Seagate Desktop HDD 500GB SATA3 3.5" Serial ATA III

  • Brand : Seagate
  • Product family : Desktop HDD
  • Product name : 500GB SATA3
  • Product code : ST500DM002
  • GTIN (EAN/UPC) : 7636490030598
  • Category : Internal Hard Drives
  • Data-sheet quality : created/standardized by Icecat
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  • Info modified on : 07 Mar 2024 15:34:52
  • Long product name Seagate Desktop HDD 500GB SATA3 3.5" Serial ATA III :

    500GB SATA3, 6Gb/s NCQ, 3.5'', 16MB Cache, 7200rpm, RAID, RoHs

  • Seagate Desktop HDD 500GB SATA3 3.5" Serial ATA III :

    Barracuda® hard drives give you what you want.

    Count on Barracuda® drives to deliver the storage innovations that drive your costs down and your performance up.

    - 7200 RPM performance–from 250GB all the way up to 3TB
    - OptiCache™ technology further exploits big 64MB cache sizes and improved micro processor capabilities
    - SATA 6Gb/s technology to further maximize performance

    Maximizes hard drive storage densities.

    Barracuda 1TB-per-disk technology incorporates 340,000 unique tracks in the width of a single inch. This incredible storage density drives new capacity possibilities and lowers your total storage costs.

    Seagate AcuTrac™ technology enables new storage densities with accurate reading and writing to nano-sized tracks that are only 75 nanometers wide! That’s about 500 times smaller than the period at the end of this sentence.

    Green where it counts.

    Barracuda® 1TB-per-disk hard drives now have advanced power modes to save more energy while in idle states–without sacrificing performance.

    Barracuda desktop drives are produced using the most sophisticated manufacturing process in the industry, with a focus on environmental stewardship.

    - Barracuda® drives comply with the RoHS directive on hazardous materials and voluntarily restrict halogen compounds.
    - 70% or more of the materials used to build Barracuda drives are recyclable.
    - Low power consumption

    Your no-hassle transition to 4K sectors.

    Are you worried about moving to Advanced Format 4K sector technology? You don’t have to be with Barracuda drives.

    Seagate SmartAlign™ technology makes this transition a snap:

    - No utilities to run
    - No extra integration steps to take up your time

    Go beyond 2TB with DiscWizard™ software.

    The sure way to get native access to hard drives bigger than 2TB is to adopt the new BIOS standard called UEFI. If you’re not there yet, Seagate has an alternative.

    Free DiscWizard™ software from Seagate provides you a means to effectively utilize your 3TB Barracuda® drive, even with Windows XP and using the standard PC BIOS. Get your free copy to go beyond 2TB today!

    PERFECT WHEN YOU NEED TO:

    - Build desktop or all-in-one PCs
    - Create PC-based gaming systems
    - Implement a desktop RAID
    - Outfit direct attached external storage devices (DAS)
    - Build network attached storage devices (NAS)

  • Short summary description Seagate Desktop HDD 500GB SATA3 3.5" Serial ATA III :

    Seagate Desktop HDD 500GB SATA3, 3.5", 500 GB, 7200 RPM

  • Long summary description Seagate Desktop HDD 500GB SATA3 3.5" Serial ATA III :

    Seagate Desktop HDD 500GB SATA3. 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 III
Storage drive buffer size 16 MB
HDD number of heads 2
HDD number of cylinders 16383
Read seek time 8.5 ms
Write seek time 9.5 ms
Track to track seek time 1.2 ms
Average latency 4.16 ms
Bytes per sector 4096
Start/stop cycles 50000
Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
Certification RoHs
Power
Power consumption (typical) 6.19 W
Power consumption (standby) 0.79 W
Power consumption (idle) 4.6 W
Operating voltage 5 / 12 V
Start-up current 2 A

