Testseek.com have collected 96 expert reviews of the Seagate Momentus XT Solid State Hybrid SATA300 ST9-AS Series and the average rating is 84%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Seagate Momentus XT Solid State Hybrid SATA300 ST9-AS Series.
May 2010
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Not too pricey
Roomy
Decent performance gains
Inexpensive
High capacities
Performance boosts
If you have just one drive slot
This may be the drive to have
Excellent balance of performance
Capacity
And price
High performance drive before adding a 4GB SSD
7200RPM
SATA 3 Gbps
32MB cache
Adaptive memory can provide significant performance boost for common tasks
5-year warranty
Capacity that SSDs can't touch without costing a fortune
60GB MLC SSD costs about the same as the 500GB
A far more reasonably priced option than an SSD
Improved performance over standard hard drives
Good Value
Excellent Performance
SSD-Like Performance
HD-Like Price
OS Independent
Faster than traditional spinning drives. Much less expensive than SSDs. Five-year warranty.
Fast operating system startup and shutdown times
Fast application loading
Large capacity for a 2.5 inch drive
Low cost per Gigabyte compared to an SSD
Whisper quiet operation
Adaptive Memory Technology
Large Storage capacity
Price VS SSD Price
2.5 Inch Form Factor
Better Performance as the drive learns your habits.
The Seagate Momentus XT offers excellent performance at a price that's significantly lower than solid state drives (SSDs). It offers a larger capacity than SSDs and comes with a generous five-year warranty
Excellent performance for a 2.5" drive, Excellent performance overall when repeatedly using the same small files
4 GB isn't much for the SSD part, Performance improvement limited to two or three pieces of software
It can't match the best pure SSD drives, but the Momentus XT is a great alternative to traditional hard drives and is the new leader in our table of 2.5" drives....
For now, the Seagate Momentus XT is a lone duckling in a sea of options. But now that the drive has proven itself, it will be interesting to see if other drive makers decide to go the route of hybrid technology. If sheer performance is what you want, ...
Excellent performance at a significantly lower price than solidstate drives (SSDs), Larger capacity than SSDs, Generous fiveyear warranty
More expensive than traditional hard drives, Capacity currently tops out at 500GB, Doesn't support the new 6Gbps SATA 3.0 standard
The hybrid Momentus XT is an excellent replacement for traditional notebook hard drives, offering large capacities and SSD-like performance at a fraction of the cost.…
There are two ways of looking at Seagate's new Momentus XT. If you know that the drive pairs rotating storage with 4GB of SLC NAND flash memory, then you probably expect a lot from this new product. I have to admit that this happened to us. However, looki...
