Samsung Spinpoint M7E HM251HI vs Comparable 2.5" SATA Hard Disks
Item 4696: Samsung HM251HI
Size250 GB
Cache8 MB
RPM5400
Form Factor2.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed3 Gb/s
$ 89.99 + $6.29 shipping
Disk Interface RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Warranty Years Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
Toshiba MK7559GSXP SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 750 91.95 8.16
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD7500BPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 750 3 98.58 7.61
Seagate Momentus ST9640322AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 640 84.99 7.53
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
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
Toshiba MKxx76GSX Series MK5076GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 3 82.95 6.03
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
Toshiba HDD2H84 SATA 5400 250 3 46.99 5.32
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 3 94.95 5.27
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 3 98.66 5.07
Hitachi Travelstar Z5K500 HTS545050A7E380 (0J11285) SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 99.99 5.00
Western Digital AV-25 WD3200BUDT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 32 320 3 64.40 4.97
Seagate Momentus ST905003N1A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 106.89 4.68
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD2500BEVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 3 54.99 4.55
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD3200BPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 3 73.99 4.32
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9320325AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 75.44 4.24
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9320423AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 320 76.49 4.18
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD3200BEVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 3 79.16 4.04
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WDBABC3200ANC-NRSN SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 3 84.20 3.80
Toshiba MKxx65GSX Series MK3265GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 85.00 3.76
Toshiba MKxx76GSX Series MK3276GSX SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 3 85.00 3.76
Western Digital AV-25 WD3200BUCT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 16 320 85.23 3.75
Seagate Momentus ST90250N1A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 69.63 3.59
Seagate Momentus ST903203N3A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 320 89.95 3.56
Hitachi Travelstar Z5K500 HTS545032A7E380 (0J11283) SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 89.99 3.56
Hitachi Travelstar Z5K320 HTS543232A7A384 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 3 89.99 3.56
Samsung Spinpoint MP4 HM320HJ SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 320 89.99 3.56
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD2500BPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 3 73.11 3.42
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9250315AS SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 250 74.99 3.33
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 ST320LT022 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 320 2 96.75 3.31
Lenovo ThinkPad 43N3403 SATA 1.5 Gb/s 5400 8 320 103.95 3.08
Western Digital Scorpio Black WD2500BEKT SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 250 5 89.95 2.78
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9250410AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 250 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 8 250 154.99 1.61
HP Entry 460355-B21 SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 250 224.00 1.12

Price History

Recent Price Changes

2012-01-17 $89.99 +10.00
2011-12-15 $79.99 -10.00
2011-11-14 $89.99 -5.00
2011-11-03 $94.99 +20.00
2011-11-02 $74.99 +15.00
2011-11-02 $59.99 -15.00
2011-11-01 $74.99 +15.00
2011-10-29 $59.99 +10.00
2011-10-24 $49.99 +2.00
2011-10-20 $47.99 +3.00

Manufacturer's Specs

General
InterfaceSATA 3.0Gbps
Buffer DRAM Size8 MB
Byte per Sector512
Capacity250GB
Rotational Speed5,400 RPM
Performance
Drive Ready Time(typical)4sec
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

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