Operational conditions
Operating temperature (T-T) 0 - 60 °C
Storage temperature (T-T) -40 - 70 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H) 5 - 95%
Storage relative humidity (H-H) 5 - 95%
Operating vibration 0.5 G
Non-operating vibration 3 G
Operating altitude -304.8 - 3048 m
Non-operating altitude -304.8 - 12192 m
Operating shock 70 G
Non-operating shock 350 G
Weight & dimensions
Width 101.6 mm
Height 20 mm
Depth 146.9 mm
Weight 415 g
Packaging data
User guide
Logistics data
Harmonized System (HS) code 84717050
Other features
Data transfer rate 6 Gbit/s
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Reviews
Updated:
2016-11-14 23:15:31
Average rating:82
Uk has collected 72 expert reviews for Seagate Desktop HDD 500GB SATA3 3.5" Serial ATA III and the average expert rating is 82 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.
uk.hardware.info
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2016-11-14 23:15:31
Average rating:0
Most of our avid readers of course have at least one SSD in their desktop and laptop, but for large volume storage you're still relegated to conventional hard disks. It's almost become a negative connotation - 'conventional' - and it really doesn't do t...
uk.hardware.info
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2016-11-14 23:15:31
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When Seagate around 2011/2012 launched its new generation Barracuda 7200.14 hard disks, we were very impressed. The 2TB model we first tested performed great, as did the 1TB and 3TB versions. Hitachi and Western Digital introduced 4TB disks a long time...
tweaktown.com
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2016-11-14 23:15:31
Average rating:91
It's no secret that Solid State Drives have taken over and cornered the desktop market as far as OS drives are concerned. With this transition, platter based drives have been relegated to mass storage, whether it be as a secondary drive in a desktop...
  • Seagate has been hard at work over the last few months, and now that Computex is over, we are beginning to see products launch left and right from the storage giant. The Desktop HDD .15 launched in April of this year, and takes storage capacity to an...
hardwarecanucks.com
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2016-11-14 23:15:31
Average rating:0
Seagate has begun a complete top to bottom refresh of their hard drive lineup and the Desktop HDD.15 4TB is their latest addition. This HDD houses impressive amounts of storage space and even though its 5900RPM speed may be slow by today’s standards...
  • For literally fourteen generations Seagate has used a winning combination, pairing cutting edge technology with a 7200RPM spindle speed for their high end hard drives. This approach has led to countless award-winning products so changing this formula w...
hardwareheaven.com
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2016-11-14 23:15:31
Average rating:90
It would be fair to say that the majority of drives we test nowadays are solid state models, whether they be mSATA, SATA or USB based however that doesn't mean that manufacturers of traditional "mechanical" drives are sitting doing nothing. Far from it as...
  • Maximum Read/WriteHD Video Read/Write SpeedsFile Copy TestsThe Seagate ST4000DM000 is designed primarily as a large storage drive, rather than a high performance model however as the Atto benchmark shows this is a surprisingly fast mechanical drive, in fa...
goodgearguide.com.au
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2016-11-14 23:15:31
Average rating:75
Sometimes you just need to have all your stuff stored in one place. Having multiple drives and partitions can get confusing when it comes to both accessing your data and figuring out what needs to be backed up, not to mention the mess of power and data...
  • Seagate's 3TB Barracuda is a good performer and it provides a lot of space in a single hard disk package. We also found it to be a relatively cool and quiet performer. It will work best as a secondary drive in a typical PC, but a motherboard with a UEF...
tomshardware.co.uk
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2016-11-14 23:15:31
Average rating:0
Hitachi recently started shipping a pair of 4 TB hard drives. We can see that they're pretty expensive, but how do they compare to existing 3 TB models in other ways? It’s time for a comprehensive overview of today's high-capacity hard drive offerings...
overclockersclub.com
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2016-11-14 23:15:31
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Storage space is something we all need to store the digital content of our lives. Whether it is family portraits, videos from the family vacation, forms, music, the latest movies downloaded straight from sources unknown(Not that we would do that mind...
  • Improved performance, Pricing, Disk Wizard, 1TB platters, AcuTrac Technology, OptiCache Technology...
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  • Going into the testing I was not sure that going to 1TB platters would offer up any additional gains in performance on a spindle based mechanical hard drive. Seagate has worked some magic inside the confines of that metal box that really drive perform...
hardwarecanucks.com
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2016-11-14 23:15:31
Average rating:0
Platter size may not mean much to everyday consumers but storage enthusiasts know that larger platters are usually a ticket to first class performance. Previously, large capacity drives used 750GB disks to achieve their required space but Seagate’s n...
  • Back in 1980 when Shugart Technology – what was later to become Seagate – created the first 5.25” form factor hard drive, they began laying the foundation for a legacy of innovation which has now spanned over three decades. In the intervening years Sea...
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