Endless Paradigm

Quote:Just as wee surmised, Seagate is taking the wraps off its new hybrid drive, with OEM shipments of the Momentus XT starting today. Hailed as the fastest 2.5-inch laptop drive on the planet, this here device marries a 7200RPM hard drive (250/320/500GB) with 4GB of SLC NAND flash memory and 32MB of cache, and the company's Adaptive Memory technology allows it to store frequently used information on the latter for ultra-speedy access. It can boot up to 100 percent faster than a conventional 5400RPM hard drive, and thankfully for us all, it utilizes a standard 9.5mm-high form factor that the vast majority of laptops use. Seagate also affirms that the drive "operates independently of the operating system and the motherboard chipset," but wee're going to hold tight until wee see the first real benchmarks (it'll soon be an option in ASUS' ROG J73Jh gaming laptop) before getting all hyped up. In related news, the outfit also announced the world's highest capacity 7200RPM drive at 750GB, with the Momentus 750GB boasting SATA 3Gbps support, an NCQ interface, 16MB of cache and "silent acoustics." No price is mentioned, but you can bet a hefty premium will placed on something this capacious.

Update: The reviews are already pouring in, and at just $155 for the 500 gigger, it's receiving a fair amount of praise.

Source: Engadget

OverclockersClub Wrote:Pros:
Hybrid design with SLC SSD and high capacity HDD
Seagate Adaptive Memory Technology
Up to 500GB capacities
inexpensive compared to SSD's
Faster than traditional mechanical drives
RAID 0 performance is on par with SSD's


Cons:
None

http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/..._xt_500gb/

More reviews:
http://hothardware.com/Articles/Seagate-...d-Preview/
http://www.storagereview.com/seagate_momentus_xt_review
http://www.viperlair.com/reviews/seagate...drive.html
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?op...iew&id=525

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Seems pretty sweet to me... I wonder if it'll come to desktops.. [maybe I should upgrade the lappy drive...]

lol found my new replacement for my samsung m6 500gb in my laptop

FUTURE!

yea but i can't find one to buy in uk yet (not suprising cause its day 1). Still that's where my ard erned cash will be going.

Now to make a 500GB disk image of my old drive... :(

Am critical on how it selects stuff to cache to the SSD portion.
Especially if it tends to change its mind fairly often - means that the flash is going to be constantly rewritten and wear out quite fast...

I'll sit tight for now. It's new, and already US$155. If it's truly the HDD of the future, I'll snag one then.