Seagate Laptop Thin 500 GB 7200RPM SATA 6 GB/s 32 MB Cache 2.5 Inch Hard Disk Drive (ST500LM021)

While the Seagate website may be quite frustrating, By and large, I have had good experience using Seagate (and MaxStor) drives over many decades ever since my first $300 (bought used) ST-506 five megabyte MFM full-height 5.25 inch Seagate Winchester "fixed disk drive" which may still work and I should donate to someones museum. This more modern drive may not be the absolute least expensive choice, but it's now installed and working well as should be expected. It has16 MB cache, compared to 8 MB on the now dead WD Scorpion drive in the laptop I'm refurbishing, This larger cache should reduce wear and tear on the drive. It spins at 5400 RPM, compared to 7200 RPM on many new drives. I prefer the lower RPM. In my mind the lower RPM should increase the drive's longevity because of less friction, thus less heat, and slower motor and bearing wear. A slower RPM gives the R/W heads more time to accurately and dependably read from and record to the disk surface. Faster RPM's of course reduce access time and response time due to reduced latency. But it's negligible given my requirements. I was concerned about the 7mm vs. normal 9.5mm thickness, this being my first 7mm. I worry sometimes about miniaturization because it often seems to come from making things "cheaper" and less sturdy, and less durable and reliable. But sometimes it comes from using superior materials, greater simplicity with fewer moving parts, brilliant engineering and manufacturing advancements. Whatever the case, the drive fits perfectly into the existing caddy, using the existing screws, which is good because it doesn't come with any screws. This is a "bare" drive with no documentation. So what, these days even the retail packages for many electronics products include nothing but a piece of paper describing how bad the warranty is. Seagate provides good support and supporting software from their afore mentioned website. Perhaps the most worrisome thing about buying a hard drive online is the packaging and shipping. Hard drives are expensive, delicate and fragile, highly precision devices. Yet some sellers put them in a sandwich bag, thrown loosely into an envelope, where they will spend days being tossed, dropped, crushed, and bouncing around in one truck to another. Then deposited somewhere in the vicinity of your front door, where they may as well put a "steal me" sign on it. They are no longer given the time to even ring the doorbell as a notification. That would mean taking the risk of a "chat" which, cumulatively, could result in expensive overtime and termination of employment. I am most pleased with the packaging of this drive. Better, I must say, than some of the retail packaging of many new drives. which has become less substantial in recent years. Inside the Amazon box with its air-filled pillows, the Seagate box is sturdy and an couple inches larger than the drive all around. The drive was securely kept in place within the center of the box by resilient impact cushioning holders on front and back. Very well done!

The first one I ordered didn’t work, but the replacement has worked flawlessly.

Have bought 2 of these drives, and for the price they seem to be good quality, and so far reliable. While the drives I received were "new", be aware that these were manufactured over 10 years ago (which you can clearly see on the label in the product picture). The seller does claim to offer a 2 year warranty however. Although these are slower 5400rpm SATA 3 drives, I've found them useful for a number of things. First off, they are great for long term data storage. HDD, so the data won't degrade over time, and 2.5" so 4 fit in a 3.5" storage case. And despite the slowish data transfer rates, the max size is only 500gb, so filling it should still only take about 90 minutes. I also have one as a backup drive for my PS3, which normally runs a more expensive old Seagate SSHD. While this drive doesn't perform anywhere near as well as the SSHD, it's performance is almost identical to the OEM drive, only with more capacity. Plus I can easily run a straight clone any time I want to backup and it copies flawlessly in a $25 cloner. In conclusion, sometimes it's a pleasant surprise what $12 can get you!

Pros: very slim, good cache for a non-hybrid drive Cons: kinda pricey for a HDD Benchmark Results: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CrystalDiskMark 3.0.3 x64 (C) 2007-2013 hiyohiyo Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- * MB/s = 1,000,000 byte/s [SATA/300 = 300,000,000 byte/s] Sequential Read : 118.859 MB/s Sequential Write : 117.474 MB/s Random Read 512KB : 28.417 MB/s Random Write 512KB : 56.697 MB/s Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 0.503 MB/s [ 122.8 IOPS] Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 0.790 MB/s [ 192.8 IOPS] Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 0.992 MB/s [ 242.2 IOPS] Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 0.795 MB/s [ 194.0 IOPS] Test : 1000 MB [C: 26.3% (122.0/464.8 GB)] (x5) Date : 2014/05/17 12:22:16 OS : Windows 8.1 [6.3 Build 9600] (x64) Why this: Got it as a replacement for an old WD 500gb 5400rpm that came in the laptop after it failed. Worked just fine from the beginning, windows re-installed without a hitch, and the performance is much better than the drive it replaced. Of course, its not nearly the performance of a SSD, but at the time of purchase, a 500 GB SSD was 4-5 times the price.

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Ordered this from Amazon Warehouse Deals for about 10% less than the new price listed on Amazon. I couldn't find any blemish on the item (as the description stated), but it might as well have been totally new. I ordered this for my ASUS T200 transformer book. It has the option for a HDD in the docking bay, so I chose this one over a pricier solid state drive. I really don't know why people are so afraid to buy hard drives these days. SSD's cost 2x as much for 1/2 the storage. I know there are pros and cons, and if I were running a performance PC, I would probably opt for a SSD, but with high speed internet, cloud storage, online backup options, etc., there's not really the fear factor for losing stuff these days as there was 10 years ago. About this drive: I installed it in about 3 minutes, booted up my PC, formatted it in Windows 8, and the whole process took less than 8 minutes. It's been humming along quietly ever since. Transfer times are as expected, and this drive weighs very little. I am happy with the price, and the performance.

livré en bonne état

Die gelieferte Festplatte ist technisch wie angegeben und funktioniert einwndfrei. Die Verpackung und der Versand waren entsprechend. Nutze diese Festplatte in meinem Notebook (Lenovo Ideapad). Bin mit diesem Produkt zufrieden.

got connected to my laptop and installed my OS successfully.

Collegato al portatile usando StarTech USB3S2SAT3CB Cavo Adattatore per dischi rigidi USB 3.0 a SATA III da 2.5`` con UASP - Convertitore Sata SSD/HDD https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B00HJZJI84/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ha funzionato subito con Ubuntu linux. Formattato GUID ho creato copia delle 9 partizioni del mio HP e le ho salvate in attesa di scambiare il nuovo disco con il vecchio che è stanco dopo quasi 6 anni!

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