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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The editors liked
Very fast performance
Adaptive Memory technology
Speed improvement upon daily usage tasks
Better price/capacity ratio than SSDs
The editors didn't like
None
Not all usage scenarios will benefit from the "hybridness"
Abstract: Seagate Technology this month offered up its second attempt at a drive that combines NAND flash storage capacity with traditional magnetic spinning disk media. The goal is simple: better performance at a lower cost. Seagate has yet to put out a consume...
Abstract: Consider the plight of Seagate, the PC storage maker. The industry is shifting radically from Hard Disk Drive technology to Solid State Drives (SSDs), where competitors include powerhouses such as Intel and Samsung, and it just lost its first-place mar...
Abstract: A few years ago it seemed as if Hybrid Hard Drives were the future. Yet after a bunch of announcements and hope today we find ourselves in a world with two distinct markets: HDDs and SSDs. If you're willing to pay the price premium and limit maximum c...
The Momentus XT wasn't quite what I was expecting from hybrid hard drive. Sure, it combines mechanical platters with flash memory, but Adaptive Memory is a much more one-sided approach than the old ReadyDrive hybrid scheme introduced with Windows Vista...
The Momentus ® XT is an ideal replacement drive for your high-end laptop or small form factor PC or even a external portable drive for those large file transfers with quick transfer speeds. The price point for the Seagate® Momentus XT is very attract...
Adaptive Memory Technology, Large Storage capacity, Price VS SSD Price, 2.5 Inch Form Factor, Better Performance as the drive learns your habits.
Price VS other 500GB Drives
The Seagate Momentus XT provides a real alternative to expensive (and small) SSD's. You aren't going to get the blazing speed of a good SSD but you don't trade wads of cash for a Momentus XT and you don't have to compromise on storage space. We saw mo...
Faster than traditional spinning drives. Much less expensive than SSDs. Five-year warranty.
More expensive than spinning drives at the same capacities. Does not currently support 6-Gbps SATA.
Combining the best parts of hard drive and SSD technology, the 2.5-inch Momentus XT is an inventive way to speed up your storage without breaking the bank....
22% Faster than 10,000RPM WD VelociRaptor, Outstanding price to performance value, Extremelyhigh HDD operational shock durability, Adaptive Memory tech offers SSDlike responsiveness, 5Year full Seagate product warranty, Up to 500GB of storage capacity, Supports Native Command Queuing and SMART, Extremely high HDD operational shock,
Lacks SSDlike IOPS operational performance, Not 3rdGeneration SATA6.0 compliant, Unimpressive bandwidth for the World's first SSD Hybrid
Although the rating and final score mentioned in this conclusion are made to be as objective as possible, please be advised that every author perceives these factors differently at various points in time. While we each do our best to ensure that all a...
Abstract: Seagate announced earlier today the release of the new Momentus XT hybrid SSD drive. Combining the low price of a traditional mechanical drive with the speed of an SSD. HardwareGeeks was able to play with the drive before release and write up a review ...
The Seagate Momentus XT is an excellent notebook hard drive and under the right circumstances surpasses drives well out of its class. The 4GB of cache helps to significantly improve the access of common read/write patterns that a user might see in t...
