Samsung Spinpoint M7 HM500JI

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Item 2026: Samsung HM500JI
Newegg.com
$ 69.99 Free mouse with purchase, limited offer
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Size500 GB
Cache (MB)8
RPM5400
Form Factor2.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed3 Gb/s
Disk RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Samsung Spinpoint M7 HM500JI 5400 8 500 69.99 Amazon.com 7.14
Hitachi Travelstar 5K500.B HTS545050B9A300 (0A57915) 5400 8 500 79.99 Newegg.com 6.25  
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVT 5400 8 500 79.99 Amazon.com 6.25
Seagate Momentus ST905003N1A1AS-RK 5400 8 500 80.00 Amazon.com 6.25
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9500325AS 5400 8 500 82.99 eCost.com 6.02
Hitachi Travelstar HD20500 IDK/5K 5400 500 84.99 Newegg.com 5.88  
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVTRTL 5400 8 500 89.00 Amazon.com 5.62
Fujitsu 2.5" SATA MJA2500BH 5400 8 500 89.99 Amazon.com 5.56  
Fujitsu 2.5" SATA MJA2500BH-G2 5400 8 500 89.99 Newegg.com 5.56  
Samsung Spinpoint M7E HM501II 5400 8 500 89.99 Newegg.com 5.56  
Toshiba MK5055GSX 5400 8 500 94.00 Amazon.com 5.32  
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9500420AS 7200 16 500 94.99 eCost.com 5.26
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9500325ASG 5400 8 500 95.99 eCost.com 5.21
Hitachi Travelstar 7K500 HD20500 IDK/7K 7200 500 99.99 Amazon.com 5.00  
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BPVT 5400 8 500 99.99 Amazon.com 5.00
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9500420ASG 7200 16 500 104.99 Amazon.com 4.76
Samsung Spinpoint M6 HM500LI 5400 8 500 111.99 Amazon.com 4.46
Seagate Momentus 5400 ST9500327AS 5400 8 500 114.27 PC Connection 4.38
Seagate Momentus ST905003N3A1AS-RK 7200 16 500 119.99 Amazon.com 4.17
Seagate Momentus 7200 FDE.2 ST9500421AS 7200 16 500 124.99 eCost.com 4.00
Seagate Constellation ST9500530NS 7200 32 500 199.99 Newegg.com 2.50

Price History

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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

Performance
Data Transfer Rate / Media to/from Buffer(Max.)138 MB/s
Drive Ready Time(typical)4 sec
Data Transfer Rate / Buffer to/from Host(Max.)300MB/s
Average Latency5.6 ms
Average Seek time(typical)12 ms
Acoustics
Idle2.4 Bel
Performance Seek2.6 Bel
Reliability
Controlled Ramp Load/Unload600,000
Non-recoverable Read Error1 sector in 10^14 bits
Physical
Width69.85 mm
Length100 mm
Height (Max.)9.5 mm
Weight(avg.)105 g