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
The Seagate Momentus XT 750GB with FAST Factor doubles the cache NAND and adds a 50% capacity boost when compared to the 500GB first generation Momentus XT. While it's easy to look at something like FAST and shrug it off as marketing hype, the new Mom...
The Momentus XT 750GB is a more refined hybrid solution than its 500GB predecessor. The flash memory still only works as a read cache, but it's bigger, faster, and being used to greater effect. Seagate has upgraded the rest of the drive, too, giving it h...
Allinone Hybrid storage solution does not require software, Outperforms PCIExpress hybrid solutions in boot and file transfers, Seagate Adaptive Memory tech buffers data for SSD responsiveness, 5Year full Seagate product warranty, Large 750GB hybrid storage capacity, Extremely high HDD operational shock durability, Supports Native Command Queuing and SMART, SSD Failure does not effect pre
Lacks comparable IOPS operational performance to SSDs, Expensive hybrid storage solution (postfacility flooding), Hard disk would benefit from 64MB DRAM buffer
IMPORTANT: Although the rating and final score mentioned in this conclusion are made to be as objective as possible, please be advised that every author perceives these factors differently at various points in time. While we each do our best to ensure...
Decent Value, Good Performance, SSD-Like Performance, HD-Like Price, OS Independent
Limited by performance of the HD when solid state cache not used, Outperformed by other hybrid solutions
The Seagate Momentus XTWhen we first took a look at the original Momentus XT mid-last year, we stated in our conclusion that, “While the Seagate Momentus XT doesn't clearly dominate all standard hard drives across every type of usage model, Seagate's hybr...
It's been interesting to see Seagate refine its hybrid SSD drives and improve upon the software aspect of things. The Seagate momentus XT is the perfect answer to the speed vs capacity problem that a huge computing population has, namely “they want it all...
8GB of onboard NAND for caching, Excellent performance gain over last generatin drive, Good price/GB ratio, 4K sector, 750GB of storage space, 5 year warranty
Slightly higher power consumption
The first generation Momentus XT impressed us with its ability to improve system performance without sacrificing storage space. Naturally, we had high hopes with the 750GB Momentus XT. The result--the 750GB Momentus XT delivers. The updated 6Gbps SATA...
Abstract: Most of our avid readers of course have at least one SSD in their desktop and laptop, but for large volume storage you're still relegated to conventional hard disks. It's almost become a negative connotation - 'conventional' - and it really doesn't do t...
Abstract: More than two years after reviewing Seagate's first-generation Momentus XT, we're back in the lab with a 750 GB model armed with 8 GB of SLC NAND and a SATA 6Gb/s interface. How does it compare to pure solid-state and hard drive technologies? We dig de...
