Oh how far our technology has come. When most of us saw the beautiful release of the SSD our involuntary drool function kicked into overdrive. The ability to add up to 80% improvement into everything we do makes a grown man tear up. Multitasking like never before, booting into windows in a flash, there is nothing better than an SSD drive, if only you could convince your bank account or your wife (our for the geektastic ladies out there your husbands) That spending that kind of money was justified. Well now you won’t have to Seagate has come out with the MomentusXT drives that provide everything you loved from SSD and the price ag you need from HDD. Let’s get a good look:
Provided by: Seagate
Price: $115.90
Closer Look and Testing:
Testing Rig:
- Intel Core i5 – 661 Clarkdale CPU
- Noctua NH-D14 CPU Cooler
- Crucial DDR3 PC3 16000 2 x 1 GB
- Cooler Master GX 750W PSU
- Cooler Master CM 690 II PC Chassis
- ATI Radeon 5570
- Seagate 750GB HDD
- Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit Edition
Specifications and Features:
| Interface | SATA 3Gb/s |
| Cache | 32MB |
| Capacity | 500GB |
| Areal density (avg) | 394Gb/in2 |
| Guaranteed Sectors | 976,773,168 |
| PHYSICAL | |
|---|---|
| Height | 9.7mm (0.378 in) |
| Width | 70.10mm (2.76 in) |
| Length | 100.55mm (3.959 in) |
| Weight (typical) | 110g (.238 lb) |
| PERFORMANCE | |
| Spin Speed | 7200 RPM |
| Average latency | 4.17ms |
| Random read seek time | 11ms |
| Random write seek time | 13ms |
| I/O data transfer rate | 300MB/s |
| Unrecoverable read errors | 1 in 1014 |
| RELIABILITY | |
| Annual Failure Rate | 0.5% |
| POWER | |
| 5V start max current | 1.0A |
| Average idle power | 0.8W |
| Average operating power | 1.1W |
| Average seek power | 2.2W |
| ENVIRONMENT | |
| Ambient Temperature | |
| Operating | 0°–60°C |
| Nonoperating | -40°–70°C |
| Maximum operating temperature change | 20°C per hour |
| Maximum nonoperating temperature change | 35°C per hour |
| Shock | |
| Operating Shock (max) | 350 Gs for 2ms |
| Nonoperating Shock (max) | 1000 Gs for 1ms |
| ACOUSTICS | |
| Acoustics (Idle Volume) | 2.3 bels |
| Acoustics (Seek Volume) | 2.6 bels |
| Features | |
| Storage Type | Solid State Hybrid |
Conclusion:
Due to the fact I summed up most of my feelings about the Seagate 320GB MomentusXT in my video I will remain succinct in my conclusion. This Products rocks. I recommend this products to anyone looking for a new driver period. Very rarely would I recommend a products to such a broad audience but this products is by far one of the most ingenious ideas to come out in a long time. If this doesn’t position Seagate into a more dominant place in the market this year I will be very surprised. Good job to the engineers at Seagate keep the good ideas coming this market need quality products at affordable prices.
