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December 2011
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Build Quality
Form Factor (9.5mm)
Hybrid Drive (750GB HDD 8GB SSD)
Performance (bootup
Load times)
SATA III
Large Capacity
Speeds up booting and commonly used applications
Reasonably priced for what the performance increase
Fast (Even Faster than Momentus XT 500GB)
Learns From You
Affordable
Enhanced StartUp Speeds
No Special Installation/Drivers/Software
6Gbps SATA interface
8GB SSD BuiltIn
Immense Amount of Storage (750GB) for a Laptop Drive
7200RPM
The
Can deliver SSD-like speeds for certain situations
Fraction of the cost of a SSD
Good for laptop owners who only have room for 1 drive
Decent Value
Good Performance
SSD-Like Performance
HD-Like Price
OS Independent
Increases access speeds and reduces boot times. Requires no additional hardware. Works with all operating systems.
Flash memory means faster speeds. Drive adapts to your usage.
The Seagate Momentus XT (second generation) offers performance similar to solid-state drives (SSDs) while being much more affordable. The new drive now supports SATA 3 (6Gbps) and provides 750GB of storage space
Allinone Hybrid storage solution does not require software
Outperforms PCIExpress hybrid solutions in boot and file transfers
Seagate Adaptive Memory tech buffers data for SSD responsiveness
5Year full Seagate product warranty
Large 750GB hybrid storage capacity
Extremely high HDD operational shock durability
Supports Native Command Queuing and SMART
SSD Failure does not effect pre
Significantly faster than a conventional mechanical HD
Significantly more storage capacity than an SSD.
8GB of onboard NAND for caching
Excellent performance gain over last generatin drive
Good price/GB ratio
4K sector
750GB of storage space
5 year warranty
The editors didn't like
Price (For Some)
8GB SLC NAND Flash May Not Be Enough For Everyone
9.7mm high
Not quite as effective as SSD
Please drop by the Bigbruin.com Forum and feel free to post any comments or questions
Doesn't Run as Cool or Quiet as SSD
Speed boost is not immediately seen
Really only worth it if you boot from it or run applications from it
Limited by performance of the HD when solid state cache not used
Outperformed by other hybrid solutions
Not as fast as SSDs or other hybrid solutions. Benefits don't kick in right away
Moving parts means it’s still susceptible to damage
Just like your regular drive. Speeds up boot times
But transferring files is pretty much the same as traditional drives. Higher cost-per-gigabyte.
The new Seagate Momentus XT is noticeably more expensive than regular hard drives of the same storage space. Its data copy speed is comparatively slower than that of high-end hard drives
Lacks comparable IOPS operational performance to SSDs
Abstract: Every mobile user who is limited to just one storage bay wants the best of both worlds: SSD speeds with HDD capacities. Both Seagate and WD have a one-drive solution to this problem, with Seagate offering a hybrid 1TB hard drive with an SSD cache for SSD-...
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Published: 2012-12-13, Author: Steven , review by: bigbruin.com
Large Capacity, Speeds up booting and commonly used applications, Reasonably priced for what the performance increase
9.7mm high, Not quite as effective as SSD, Please drop by the Bigbruin.com Forum and feel free to post any comments or questions
The Seagate 750GB Momentus XT hard drive is a fairly typical 7200RPM hard drive that has been optimized with 8GB of flash memory cache. After Seagate's Adaptive Memory technology learns what data to move into the cache, those tasks execute much faster tha...
Published: 2012-03-16, Author: Scott , review by: chipchick.com
Fast (Even Faster than Momentus XT 500GB), Learns From You, Affordable, Enhanced StartUp Speeds, No Special Installation/Drivers/Software, 6Gbps SATA interface, 8GB SSD BuiltIn, Immense Amount of Storage (750GB) for a Laptop Drive, 7200RPM, The
Doesn't Run as Cool or Quiet as SSD
If you're either running low on hard drive space or you're looking for an affordable performance boost, the Momentus XT is a great upgrade. The install process is no different than any other hard drive and there's no special drivers or software to wo...
Overall, I found it a tad bit difficult to really sum up this drive in a single word because it's definitely something for a certain group of people, and not that much for another.To be honest, in the majority of our benchmarks it was really difficult to ...
The second-generation Momentus XT performs much better than the first-generation model, even when the caching system isn't used. In our tests, the performance advantage of the second-generation drive was between 17% and 100% over the first-generation driv...
Can deliver SSD-like speeds for certain situations, Fraction of the cost of a SSD, Good for laptop owners who only have room for 1 drive
Speed boost is not immediately seen, Really only worth it if you boot from it or run applications from it
The Momentus XT is for gamers that don’t have room for an SSD and a regular drive or can’t afford a large capacity SSD. At about $180 at time of writing, it’s not much more expensive than a regular 2.5″ 7200 RPM drive of the same size. It’s definitely...
Published: 2012-02-17, Author: matt , review by: gizmodo.com
Yes. If you want a taste of SSD speeds but cant afford one, or simply need more storage and dont feel like Frankenstein-ing your rig with a combo SSD/HDD setup. Its not a bad deal at all for $180, when an SSD for with a third of the storage costs twice...
Published: 2012-02-10, Author: The , review by: hardwarebbq.com
Abstract: Seagate has sent the generation Momentus XT Drive with 750gig of storage space. Compared to its predecessor (1st Gen Momentus XT ST95005620AS drive), ST750LX003 Seagate Momentus XT 750 GB is with larger Flash NAND, SATA 6Gb/s interface- anything that one ...
Build Quality, Form Factor (9.5mm), Hybrid Drive (750GB HDD 8GB SSD), Performance (bootup, load times), SATA III
Price (For Some), 8GB SLC NAND Flash May Not Be Enough For Everyone
As seen in our benchmarks the 2nd Generation Momentus XT 750GB 2.5" SATA III hybrid drive is not the power monster some of you may had expected it to be but to be completely honest with all of you this was not the intention of Seagate in the fi...
Flash memory means faster speeds. Drive adapts to your usage.
Moving parts means it’s still susceptible to damage, just like your regular drive. Speeds up boot times, but transferring files is pretty much the same as traditional drives. Higher cost-per-gigabyte.
The Momentus XT is a hybrid in the best possible sense. You get the capacity of a traditional disk, along with (some of) the speed of an SSD, without breaking the bank. Product Momentus XT Hybrid Drive Company Seagate Contact Seagate.com Price $2...
