Samsung Spinpoint M6 HM500LI vs Comparable 2.5" SATA Hard Disks
Item 800: Samsung HM500LI
Size500 GB
Cache8 MB
RPM5400
Form Factor2.5"
InterfaceSATA
Speed3 Gb/s
HM500LI Reviews2
Disk Interface RPM Cache (MB) Size (GB) Warranty Years Best Price Vendor Value (GB/$)
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
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BPVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 3 94.95 5.27
Seagate Momentus ST905003N1A1AS-RK SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 99.00 5.05
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 3 99.50 5.03
Hitachi Travelstar Z5K500 HTS545050A7E380 (0J11285) SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 99.99 5.00
Western Digital AV-25 WD5000BUCT SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 16 500 109.99 4.55
Samsung Spinpoint M7E HM501II SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 109.99 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
Hitachi Travelstar 7K750 0J12281 SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 130.91 3.82
Western Digital Scorpio Black WD5000BPKT SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 5 138.95 3.60
Seagate Momentus XT ST95005620AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 32 500 139.02 3.60
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9500420AS SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 139.85 3.58
Western Digital Scorpio Black WD5000BEKT SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 5 149.95 3.33
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9500420ASG SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 16 500 149.95 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
Samsung Spinpoint M6 HM500LI SATA 3 Gb/s 5400 8 500 0.00

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.)860 Mbits/s
Average Seek time(typical)12 ms
Power
Standby (typical)0.25 W
Read/Write (typical)2.4 W
Sleep (typical)0.2 W
Spin-up Current (Max.)1000 mA
Idle (typical)0.7 W
Seek (typical)2.6 W
Voltage+5V+-5%
Acoustics
Idle2.5 Bel
Performance Seek2.7 Bel
Reliability
Non-recoverable Read Error1 sector in 1014 bits
Physical
Width69.85 mm
Length100 mm
Height (Max.)9.5 mm
Weight (avg.)115 g

External links

Samsung
http://www.samsung.com/us/c...
HM500LI
http://www.samsung.com/glob...

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