Seagate Momentus XT 500GB Solid State Hybrid SATA Drive 2.5IN
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Sine
Rating: Review Date: 06/24/12 |
Seagate Momentus XT 500GB Solid State Hybrid SATA Drive 2.5IN
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Helen
Rating: Review Date: 06/24/12 |
Seagate Momentus XT 500GB Solid State Hybrid SATA Drive 2.5IN
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I can't locate a pro with this drive Drive began freezing up on my macbook pro appropriate following I installed it. I sent it back to Seagate 2 weeks ago. Drive was delivered to Seagate within two days but took Seagate 8 days to receive it. Consumer service told me that they were overwhelmed with returned drives. Now, following a lot of emails and telephone calls they inform me the drive is out of stock and can\'t inform me when it will be delivered to me. I will in no way obtain a drive from this organization. |
Parley
Rating: Review Date: 06/03/12 |
Seagate Momentus XT 500GB Solid State Hybrid SATA Drive 2.5IN
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Initially & ONLY SSD 'hundred Gb anything for Below 贶!! Descriptions & images don't match eachother. Either someone thinks that the prospects are stupid, or whoever posted these photos are stupid. Why is the description speaking about a SSD, and the photos are of a HDD? I mean, seriously? If you're going to talk about a product & advertize about it, atleast have the appropriate photos to go w/what you're talking about.I gave it 5 eggs, since the moment SSDs go down in price, they're going to take over the world!!!! |
Mavis
Rating: Review Date: 06/02/12 |
Seagate Momentus XT 500GB Solid State Hybrid SATA Drive 2.5IN
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+Space+Speed-Value+Quiet-(Heat+Vibration), in that order. Working in my mid-2009 13.three" MBP out-of-the-box. For me, this drive has been working as it was advertised, and that gets fiveǛ Eggs from me. It is noticeably more quickly than my stock HDD (dead-negative sectors) and produces much less heat. I have experienced zero issues with vibration or noise. (The exhaust fan RPM is the only sound I hear.) Except for the reality that my pc is operating, I can\'t tell the issue is on. Old forums filled with comments about early firmware+Mac problems hangs in the back of my thoughts. Becoming a network engineer, I am weary of even the remotest possibility of troubles when it comes to information integrity, performance and storage. I guess that anxiety is the only con so far; and even becoming squeamish I decided it was worth it. I have had no concrete negative troubles. goo(dot)gl image links:Temps, Battery Life Stats: /lK6nVMBP HW Information: /NPnEXInstalled HDD: ǚWuyCPresently 34*C, 4h46m ᥢ% charge & 87% battery health, with full brightness, WiFi, ten Chrome tabs, Terminator, NetBeans, Mail & Adium open. I can hear the drive power down when it goes idle after boot-up when I begin operating, the moment when it has loaded my app information into the SSD buffer. The sound is identical to a normal Mac HDD upon tough shutdown (the half-second Peeew sound). After that, it's dead silent. |
Cocheta
Rating: Review Date: 05/28/12 |
Seagate Momentus XT 500GB Solid State Hybrid SATA Drive 2.5IN
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Speed improve as advertised, ***if*** you don't use that quite a few apps all the time often. If like me, you use a lot of apps all the time, all with equal regularity, then the 4gb is really not adequate to hold them all (causing the cache to keep finding refreshed), and you are back to a normal drive. Seagate is possessing a lot of difficulty acquiring the firmware right. With the original firmware (SD22), the drive was taking a lengthy time to wake up from sleep, a lot longer than a regular drive, causing frequent "beachballing" on macbook pros. Seagate's resolution was to make the drive under no circumstances go to sleep! (That's like cutting off your nose to stop sneezing!) The outcome on notebooks is that battery life is pretty much cut in half! They've released SD23 and SD24 and nevertheless can't appear to get it ideal. Read the seagate forums and you'll see lots of frustrated buyers, and even exasperated Seagate personnel. If you are notebook user who runs of battery often, this is not the drive for you. If you are always tethered to power, or if you are a desktop user, then the quickness of the drive is pretty good (*and* if you use a handful of apps on a regular basis). The reviews from anand's, tom's and so forth. way back when the drive initially came out don't mention the battery drain, because with the firmware back then, the insomnia hadn't set in however.I'm finding rid of this for now, and going back to my "normal" drive. I absolutely do not advocate it to anyone. |
Paris
Rating: Review Date: 05/19/12 |
Seagate Momentus XT 500GB Solid State Hybrid SATA Drive 2.5IN
