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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96 Reviews
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Abstract: Klaus Hinum, 10/14/2010 After the unsuccessful attempts to combine hard drives with flash memory in 2007, Seagate is now trying again with the Momentus XT series. This time, a substantially larger and faster memory in combination with its own control...
Great performance comparing to SSD drives, Highly affordable, Adaptive Memory technology,
None that we could find.
Just by looking at our test data you can clearly see who is the winner. You got it the SSD however, considering the performance of Momentus XT and price per storage Momentus XT becomes a clear winner among the consumer. Consumer who doesn't want to spe...
The Seagate Momentus XT 500GB is an interesting integration of flash and mechanical storage. It is certainly a very fast drive, but it in most cases its performance is closer to that of a traditional 7200 RPM hard drive than a solid state drive. As fo...
Representing a new generation of hybrid storage devices, the Seagate Momentus XT is quite an interesting product. Seagate has got rid of older problems that used to pester its previous series and now its 2.5-inch drive is indeed competitive to rather s...
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Published: 2010-08-09, Author: Darren , review by: engadget.com
Published: 2010-07-22, Author: Chris , review by: slashgear.com
Abstract: As storage goes, the choices for your new drive have generally been pretty straightforward. On the one side there are traditional HDDs, mechanical drives offering plentiful capacity but with performance and ruggedness compromises; on the other, there a...
experience in many ways. It's still a little pricey, and the lack of SATA 3.0 interface is a detractor as well. If this were a desktop drive, an 8GB SLC cache would be more the sweet spot for Hybrid drives, to accommodate the larger and larger applica...
Nearly as fast as an SSD, Generous capacity, Comparatively inexpensive
Slow write speeds in some tests
With speed approaching an SSD's and ample capacity at a moderate price, this "hybrid drive" is a stellar choice for boosting a PC's responsiveness on a budget. ...
So you can see a performance increase with your most used files without having to pay the premium that SSD’s currently go for. It’s obvious that this will be the technology that we see filter into our larger drives. Of course, write speeds are no diffe...
