Testseek.co.uk 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
Excellent performance for a 2.5" drive
Excellent performance overall when repeatedly using the same small files
Value for money
Almost desktop drive performance
Excellent performance at a significantly lower price than solidstate drives (SSDs)
Larger capacity than SSDs
Generous fiveyear warranty
The editors didn't like
4 GB isn't much for the SSD part
Performance improvement limited to two or three pieces of software
Excellent performance for a 2.5" drive, Excellent performance overall when repeatedly using the same small files
4 GB isn't much for the SSD part, Performance improvement limited to two or three pieces of software
It can't match the best pure SSD drives, but the Momentus XT is a great alternative to traditional hard drives and is the new leader in our table of 2.5" drives....
For now, the Seagate Momentus XT is a lone duckling in a sea of options. But now that the drive has proven itself, it will be interesting to see if other drive makers decide to go the route of hybrid technology. If sheer performance is what you want, ...
Excellent performance at a significantly lower price than solidstate drives (SSDs), Larger capacity than SSDs, Generous fiveyear warranty
More expensive than traditional hard drives, Capacity currently tops out at 500GB, Doesn't support the new 6Gbps SATA 3.0 standard
The hybrid Momentus XT is an excellent replacement for traditional notebook hard drives, offering large capacities and SSD-like performance at a fraction of the cost.…
There are two ways of looking at Seagate's new Momentus XT. If you know that the drive pairs rotating storage with 4GB of SLC NAND flash memory, then you probably expect a lot from this new product. I have to admit that this happened to us. However, looki...
Abstract: Momentus XT solid state hybrid drives (SSHD) fuse the blazing speed of SSD with the high capacity of a hard drive. Powered by Seagate Adaptive Memory™ technology, SSHD dramatically improves boot times and application speed, unleashing your system's perfor...
The result of this roundup is that due to the various hardware configurations each Hybrid solution is created for, there is no clear winner. The RevoDrive Hybrid dominates the field, but can only be installed into a desktop class machine. The Seagate Mome...
