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500GB 2.5" Hitachi Travelstar 5K500.B 5400RPM SATA 9.5mm Notebook Drive with 8MB Cache - New, 3 Year Warranty (HIT0A57915) Same Day $91.99
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500GB Hitachi Travelstar™ 5K500.B
High-capacity EcoTrac storage for notebook PCs and mobile applications

Enterprise-class features and functions

Travelstar™ 5K500.B, a 5400 RPM, 250GB/platter, 2.5-inch hard drive with capacities ranging from 120GB to 500GB, is designed for use in notebook PCs, external storage, gaming consoles and other mobile applications. The 5K500.B demonstrates Hitachi’s ecological leadership with its halogen-free production and focus on low power consumption, and carries the EcoTrac classification. The 5K500.B elevates hard drive reliability with the industry’s first Iterative Detection Read Channel for improved signal processing. Hitachi offers optional hard-drive-level encryption for increased data security and enhanced availability models to deliver high-capacity storage for non-stop environments. Travelstar 5K500.B delivers the balance of capacity, ruggedness and low-power to meet the needs of consumers and commercial users in an eco-friendly footprint.

 

 

 

Highlights

  • Capacities up to 500GB¹
  • Lowest power consumption in its class
  • Halogen-free for eco-friendly footprint
  • Serial ATA 3Gb/s

Applications

  • Notebook PCs
  • External storage
  • Gaming consoles
  • Small form factor devices

Travelstar 5K500.B Specifications

Configuration  
Interface SATA 3Gb/s
Capacity (GB)¹ 500
Sector size (bytes) 512
Recording zones 24
Data heads 4
Disks 2
Max. areal density (Gbits/sq. inch) 375
Performance
Data buffer (MB)² 8
Rotational speed (RPM) 5400
Latency average (ms) 5.5
Media transfer rate (Mbits/sec, max) 875
Interface Transfer Rate (MB/sec, max) 300
Seek time  
  • Average (typical) ms (read)³
12
  • Track to track (typical) ms (read)
1
  • Full stroke (typical) ms (read)
20
Reliability
Load/unload cycles (at 40° C) 600,000
Power
Requirement +5 VDC (±5%)
Dissipation  
  • Startup (W, peak, max.)
4.5
  • Seek (W, avg.)
1.7
  • Read / Write (W, avg.)
1.4
  • Performance idle (W, avg.)
1.3
  • Active idle (W, avg.)
0.8
  • Low power idle (W, avg.)
0.5
  • Standby (W, avg.)
0.2
  • Sleep (W)
0.1
Acoustics (A-weighted sound power)
Idle (Bels, typical) 2.4
Seek (Bels, typical)

2.6

Physical
z-height (mm) 9.5
Dimensions (width x depth, mm) 70 x 100

Weight (max, g)

102

Environmental (Operating)
Shock (half-sine wave) 400G/2ms, 200G/1ms
Ambient temperature 5 to 55° C
Environmental (Non-operating)  
Shock (half-sine wave) 1000G/1ms
Ambient temperature -40° to 65° C
Warranty  
Warranty 3 Year Manufacturer Warranty
  1. One GB is equal to one billion bytes and one TB equals 1,000GB (one trillion bytes) when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may be less.
  2. Upper 736KB out of 8MB used for firmware
  3. Excludes command overhead

Designed for low duty cycle, non mission-critical applications in PC, nearline and consumer electronics environments, which vary from application to application. Specific application environments such as temperature and duty cycle will affect the overall reliability rates.

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