Seagate ST500LM021 500GB Internal Hard Drive 2.5" HDD, SATA III - 6Gbs, 32MB Cache, 7200RPM, OEM

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Seagate recommends applying new firmware to enhance the performance and or reliability of your drive.

Seagate ST500LM021 – Laptop Thin ST500LM021 Hard Drive – Hard

This situation, in part, was based on a lack of friendly firmware download tools and operating system limitations. In the File Server profile, the Seagate Gen3 offered substantially better performance than all of the competition from 8-64 IOPS at 3x-5x. The Seagate 500GB SSHD Gen3 provides users an economical option to get more performance out of their purchase without shelling out for an SSD or sacrificing capacity.For additional information about how Serial ATA emulates parallel ATA, refer to the Serial ATA International Organization: Serial ATA (Revision 3. The Gen2’s slight performance advantage over the Gen3 comes from its 7,200 RPM spins compared to the Gen3’s 5,400 RPM (with Seagate’s standardization of laptop drives to 5,400 RPM).

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The SSHD serves to satiate the demand of users looking to couple performance gains and storage capacity without breaking the bank – think gamers and media enthusiasts.Behind the scenes though, we did notice that before the data was cached, the initial transfer speed was slightly slower than the original 7,200RPM-based models and took much longer to be absorbed as “hot data”. Seagate has also decided to streamline their laptop drive production by exclusively offering 5,400 RPM drives. Als u akkoord gaat, klikt u op "Ik accepteer de voorwaarden van de licentieovereenkomst" en klikt u vervolgens op Volgende.