The Best Hgst Hdd 500Gb For Desktop

Store more, compute faster, and do it confidently with the proven reliability of BarraCuda internal hard drives. Perfect for designers, musicians, photographers, and video editors using multiple applications at once, these solutions offer uninterrupted performance, optimized read/write caching technology, and a variety of capacities and form factors to choose from. The result is a seamless experience backed by a two-year limited warranty and 20 years of hard drive innovation.

BarraCuda mobile storage is the go-to internal hard drive upgrade for on-the-go computing. Featuring big capacity in a small form factor, a wide range of available capacities, and specialized caching technology, it’s perfect for editing projects, maneuvering applications, and multitasking like a pro. Confidently rely on hard drive technology backed by 20 years of innovation and enjoy long-term peace of mind with the included two-year limited warranty.

Store more, compute faster, and do it confidently with the proven reliability of BarraCuda Pro internal hard drives. Featuring 500GB of capacity, BarraCuda Pro is ideal for tackling large projects and editing music, video, and photos thanks to 7200 speeds and optimized read/write caching technology. Confidently rely on internal hard drive technology backed by 20 years of innovation and enjoy long-term peace of mind with the included five-year limited warranty and two-year Rescue Data Recovery Services.

Product Description

Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200RPM SATA3/SATA 6.0 GB/s 64MB Hard Drive (3.5 inch)

From the Manufacturer

The Seagate Desktop HDD is the one hard drive for all your desktop applications. One drive for every need, supported by 30 years of trusted performance, reliability and simplicity.

HGST Ultrastar 7K3000 HUA723030ALA640 (0F12456) 3TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA III 6.0Gb/s 3.5″ Enterprise Hard Drive is the world’s first and only 7200 RPM hard drive rated at 2.0 million hours MTBF. When the highest quality and reliability are a top requirement, customer field data proves that the Ultrastar 7K3000 delivers by reducing downtime, Engineered for the highest reliability, the Ultrastar 7K3000 is not only put through grueling design tests during development but must also pass stringent ongoing reliability testing during manufacturing.

Combining 7200 RPM performance and granular power control
Operating at 7200 RPM, the Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 offers better overall performance than slower-RPM, capacity-oriented drives at impressively low power-consumption rates. When compared to the previous generation Ultrastar 7K2000, the 7K2000 offers up to a 155% improvement in sustained data transfer rate, and a 120% improvement in watts-per-GB.

Enhancing data safety and security
To ensure the utmost in data safety and security, the Ultrastar 7K2000 is also available with a bulk data encryption (BDE) option. When enabled, the Hitachi BDE implementation encrypts all data on the drive using a private security key as it is written to the disk, and then decrypts it with the key as it is retrieved, giving users an extreme level of data protection.

Delivering industry-leading reliability
Ultrastar 7K2000 is specifically built and tested for the enterprise. Hitachi-patented Rotational Vibration Safeguard (RVS) sensor technology, which optimizes drive reliability in multi-drive RAID arrays and rack-mounted systems.

From the Manufacturer

WD Black Desktop Hard Drives – Maximum performance for power computing.

Maximum performance.
Sophisticated performance enhancing features deliver the speed you need for demanding applications like photo and video editing and Internet gaming.

No compromises.
High performance, high capacity, high reliability, and cutting-edge technology make up WD Black, the ideal drive for those who demand only the best.

WD quality.
Built to the highest standards of quality and reliability, these drives offer the features and capacity ideal for your everyday computing needs.

Product Features

High-performance electronics – WD Black drives feature a dual processor and bigger, faster dynamic cache for maximum read and write speeds.

Dual processor – Twice the processing power to maximize performance.

Dynamic Cache – WD’s dynamic caching algorithm improves performance in real time by optimizing cache allocation between reads and writes. For example, if there’s an overwhelming percentage of read traffic as opposed to write traffic, the drive automatically allocates more cache for read data, which reduces congestion and improves overall drive performance.

Rock-solid mechanical architecture – Enhanced reliability features help protect the drive and the data stored on it.