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Lightning rapidly. Really. Runs hot, runs all the time, vibrates and drains battery. I was shopping for an SSD and someone showed me a chart with hybrid vs. SDD and the distinction was minimal. I was sold.The efficiency is there, no doubt about it, but it appears my MacBook doesn't want to spin this drive down. The battery is drained in about a single hour.I'm removing it and installing something quieter and cooler before it cooks the insides of my laptop.Seagate help is quite friendly, but it didn't assist.I lost 130+$ |
Bozica
Rating: Review Date: 05/16/12 |
Seagate Momentus XT 500GB Solid State Hybrid SATA Drive 2.5IN
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Rapidly, 7200 rpm SATA drive, didn't call for firmware upgrades or something like that. I didn't will need to move any data around, since the tough drive that died was 160 GB. Plugged it in, launched Acronis recover to restore the old drive, and away it went. Not noticeably more quickly than just before. The main cause for shopping for this drive was to boost my technique's performance more than the old ATA-133 drive that I took out. The thought of a big read cache (which is generally what this drive is) to shop OS files and often utilized applications sounded like a good combination. I know the drive is supposed to "learn" what you use most generally, but I haven't noticed much improvement in startup time or application launching. If I had to do it once more, I'd either be inexpensive and purchase a typical 500 GB drive, or spend the premium and buy a 𞲔 GB SSD. Hopefully the firmware issues have been ironed out with this drive and it does what it's supposed to do. |
Francine
Rating: Review Date: 05/15/12 |
Seagate Momentus XT 500GB Solid State Hybrid SATA Drive 2.5IN
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Windows 7 automatically sees the SD portion of the drive and loads all the program files there.Windows 7- 64 bit loads in 16 seconds for me! None, I have only purchase Seagate, in 12 years only three drives have gone poor. I very advocate this drive, they did a excellent job!~ |
Marlene
Rating: Review Date: 05/09/12 |
Seagate Momentus XT 500GB Solid State Hybrid SATA Drive 2.5IN
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Operates fine reasonably quick.Considerably much better than 5400 rpm drives. Had an additional 7200 rpm drive and to be truthful this one particular is no faster or greater. Not worth the Hype. This drive is generally a very good drive but for the funds I would not get yet again. I would use a WD Black drive it is just as fast and a lot far more reasonably priced. |
Perrin
Rating: Review Date: 04/23/12 |
Seagate Momentus XT 500GB Solid State Hybrid SATA Drive 2.5IN
Comment:
+Space+Speed-Cost+Quiet-(Heat+Vibration), in that order. Working in my mid-2009 13.3" MBP out-of-the-box. For me, this drive has been working as it was advertised, and that gets 5Ǜ Eggs from me. It is noticeably more quickly than my stock HDD (dead-bad sectors) and produces much less heat. I have skilled zero issues with vibration or noise. (The exhaust fan RPM is the only sound I hear.) Except for the reality that my pc is working, I can not tell the thing is on. Old forums filled with comments about early firmware+Mac troubles hangs in the back of my thoughts. Becoming a network engineer, I am weary of even the remotest possibility of problems when it comes to data integrity, efficiency and storage. I guess that stress is the only con so far; and even being squeamish I decided it was worth it. I have had no concrete unfavorable problems. Temps, Battery Life Stats: http://goo.gl/lK6nVMBP HW Info: http://goo.gl/NPnEXInstalled HDD: http://goo.glǚWuyC(Currently 4h46m ᥣ% charge & 87% battery wellness, with complete brightness, WiFi, 10 Chrome tabs, Terminator, NetBeans, Mail & Adium open.) I can hear the drive power down when it goes idle right after boot-up when I begin working, the moment when it has loaded my app information into the SSD buffer. The sound is identical to a typical Mac HDD upon hard shutdown (the half-second Peeew sound). Following that, it's dead silent. |
Hector
Rating: Review Date: 04/17/12 |
Seagate Momentus XT 500GB Solid State Hybrid SATA Drive 2.5IN
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Replaced a Seagate 320GBRPMቬMB drive with this back in November. I've discovered that it truly does assist boot occasions and system launches go more quickly. Also, my method is in fact pretty considerably prepared to go when it hits the Windows desktop, even though on each and every other program I've applied, there's seriously like a 30-60 second period when the desktop is up, but it's not Seriously prepared. None seriously. I did update the firmware, but Seagate's plan was painless-showed the current firmware version, the new a single, and had a "reboot/install firmware" button. Took a couple of seconds and rebooted into Windows. These Momentus XT drives are a truly fantastic deal IMO. They truly do speed issues up exactly where it matters-booting Windows and typical program