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 WD2500BPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 3 37.99 6.58
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD2500BEVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 3 44.99 5.56
Toshiba MKxx76GSX Series MK2576GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 1 48.99 5.10
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9250315AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 49.99 5.00
Seagate Momentus ST90250N1A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 50.99 4.90
Western Digital Scorpio Black WD2500BEKT SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 250 5 52.99 4.72
Toshiba MKxx65GSX Series MK2565GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 52.99 4.72
Seagate ST9250421ASG SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 250 61.99 4.03
Seagate Momentus Thin ST250LT003 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 16 250 62.59 3.99
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WDBABB2500ANC-NRSN SATA 1.5 Gb/s 5400 8 250 3 63.99 3.91
Toshiba HDD2H84 SATA 5400 250 3 64.10 3.90
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9250410AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 250 64.11 3.90
Western Digital AV-25 WD2500BUCT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 16 250 69.99 3.57
Toshiba MKxx52GSX Series MK2552GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 72.00 3.47
Toshiba MKxx61GSYN Series MK2561GSYN SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 250 3 79.00 3.16
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST250LT020 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 79.99 3.13
Hitachi Travelstar Z7K320 HTE723225A7A364 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 250 3 84.99 2.94
Western Digital Scorpio WD2500BEVSRTL SATA 1.5 Gb/s 5400 8 250 3 106.99 2.34
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST250LT021 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 250 142.80 1.75
Samsung Spinpoint MP4 HM250HJ SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 250 150.00 1.67
HP Entry 460355-B21 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 250 220.00 1.14
Hitachi Travelstar 5K320 0A56415 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 299.00 0.84
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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