NoTouch Ramp Load technology – The recording head never touches the disk media ensuring significantly less wear to the recording head and media as well as better drive protection in transit.

StableTrac – The motor shaft is secured at both ends to reduce system-induced vibration and stabilize platters for accurate tracking during read and write operations which enables consistently higher performance. (2 TB and 1.5 TB models only)

Tested for compatibility – We perform tests on hundreds of systems and a multitude of platforms in our FIT Lab to give our customers confidence that our drives will work in their systems.

The WD advantage – WD puts our products through extensive Functional Integrity Testing (F.I.T.) prior to any product launch. On average, each new product goes through 600,000 hours of testing. WD also has a detailed Knowledge Base with more than 1,000 helpful articles. You can also call toll-free support 7 days per week in the U.S. and Canada. See the WD Support site for full details.

Upgrading your drive is easy – WD Acronis TrueImage, available as a free download on the WD Support site, enables you to copy all your data to a new drive so you don’t have to reinstall your operating system to get all the benefits of a new drive.

Compatibility
Works with Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000, Mac and Linux operating systems.

Recommended use – WD Black hard drives are tested and recommended for use in PCs, high-performance workstations and notebook computers.*

*Business critical RAID environments – Please consider WD Red NAS Hard Drives for all multi-bay consumer NAS environments with 1-5 bay chassis. For business critical RAID applications, please consider WD’s enterprise hard drives that are specifically designed with RAID-specific, time-limited error recovery (TLER), are tested extensively in 24×7 RAID applications, and include features like enhanced RAFF technology and thermal extended burn-in testing. WD Black hard drives are not recommended for and are not warranted for use in RAID environments utilizing Enterprise HBAs and/or expanders and in multi-bay chassis, as they are not designed for, nor tested in, these specific types of RAID applications.

Ideal for:

• Power computing applications such as intensive photo or video editing
• Maxed out gaming systems
• Adding lots of storage in desktop PCs
• Adding extra storage space for photos, videos and music.

Features at a glance

• Industry-leading performance
• 500 GB – 2 TB capacity
• SATA 6 Gb/s interface
• 7200 RPM
• Dual processor technology

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3.5-inch Retail Kit Comparison Chart
	WD Blue	WD Green	WD Black
	Solid performance and reliability for everyday computing.	Cool, quiet operation for efficient eco-conscious computing.	Maximum performance for power computing.
Ideal for	Family and business computing.	Desktop PCs, secondary storage and external drives.	Photo and video editing, and maxed out gaming systems.
Capacity range	500 GB	500 GB – 3 TB	1 TB – 2 TB
Interface	SATA	SATA	SATA
Form factor	3.5-inch	3.5-inch	3.5-inch
Compatibility	Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000, Mac and Linux operating systems	Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000, Mac and Linux operating systems	Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000, Mac and Linux operating systems
Highest performance
Highest capacity
Everyday computing
Photo/video editing
Notebook computers
External enclosures

Applications/Environments

• Enterprise and data center applications where capacity density and power efficiency are paramount
• Cloud & Hyperscale storage
• Massive scale-out high-density data centers (MSO)
• Bulk storage using object storage solutions like Ceph and Hadoop to support Big Data Analytics
• Centralized video surveillance
• Drop-in ready for all mainstream enterprise capacity applications

Laying the foundation for a worry-free data center, HGST delivers the very best capacity hard drive in the industry – Ultra Star HE10. The HE10 uses PMR technology and is the industry’s; s first 10TB drive that is drop-in ready for any enterprise-capacity application or environment. Based on field proven, third-generation helioseal® technology, It offers the lowest power profile in the industry to help data center architects meet eco-environmental goals and requirements. Targeted at 2.5M hours MTBF, the HE10 provides the highest reliability rating available of all HDDs on the market today by building on the successful design of its 8TB and 6TB predecessors. Trust host and Ultra Star HE10 to deliver more capacity, more efficiency, more reliability and more value to your data center.