loads. Apparently the firmware is optimized so it only caches tiny files, which helps the fairly small flash go a long way, I guess. At any rate, it actually does perform.Worst case scenario exactly where the SLC cache doesn't come in to play, this is nevertheless a single of the fastest mechanical drives on the marketplace, and has double the RAM cache ࿀ versus 16MB) of other 7200RPM drives (or 4x the RAM cache versus 5400RPM drives). It's truly great for notebooks with a single drive bay, because SSDs are too pricey and/or small IMO to be the only drive in a process.I haven't utilised it in a Mac personally, but following recommending one to someone, they stuck it in a Mac Mini and have told me they enjoy it, that it appears a lot quicker to them. |
knobby1906@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 04/13/12 |
Seagate Momentus XT 500GB Solid State Hybrid SATA Drive 2.5IN
Cons:-Not full SSD, but you are getting larger storage capacity
Pros:-Well priced-Excellent performance compared to platter-only drives-Quiet Comment:
Purchased to replaced factory-installed Toshiba drive that failed in a laptop. User didn't want to sacrifice storage capacity for speed, but the hybrid drives are perfect because you get the best of both worlds. After installing the drive, the laptop now boots much quicker than it did before and Windows 7 just seems more "snappy". Very happy with this product! |
Laken
Rating: Review Date: 03/24/12 |
Seagate Momentus XT 500GB Solid State Hybrid SATA Drive 2.5IN
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Installed for a consumer. Functions fantastic. Soon after very first boot or two, second generation black macbook boot instances elevated drastically. None so far. |
Orestes
Rating: Review Date: 03/12/12 |
Seagate Momentus XT 500GB Solid State Hybrid SATA Drive 2.5IN
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It boots quicker than a 7200rpm drive. It doesn't seem to do anything else faster than a 7200rpm drive, plus an occasional brief pause. (Firmware is SD24.) I applied this to replace a Momentus 7200.4 320gb difficult drive in a Tecra M7 with Windows 7 32-bit. The laptop boots quicker. Nothing else seems quicker to me. And occasionally my mouse cursor will turn into an hourglass although I do basic tasks like work on a Word document. (I have an Intel SSD in an HP TC4400 and it is substantially, much more rapidly at anything than the 7200rpm drive that it replaced.) |
Lali
Rating: Review Date: 03/10/12 |
Seagate Momentus XT 500GB Solid State Hybrid SATA Drive 2.5IN
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The drive is rapid, really and comes with a 5yrs warranty! I ordered this to Replaced my old Dell precision desktop 3.5HDD. I placed an order with NewEgg and received the HDD two days later. Wonderful job NewEgg! It came with the old firmware SD24. I downloaded the new SD25 firmware from http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId. Now, i need to discover 2.5 to 3.5 mounting brackets to fit into Dell HDD caddy. I purchased this on fourǚ with ŭ off unique and now NewEgg has 10% off on the drive. :(.. It's still good! None |
Bubba_loves_toys@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 03/03/12 |
Seagate Momentus XT 500GB Solid State Hybrid SATA Drive 2.5IN
Cons:none
Pros:FastWell priced Comment:
I just bought this to replace the 160 GB hard drive in my eeePC netbook. Wow. Really woke this little netbook up from boot all the way to loading Google Earth and OpenOffice. With my original drive, I would sometimes have to wait a minute and a half before I could open the browser, Now. the programs open less than 5 seconds after the icons appear on the desktop.I am going to do the update to my 250 GB Lenovo work laptop next. Very impressed with the performance. Short of installing a pure SSD, this drive will definitely improve your laptop performance.I would encourage anyone who wants to increase the size of their laptop drives and improve performance to buy one of these drives while it is on sale. |
Natalia
Rating: Review Date: 03/02/12 |
Seagate Momentus XT 500GB Solid State Hybrid SATA Drive 2.5IN
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Remarkable efficiency raise for a incredibly reasonableprice. This drive replaced a 640 gb 5400 rpm drive. None......no heat, vibration, no reduce in battery life. This assists a notebook become a desk top replacement. |
Yuri
Rating: Review Date: 02/27/12 |
Seagate Momentus XT 500GB Solid State Hybrid SATA Drive 2.5IN
