Samsung Spinpoint M7 HM500JI

Comparable 2.5" SATA Hard Disks

Item 2026: Samsung HM500JI
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/$)
Hitachi Travelstar 5K500.B HTS545050B9A300 (0A57915) SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 49.99 Newegg.com 10.00  
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 51.98 Amazon Marketplace 9.62
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD6400BEVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 640 71.99 ZipZoomfly.com 8.89
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 57.35 PC Connection 8.72
Seagate Momentus 5400 ST9500327AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 57.99 Amazon Marketplace 8.62
Hitachi Travelstar HD20500 IDK/5K SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 500 58.99 Amazon Marketplace 8.48  
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9500325AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 59.99 Amazon.com 8.33
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9500325ASG SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 59.99 Newegg.com 8.33
Toshiba MKxx65GSX Series MK5065GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 59.99 Newegg.com 8.33
Samsung Spinpoint M7E HM641JI SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 640 79.99 Newegg.com 8.00
Seagate Momentus 5400 ST9640320AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 640 79.99 Newegg.com 8.00
Toshiba MKxx65GSX Series MK6465GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 640 79.99 Newegg.com 8.00
Samsung Spinpoint M7 HM500JI SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 62.75 Amazon Marketplace 7.97
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9500420AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 62.78 Amazon Marketplace 7.96
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD6400BPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 640 80.60 Amazon Marketplace 7.94
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVTRTL SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 64.46 Amazon Marketplace 7.76
Western Digital AV-25 WD5000BUDT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 32 500 64.99 Newegg.com 7.69
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9500420ASG SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 69.99 Amazon.com 7.14
Seagate Momentus ST905003N1A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 72.99 Amazon Marketplace 6.85
Hitachi Travelstar 0S02858 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 500 74.24 Buy.com 6.73  
Western Digital Scorpio Black WD5000BEKT SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 74.50 Amazon Marketplace 6.71
Samsung Spinpoint MP4 HM500JJ SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 74.99 Newegg.com 6.67  
Hitachi Travelstar 7K500 HD20500 IDK/7K SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 500 79.99 Amazon Marketplace 6.25  
Toshiba MJA2500BH Series MJA2500BH SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 86.24 Buy.com 5.80
Fujitsu 2.5" SATA MJA2500BH-G2 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 89.99 eCost.com 5.56  
Seagate Momentus ST905003N3A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 89.99 Amazon.com 5.56
Samsung Spinpoint M7E HM501II SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 92.90 Amazon Marketplace 5.38  
Seagate Momentus 7200 FDE.2 ST9500421AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 93.05 PC Connection 5.37
Toshiba MKxx56GSY Series MK5056GSY SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 94.99 Newegg.com 5.26
Seagate Momentus XT ST95005620AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 500 129.99 Amazon.com 3.85  
Lenovo ThinkPad 43N3423 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 144.99 Newegg.com 3.45  
Seagate Constellation ST9500530NS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 500 182.99 eCost.com 2.73
HP Midline 507750-B21 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 500 261.98 Amazon Marketplace 1.91  
IBM 42D0752 SATA 7200 500 403.24 Amazon Marketplace 1.24  

Price History

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Recent Price Changes

2010-09-02 Amazon Marketplace $62.75 -1.15
2010-09-02 Amazon Marketplace $63.90 -0.60
2010-08-30 Amazon.com $77.99 -1.65
2010-08-20 Amazon Marketplace $64.50 -2.40
2010-08-17 Amazon.com $79.64 +1.04
2010-08-13 Amazon.com $78.60 -0.18
2010-08-12 Amazon Marketplace $66.90 +2.00
2010-08-05 Amazon.com $78.78 -0.78
2010-08-02 Amazon Marketplace $64.90 +0.01
2010-07-31 Amazon.com $79.56 +1.57

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

External links

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