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Seagate 500GB SATA3

500 GB · 7200 RPM · 3.5" HDD

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Capacity 500 GB
Type 3.5" HDD
Spindle speed 7200

Seagate 500GB SATA3 is a hard drive with 500 GB of space.

Specifications

Key specs

Capacity: 500 GB
Type: 3.5" HDD
Spindle speed: 7200
Part number: ST500DM002
EAN / UPC: 7636490030598

Features

HDD capacity: 500 GB
HDD speed: 7200 RPM
Storage drive buffer size: 16 MB
HDD size: 3.5"
Interface: Serial ATA III
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): Yes

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

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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

Other features

Data transfer rate: 6 Gbit/s
Certification: RoHs

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About this product

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.

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