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- Fantastic speed enhancements- Important speed enhance- Created me surprised on first boot up, actually rapidly- Adapts to your everyday function- Truly advanced efficiency - Hotter than expected - Each and every once in a although I hear a brief beep, no concept what it indicates but it isn't affecting my drive's efficiency or reliability.- Comparing to my old inexpensive 160 GB, 5400rpm (and two MB cache) drive, i'd say much more than twice efficiency gained, created my laptop fly.Bought this for my laptop as my old difficult disk drive was very lacking in efficiency, and I have to say I made the right acquire, it's even faster than my desktop personal computer at boot-up times. It also created me understand far more about challenging disks drives as I did research on them soon after on why the speed distinction.I use my laptop for University's Pc Science stuff, improvement and sometimes gaming (though not potent enough for eye-candy gaming). Haven't played a game but, but I'm confident the drive will automatically adapt to it more than time.I'd recommend this to any individual starving for efficiency. |
Raziya
Rating: Review Date: 02/26/12 |
Seagate Momentus XT 500GB Solid State Hybrid SATA Drive 2.5IN
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Rapidly! big amount of storage for 9.5mm VIBRATION! this thing is quickly for certain, but wow does it have a ton of vibration. installed it on my MBP and was Consistently feeling the vibration below my wrists. exchanged it for yet another one particular - very same thing happened! I think it may well be simply because its difficult to get 750gb in 9.5mm (the disks ought to be larger, and so on). im positive in the close to future it will be worked out, but till then, be ready to get a massage. if you want tons of storage thats Quick (almost as fast as a pure SSD) then go with the seagate momentis XT solid state hybrid 7200rpm drive 鸴gb with 4gb of SS for ). 200% a lot more beastly. ZERO vibration! cool, quiet, etc. well worth the loss of 250gb in storage over the 750. read the critiques on the hybrid drive - you will be convinced also. |
Beth
Rating: Review Date: 02/24/12 |
Seagate Momentus XT 500GB Solid State Hybrid SATA Drive 2.5IN
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Sold a laptop with a 32gb SSD and 320gb HDD. My new laptop only has one drive bay, so I got this drive. Enjoy IT! Just as rapidly as the SSD was and, after it's begun finding out what I use most, it gets more quickly and more quickly! None! For those that are not satisfied with the speeds, give it some time and usage. It learns as you go and gets more quickly and faster. The technologies behind this is brilliant! |
Xerxes
Rating: Review Date: 02/20/12 |
Seagate Momentus XT 500GB Solid State Hybrid SATA Drive 2.5IN
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This Hard Drive is a fantastic choice for people today who want a speed that is comparable to 10000, doesn't drain battery and operates as advertised! Speeds aren't very up to SSD but for the price and for the requirements of most students and typical user wonderful product! |
Marc_P@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 02/10/12 |
Seagate Momentus XT 500GB Solid State Hybrid SATA Drive 2.5IN
Cons:500GB starts to get small...
Pros:Real accelerated boot up speed. Comment:
This is the 2nd drive I buy. This one will be for my laptop. I am very happy with my first one in my desktop machine. Boot up is amazingly fast. Not as fast as a true SSD drive, but I'm still booted up and ready in Windows in under 30 seconds. However, it wasn't always like this.When I first got the drive, I wasn't too impressed. Boot up time was no different than my old drive. What I didn't realize was that AHCI was disabled in the CMOS and Windows. So the drive was detected as a standard IDE drive and therefore performing as a standard IDE drive. When I enabled AHCI, that's when the real performance kicked in. And I was impressed.If you get this drive, make sure to have AHCI enabled!! Otherwise you will not get the benefit. |
William_Y@NCIX Rating: Review Date: 02/10/12 |
Seagate Momentus XT 500GB Solid State Hybrid SATA Drive 2.5IN
Cons:A bit noisy/shaky at times
Pros:Intalled and working fine very nice boot times Comment:
Perfect for someone who wants to experience some of the performance of an SSD but as well as have the space of an HD |
Najwa
Rating: Review Date: 02/05/12 |
Seagate Momentus XT 500GB Solid State Hybrid SATA Drive 2.5IN
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quite quickly, surprisingly so, replaced an older desktop seagate 750 7200rpm in my HTPC due to the fact the seagate desktop drive was extremely loud.This drive is nice and quit and surprisingly more quickly by allot.Not quit SSD speeds but closer than I believed it would be. Hope it has a long lifespan. none |
Theodore
Rating: Review Date: 02/04/12 |
Seagate Momentus XT 500GB Solid State Hybrid SATA Drive 2.5IN
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NO DOA I purchased 2 hard drive , 1 function excellent the other one DOA .Now i have to make contact with Seagate for warranty . I never ever Seagate again |
This is the third one of these I have purchased, 1st one in an i7 LT and it rocks. Then I place two into a LT and cut boot time in half at least, reboots in much less than 1 min. Have not discovered any yet Wish you could handle what utilized the SS or at least know what and how nicely it is operating.