Seagate 500GB SATA 2.5″ Laptop Hard Disk

Seagate 500GB Hard Disk Seagate Barracuda Notebook HDD (ST500LM030) comes with 500GB capacity. This HDD built-in SATA 6.0Gb/s Interface with 5400RPM. This HDD has Up to 140MB/s Transfer Rate, 128MB Buffer, 512/4096 Bytes per Sector (logical/physical), 600,000 Load/Unload Cycles, Quiet Step Ramp Load Head-Rest Method with 2.5 Inch form factor. Seagate Barra Cuda’s SATA 6Gb/s interface optimizes burst performance while Seagate Secure models offer hardware-based data security. Best-fit applications for Barra Cuda hard drives include desktop or all-in-one PCs, home servers, entry-level direct-attached storage devices (DAS). Instant Secure Erase allows safe and easy drive retirements. This HDD comes with 02 years of warranty.
For PCs: Any hard drive will work as long as you know the form factor of the hard drive bays in your case and the connection types on your motherboard. Again, it’s most likely 3.5-inch for desktops and 2.5-inch for laptops and most likely SATA connections. Yes. HDD 2.5” as a SATA connection just as a standard HDD 3.5” any modern computer case as one OR more places to connect a 2.5” HDD usually used for an SSD disk. To check the SATA compatibility, you can look at the specification page of your laptop or desktop (or maybe the Motherboard’s Model Number, if assembled). Even if you have SATA 2.0 compatible motherboard in your computer, that doesn’t mean you can only use SATA 2.0 drive in your system.
Introduced in 2003, SATA (or Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) is the default interface for most desktop and laptop hard drives. They are referred to as SATA hard drives, but they are actually rotary hard drives with spinning platters and a moving needle that writes data to consecutive sectors on each platter.