.99 eCost.com 5.62
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVTRTL SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 89.00 Amazon.com 5.62
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9500420AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 89.99 Newegg.com 5.56
Fujitsu 2.5" SATA MJA2500BH SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 90.24 Buy.com 5.54  
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9500420ASG SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 96.99 eCost.com 5.16
Hitachi Travelstar 7K500 HD20500 IDK/7K SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 500 99.99 Amazon.com 5.00  
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 99.99 Amazon.com 5.00
Seagate Momentus ST905003N1A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 106.99 Buy.com 4.67
Seagate Momentus 5400 ST9500327AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 107.17 PC Connection 4.67
Seagate Momentus 7200 FDE.2 ST9500421AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 116.99 eCost.com 4.27
Samsung Spinpoint M6 HM500LI SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 119.99 Buy.com 4.17
Seagate Momentus ST905003N3A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 119.99 Amazon.com 4.17
Seagate Constellation ST9500530NS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 500 199.99 Newegg.com 2.50
IBM 42D0752 SATA 7200 500 374.99 Buy.com 1.33  

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Recent Price Changes

2010-03-10 Amazon.com $69.99 -14.63
2010-03-08 Amazon.com $84.62 -0.37
2010-03-08 Newegg.com $69.99 -25.00
2010-03-08 ZipZoomfly.com $79.99 -5.00
2010-03-06 Newegg.com $94.99 +25.00
2010-03-05 ZipZoomfly.com $84.99 -5.00
2010-03-04 Newegg.com $69.99 -5.00
2010-03-03 Newegg.com $74.99 -10.00
2010-02-24 ZipZoomfly.com $89.99 +5.00
2010-02-10 Newegg.com $84.99 +10.00

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.)138 MB/s
Average Seek time(typical)12 ms
Power
Standby (typical)0.25 W
Read/Write (typical)2.5 W
Sleep (typical)0.2 W
Spin-up Current (Max.)1000 mA
Idle (typical)0.85 W
Seek (typical)2.5 W
Voltage+5V+-5%
Acoustics
Idle2.4 Bel
Performance Seek2.6 Bel
Reliability
Non-recoverable Read Error1 sector in 10^14 bits
Physical
Width69.85 mm
Length100 mm
Height (Max.)9.5 mm
Weight (avg.)105 g