Product Description

Travelstar Z7K500 is the second generation 7mm, 7200 RPM 2.5-inch hard drive from HGST, leveraging Advanced Format, which increases the physical sector size from 512 bytes to 4,096 (4K) bytes to improve drive capacities and error correction capabilities. Travelstar Z7K500 is the first 2.5-inch HDD with a 6Gb/s SATA interface and 32MB of cache and delivers the highest 7200 RPM performance in PCMark Vantage testing. The 500GB per platter, one-disk models are designed as a direct replacement for standard 9.5mm HDs, for use in notebook PCs, external storage and gaming consoles, as well as new, thinner and more robust device designs. The Z7K500 carries the EcoTrac classification due to its low-power consumption and halogen-free production. Travelstar Z7K500 balances speed, power-efficiency and design flexibility to meet the needs of mobile applications.

From the Manufacturer

HGST Travelstar Z7K500 2.5-inch 7mm Mobile Hard Drive

Travelstar Z7K500 is the second generation 7mm, 7200 RPM 2.5-inch hard drive from HGST, with capacities ranging from 250GB to 500GB leveraging Advanced Format, which increases the physical sector size from 512 bytes to 4,096 (4K) bytes to improve drive capacities and error correction capabilities. Travelstar Z7K500 is the first 2.5-inch HDD with a 6Gb/s SATA interface and 32MB of cache and delivers the highest 7200 RPM performance in PCMark Vantage testing. The 500GB per platter, one-disk models are designed as a direct replacement for standard 9.5mm HDDs, for use in notebook PCs, external storage and gaming consoles, as well as new, thinner and more robust device designs. The Z7K500 carries the EcoTrac classification due to its low-power consumption and eco-friendly, halogen-free production. Travelstar Z7K500 balances speed, power-efficiency and design flexibility to meet the needs of mobile applications.

500, 320 and 250GB
7200 RPM | SATA 6Gb/s

Data Security Options

Travelstar Z7K500 is the sixth generation self-encrypting drive (SED) to feature HGST’s Bulk Data Encryption (BDE). The SED model encrypts data in real time using protected keys, providing users the highest level of data protection available. It also speeds and simplifies drive re-purposing. By deleting the encryption key, the data on the drive is rendered unreadable, thereby eliminating the need for time-consuming data-overwrite.

Enhanced Availability for 24×7 Access to Data

HGST provides enhanced availability models of the Travelstar Z7K500 that allow 24×7 access to data to support applications that require round-the-clock operation. The new thinner profile allows for additional cooling, especially important in dense blade server designs. The Z7K500 provides high capacity, durability and quiet acoustics on a proven platform for quality and reliability. EA models support the stringent demands of “always-on” applications in lower-transaction environments.

HGST Quality and Service

HGST mobile hard drives are designed to the highest quality standards and contain field-proven components. HGST provides worldwide technical support and integration services to enable global customers to bring their products to market quickly.

Technical Specifications Interface SATA: 6Gb/s Available Capacities: 250/320/500GB Form factor: 2.5-inch Sector size: 512e bytes Max. areal density: 630 Gbits/sq. in Data buffer: 32 MB Rotational speed: 7200 RPM Max transfer rate: 600 MB/sec Seek time: 13ms Operating Temperature: 5 to 60 degrees C Idle Temperature: -40 to 65 degrees C Dimensions: 70 x 100mm Weight: 95g	Features and Benefits
		Feature / Function	Benefits
	Capacity	Up to 500GB Storage	Up to 125 hours of high-definition video, 500 hours of standard video, 178 movies, 125,000 4-min songs or 250 games*
	Performance	Up to 1369Mb/s media transfer rate 32MB cache buffer	Fast downloads for best-of-breed application performance
	Interface	SATA 6GB/s	Higher data throughput
	Power	1.8W read/write power 0.8W low power idle	Low energy use and long battery life for more “unplugged” notebook time
	Reliability	400G operating shock 1000G non-operating shock	Best protection against bumps and rough handling
		TrueTrack technology	Tracking accuracy in high shock or vibration environments
	Acoustics	Quiet acoustics	Richer audio-listening experience for music, movies and games
	Security Option	Bulk Data Encryption	Helps guard against data theft

*Actual storage may vary depending on the compression rate applied. Capacities may not be combined.