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1) Size: 500GB is not bought often any more since a good 1TB is only $50

2) Cache: This drive only has a 16MB, compared to the common new $50 1TB drives that have 64MB cache. This mean it will run significantly slower.

3) SATA II: This is a SATA II drive, any only has 3GB/s max throughput. This isn't a huge deal, but compared to the new SATA III it is an older model and therefore cheaper.

Compare that to something like the Western Digital 1TB Blue drive for $50, and most people would rather choose a much better drive for $20 more.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236339

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1) Size: 500GB is not bought often any more since a good 1TB is only $50

2) Cache: This drive only has a 16MB, compared to the common new $50 1TB drives that have 64MB cache. This mean it will run significantly slower.

3) SATA II: This is a SATA II drive, any only has 3GB/s max throughput. This isn't a huge deal, but compared to the new SATA III it is an older model and therefore cheaper.

Compare that to something like the Western Digital 1TB Blue drive for $50, and most people would rather choose a much better drive for $20 more.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236339

 
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"500 GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s 16MB Cache" $36.95

"1TB" 7200RPM SATA 3/SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache "$40.50"
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st1000dm003

I wouldn't buy it considering you can find much Larger and Faster drives for a little more. This is the time of season Computer parts start seeing huge discounts. I would expect to see the one I listed to drop to around $28 like it did last year on Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
 
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mainly because that thing is an brand new old stock that's been sitting on shelf for along time.
and also because it only has 16mb of buffer cache. Put simply, the cache can move the data to the CPU and other internal components much more quickly than the hard drive mechanism can by itself, helping to reduce a common performance "bottleneck".

tl:dr go with the 1tb seagate that blackbird suggested.
 
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