Testseek.com have collected 86 expert reviews of the Seagate Momentus XT Solid State Hybrid SATA600 ST-LX003 Series and the average rating is 82%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Seagate Momentus XT Solid State Hybrid SATA600 ST-LX003 Series.
December 2011
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The editors liked
Good speeds
Especially cached data
Low price per gigabyte versus SSDs
Fast startup times
No drivers required
Costeffective capacity
The Seagate Momentus XT (second generation) offers performance similar to solid-state drives (SSDs) while being much more affordable. The new drive now supports SATA 3 (6Gbps) and provides 750GB of storage space
The editors didn't like
Advantage tapers off with large amounts of random reads
More expensive than previous Momentus XT generation
High price
No bundled accessories
The new Seagate Momentus XT is noticeably more expensive than regular hard drives of the same storage space. Its data copy speed is comparatively slower than that of high-end hard drives
Published: 2012-02-18, Author: Matt , review by: gizmodo.com.au
Yes. If you want a taste of SSD speeds but can't afford one, or simply need more storage and don't feel like Frankenstein-ing your rig with a combo SSD/HDD setup. It's not a bad deal at all for $US180, when an SSD for with a third of the storage costs twi...
Good speeds, especially cached data, Low price per gigabyte versus SSDs
Advantage tapers off with large amounts of random reads, More expensive than previous Momentus XT generation, High price
Seagate's latest iteraton of its hybrid hard drive combines 8GB of super-fast flash memory with a traditional spinning hard drive, allowing excellent read speeds for commonly accessed hard drive data like boot files. It's only a small amount more expensiv...
The Seagate Momentus XT (second generation) offers performance similar to solid-state drives (SSDs) while being much more affordable. The new drive now supports SATA 3 (6Gbps) and provides 750GB of storage space
The new Seagate Momentus XT is noticeably more expensive than regular hard drives of the same storage space. Its data copy speed is comparatively slower than that of high-end hard drives
Similar to the original, the Momentus XT (second generation) makes an excellent host drive for any computer, both laptops and desktops. It offers great value in terms of performance and cost, especially when compared to SDDs....
Abstract: Every mobile user who is limited to just one storage bay wants the best of both worlds: SSD speeds with HDD capacities. Both Seagate and WD have a one-drive solution to this problem, with Seagate offering a hybrid 1TB hard drive with an SSD cache for SSD-...
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Published: 2012-12-13, Author: Steven , review by: bigbruin.com
Large Capacity, Speeds up booting and commonly used applications, Reasonably priced for what the performance increase
9.7mm high, Not quite as effective as SSD, Please drop by the Bigbruin.com Forum and feel free to post any comments or questions
The Seagate 750GB Momentus XT hard drive is a fairly typical 7200RPM hard drive that has been optimized with 8GB of flash memory cache. After Seagate's Adaptive Memory technology learns what data to move into the cache, those tasks execute much faster tha...
Published: 2012-03-16, Author: Scott , review by: chipchick.com
Fast (Even Faster than Momentus XT 500GB), Learns From You, Affordable, Enhanced StartUp Speeds, No Special Installation/Drivers/Software, 6Gbps SATA interface, 8GB SSD BuiltIn, Immense Amount of Storage (750GB) for a Laptop Drive, 7200RPM, The
Doesn't Run as Cool or Quiet as SSD
If you're either running low on hard drive space or you're looking for an affordable performance boost, the Momentus XT is a great upgrade. The install process is no different than any other hard drive and there's no special drivers or software to wo...
Overall, I found it a tad bit difficult to really sum up this drive in a single word because it's definitely something for a certain group of people, and not that much for another.To be honest, in the majority of our benchmarks it was really difficult to ...
The second-generation Momentus XT performs much better than the first-generation model, even when the caching system isn't used. In our tests, the performance advantage of the second-generation drive was between 17% and 100% over the first-generation driv...
Can deliver SSD-like speeds for certain situations, Fraction of the cost of a SSD, Good for laptop owners who only have room for 1 drive
Speed boost is not immediately seen, Really only worth it if you boot from it or run applications from it
The Momentus XT is for gamers that don’t have room for an SSD and a regular drive or can’t afford a large capacity SSD. At about $180 at time of writing, it’s not much more expensive than a regular 2.5″ 7200 RPM drive of the same size. It’s definitely...
