Samsung Spinpoint M6 HM251JI vs Comparable 2.5" SATA Hard Disks
Item 1519: Samsung HM251JI
Size250 GB
Cache8 MB
RPM5400
Form Factor2.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed1.5 Gb/s
Disk Interface RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Warranty Years Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD2500BEVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 3 54.99 4.55
Toshiba MKxx76GSX Series MK2576GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 3 67.99 3.68
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD2500BPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 3 71.51 3.50
Toshiba MKxx52GSX Series MK2552GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 75.00 3.33
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WDBABB2500ANC-NRSN SATA 1.5 Gb/s 5400 8 250 3 75.00 3.33
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9250315AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 83.04 3.01
Seagate Momentus ST90250N1A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 84.00 2.98
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9250410AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 250 89.99 2.78
Western Digital Scorpio Black WD2500BEKT SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 250 5 89.99 2.78
Samsung Spinpoint M7E HM251HI SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 89.99 2.78
Western Digital Scorpio WD2500BEVSRTL SATA 1.5 Gb/s 5400 8 250 3 89.99 2.78
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST250LT020 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 96.75 2.58
Seagate Momentus 7200 FDE.2 ST9250411AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 250 99.99 2.50
Toshiba MKxx65GSX Series MK2565GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 159.99 1.56
HP Entry 460355-B21 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 250 224.00 1.12
Samsung Spinpoint M6 HM251JI SATA 1.5 Gb/s 5400 8 250 0.00

Manufacturer's Specs

General
InterfaceSATA 1.5Gbps
Buffer DRAM Size8 MB
Byte per Sector512
Capacity250GB
Rotational Speed5,400 RPM
Performance
Data Transfer Rate / Buffer to/from Host(Max.)150MB/s
Data Transfer Rate / Media to/from Buffer(Max.)826Mbits/s
Average Seek time(typical)12 ms
Power
Standby (typical)0.25 W
Read/Write (typical)2.0 W
Sleep (typical)0.2 W
Spin-up Current (Max.)900 mA
Idle (typical)0.6 W
Seek (typical)2.2 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.)102 g

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