Samsung Spinpoint M7E HM501II vs Comparable 2.5" SATA Hard Disks
Item 3924: Samsung HM501II
Size500 GB
Cache8 MB
RPM5400
Form Factor2.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed3 Gb/s
$ 109.99 + $6.29 shipping
$ 114.25
Disk Interface RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Warranty Years Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD10TPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5200 8 1000 3 94.40 10.59
Toshiba MKxx59GSM Series MK1059GSM SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 1000 109.99 9.09
Toshiba MK7559GSXP SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 750 89.00 8.43
Seagate Momentus ST9640322AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 640 84.99 7.53
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD7500BPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 750 3 101.63 7.38
Hitachi 0J11562 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 640 3 89.99 7.11
Hitachi 0J11563 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 750 3 109.82 6.83
Samsung Spinpoint M8 HN-M750MBB SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 750 114.99 6.52
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD6400BPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 640 3 99.24 6.45
Hitachi 0Y30055 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 3 79.99 6.25
Seagate Momentus ST906403N1A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 640 3 113.98 5.62
Samsung Spinpoint M8 HN-M500MBB SATA 3 Gb/s 8 500 89.99 5.56
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9500325AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 92.00 5.43
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 3 94.95 5.27
Hitachi Travelstar 7K500 HTS725050A9A364 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 3 94.99 5.26
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 3 99.75 5.01
Hitachi Travelstar Z5K500 HTS545050A7E380 (0J11285) SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 99.99 5.00
Seagate Momentus ST905003N1A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 106.89 4.68
Samsung Spinpoint M7E HM501II SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 109.99 4.55
Toshiba MKxx76GSX Series MK5076GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 3 109.99 4.55
Toshiba MKxx61GSYN Series MK5061GSYN SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 3 114.99 4.35
Samsung HN-M101MBB SATA 3 Gb/s 8 500 114.99 4.35
Samsung Spinpoint MP4 HM500JJ SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 114.99 4.35
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9500420AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 117.50 4.26
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9500420ASG SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 124.75 4.01
Hitachi Travelstar 7K750 0J12281 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 129.83 3.85
Seagate Momentus XT ST95005620AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 500 131.84 3.79
Western Digital Scorpio Black WD5000BPKT SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 5 142.95 3.50
Western Digital Scorpio Black WD5000BEKT SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 5 149.95 3.33
Seagate Momentus ST905003N3A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 149.99 3.33
Samsung Spinpoint M7 HM500JI SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 159.95 3.13
Seagate Momentus XT STAN500100 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 500 5 159.99 3.13
Hitachi Travelstar 0S02858 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 500 164.99 3.03
Toshiba MKxx65GSX Series MK5065GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 179.95 2.78
IBM 42D0752 SATA 7200 500 300.00 1.67

Price History

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Recent Price Changes

2012-02-01 $114.25 +5.26
2012-01-24 $108.99 -5.26
2012-01-19 $109.99 +20.00
2012-01-15 $114.25 +5.26
2012-01-15 $108.99 -5.26
2012-01-14 $114.25 +5.26
2012-01-14 $108.99 -5.26
2012-01-12 $114.25 +2.55
2012-01-11 $111.70 -2.55
2012-01-07 $114.25 -3.21

Manufacturer's Specs

General
InterfaceSATA 3.0 Gbps
Buffer DRAM Size8 MB
Byte per Sector512
Capacity500 GB
Rotational Speed5,400 RPM
Performance
Drive Ready Time(typical)4 sec
Data Transfer Rate / Buffer to/from Host(Max.)300 MB/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

Samsung
http://www.samsung.com/us/c...
HM501II
http://www.samsung.com/glob...

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