Samsung Spinpoint T 500GB HDD 3.5" Serial ATA II

  • Brand : Samsung
  • Product family : Spinpoint T
  • Product name : 500GB HDD
  • Product code : HD501LJ
  • Category : Internal Hard Drives
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  • Long product name Samsung Spinpoint T 500GB HDD 3.5" Serial ATA II :

    500GB HDD, SATA II, 16MB, 3.5"

  • Samsung Spinpoint T 500GB HDD 3.5" Serial ATA II :

    Key features:
    - Serial ATA 3.0 Gbps Interface Support.
    - SATA Native Command Queuing Feature.
    - Device Initiated SATA Power Management.
    - Staggerd Spin-up Support.
    - High Speed Dual DSP Based Architecture.
    - ATA S.M.A.R.T Compliant.
    - ATA Automatic Acoustic Management Feature.
    - ATA 48-bit Address Feature.
    - ATA Device Configuration Overlay Feature.
    - SilentSeek.
    - ImpacGuard.

  • Short summary description Samsung Spinpoint T 500GB HDD 3.5" Serial ATA II :

    Samsung Spinpoint T 500GB HDD, 3.5", 500 GB, 7200 RPM

  • Long summary description Samsung Spinpoint T 500GB HDD 3.5" Serial ATA II :

    Samsung Spinpoint T 500GB HDD. HDD size: 3.5", HDD capacity: 500 GB, HDD speed: 7200 RPM

Specs
Features
HDD size 3.5"
HDD capacity 500 GB
HDD speed 7200 RPM
Interface Serial ATA II
Type HDD
Storage drive buffer size 16 MB
Full stroke seek time 18 ms
Track to track seek time 0.8 ms
Average seek time 8.9 ms
Average latency 4.17 ms
SMART technology
Bytes per sector 512
Start/stop cycles 50000
Mean time between failures (MTBF) 600000 h
Power
Power consumption (typical) 8 W
Power consumption (standby) 1.2 W
Operating voltage 5 / 12 V

Operational conditions
Operating temperature (T-T) 0 - 60 °C
Storage temperature (T-T) -40 - 70 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H) 5 - 90%
Storage relative humidity (H-H) 5 - 95%
Operating altitude 0 - 3000 m
Non-operating altitude 0 - 12000 m
Operating shock 63 G
Non-operating shock 300 G
Weight & dimensions
Width 101.6 mm
Height 25.4 mm
Depth 146.1 mm
Weight 640 g
Other features
Acoustic pressure emissions 2.4 dB
Drive ready time 10 s
Distributors
Country Distributor
1 distributor(s)
Reviews
Updated:
2011-10-04 03:52:37
Average rating:86
Uk has collected 13 expert reviews for Samsung Spinpoint T 500GB HDD 3.5" Serial ATA II and the average expert rating is 86 of 100. The average score reflects the expert community’s view on this product. Click below and use Uk to see all ratings, product awards and conclusions.
expertreviews.co.uk
Updated:
2011-10-04 03:52:24
Average rating:60
Almost two years ago, this 500GB drive picked up a Best Buy award. Today it still has some appeal, not so much for upgrades, where its capacity is likely to be insufficient, but perhaps for someone building a budget PC mainly for office use. Its per...
alphr.com
Updated:
2011-10-04 03:52:30
Average rating:100
A fast, capacious and big-value hard disk thats equally at home in either a PC or a home server The most obvious attraction of the Samsung SpinPoint T series - and especially the HD501LJ model - is that its great value. At the time of writing the 50...
pcauthority.com.au
Updated:
2011-11-05 18:59:32
Average rating:100
How much capacity and how many drives do you need? We look at a selection of storage options Picking the perfect hard disk setup for your home server isn’t as simple as it sounds. For desktop drives, the rule of thumb is easy: go for the biggest...
pcquest.ciol.com
Updated:
2011-10-04 03:52:31
Average rating:0
The HD501LJ is a part of Samsungs T166 series of hard drives. Its a 500 GB, 7200 rpm drive that can be used in desktops or media center PCs. The drive we received had 16 MB buffer memory and supported the SATA II interface, which enables it to achie...
anandtech.com
Updated:
2011-10-04 03:52:33
Average rating:0
Samsung introduced the SpinPoint T166 series last fall after the P120 series had success in the market as a low cost alternative to similar offerings from Seagate, Maxtor, Hitachi, and Western Digital. While the P120 series was certainly a bargain in t...
  • Samsungs SpinPoint T166 delivers excellent performance for the money in our opinion. The overall performance of the drive in the 500GB category remained consistent, and while not always class leading it certainly was not the class dunce. The drives p...