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Seagate Momentus XT Solid State Hybrid Drive
Speedy, Spacious, and Easy to Own
Get the Seagate Solid State Hybrid Drive and supercharge your laptop. SSHD combines the blazing performance of a solid state drive and the huge capacity of a hard disk, all with a budget-friendly price-tag. The Seagate SSHD is compatible with virtually any laptop computer, any OS, and any application, so you get plug-and-play, revved-up performance from any system.
The Seagate Solid State Hybrid Drive boots in seconds, not minutes
Performs Like a Solid State Drive
The Seagate Solid State Hybrid Drive boots in seconds, not minutes. SSHD revs up your machine for peak performance (up to 4x faster than 5400 RPM hard drives). Plus, it gets faster as it gets to know you: NAND flash memory and Adaptive Memory technology work together to learn your specific use patterns and continually optimize your performance.
Play, create and store as much digital content as you want; up to 750 GB in capacity
Store More, Without Compromise
Never sacrifice capacity for performance again. Have it all with a Seagate Solid State Hybrid Drive, where killer performance meets massive storage. Whether you're into gaming, HD video, photography or music--SSHD lets you play, create, and store as much digital content as you want, up to 750GB. It all adds up to the storage you demand with the performance you crave in an easy-to-install package.
Simple to install, simple to run while simply saving your bottom line
Best Bang for Your Buck
The smart money is on the Seagate Solid State Hard Drive. No other drive costs less while delivering as much. Seagate SSHD costs just slightly more than a traditional hard drive, yet delivers dramatically improved performance--without compromising on storage. It's simple to install, simple to run, and simple to save on your bottom line.
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Why Choose the Seagate Solid State Hybrid Drive?
Seagate SSHD is the smart, affordable choice for high-end laptops and workstations, high-performance gamer laptops, fast external enclosures using USB 3.0 or eSATA, and small form factor PCs. Seagate SSHD provides 4x faster performance than traditional 5400-RPM drives in PCMark Vantage benchmark scores, thanks in part to Adaptive Memory technology that optimizes as it learns your use patterns. It's compatible with any SATA-standard laptop PC and offers quiet operation without compromising storage capacity or affordability.
Seagate Momentus XT Solid State Hybrid Hard Drive Technical Specifications
| Seagate Momentus XT Solid State Hybrid Hard Drives | 750GB1 | 500GB1 | 500GB1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Model Number | ST750LX003 | ST95005620AS | STAN500100-Retail Kit |
| Interface Options | SATA 6Gb/s | SATA 6Gb/s | SATA 6Gb/s |
| Package Contents | Momentus XT SSHD | Momentus XT SSHD | Momentus XT SSHD Mounting screws Interface cables |
| Performance | |||
| SATA Transfer Rate, Max Ext (MB/s) | 600 | 300 | 300 |
| Cache(MB) | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Spindle Speed (RPM) | 7200 | 7200 | 7200 |
| Reliability/Data Integrity | |||
| Nonrecoverable Read Errors per Bits Read | 1 in 1014 | 1 in 1014 | 1 in 1014 |
| Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| How Much Will it Store? | |||
 Digital Music (Hours) | 12,495 | 8,330 | 8,330 |
 Digital Photos (Files)Average file size using cameras highest resolution JPEG mode | 240,000 | 160,000 | 160,000 |
 Digital Videos (Hours) | 750 | 500 | 500 |
 DVD Quality (Movies)Based on standard 2 hour movie | 750 | 125 | 125 |
 HD Video (Hours)Based on H.264 compression at a 6.75Mbs bitrate | 187 | 125 | 125 |
| 1One gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one trillion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. | |||
Product Description
The Seagate Momentus XT solid state hybrid drive combines SSD-like performance with affordable high-capacity hard drive storage for laptops, external backup and small form factor desktop PCs. This drive is designed for all standard laptop PCs and is OS-, driver-and software-independent, making it easy to integrate and easy to use.3-Year Limited Warranty.
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152 of 164 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
This is noticeably faster than the 500GB version. I really wanted 1TB, but 750GB will do for now. I have it in a MBP 15" with a second 1TB hard drive in my optical bay.
Seagate had some problems with their 500GB hybrids, but seemed to get the issues worked out with new firmware (I never had a problem with mine). I haven't experienced any issues with the new 750GB either, but it will take time before I can comment on the reliability long term. I check my drives weekly for data corruption, and so far have found none, nor has there been stalling or other issues.
Did I mention this drive was fast?
Seagate had some problems with their 500GB hybrids, but seemed to get the issues worked out with new firmware (I never had a problem with mine). I haven't experienced any issues with the new 750GB either, but it will take time before I can comment on the reliability long term. I check my drives weekly for data corruption, and so far have found none, nor has there been stalling or other issues.
Did I mention this drive was fast?
41 of 42 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
I have a 256GB SSD in my desktop computer, so I'm writing this review as someone who is accustomed to that kind of performance.
The 750GB version of this drive is awesome. (I've used the previous model, the 500GB Momentus XT, and it was "pretty good." There's more than just a capacity upgrade to this new version.) I installed the 750GB Momentus XT into my new HP Envy 15, and I have to admit that it's the perfect compromise drive. The Envy has only a single drive bay and the optical isn't removable, so an SSD / HDD combo (one for the OS and one for storage) isn't an option. I'm a wedding photographer who needs to get work done on the road, and I regularly need to carry 400+ GB of data around, so a pure SSD solution (at least for a reasonable price) also isn't an option.
The drive learns quickly to cache the most used data, and it really accelerates anything you use frequently. My laptop boots very fast. Almost as fast as my desktop. Same for Chrome, Adobe LightRoom, and all the other apps I use on a daily basis.
If you're looking for an affordable solution that hits the sweet spot between SSDs and HDDs in performance and capacity, this is it.
Note to Seagate: Make a 2+TB desktop version of this drive with 32GB of NAND, and I'd be all over it!
The 750GB version of this drive is awesome. (I've used the previous model, the 500GB Momentus XT, and it was "pretty good." There's more than just a capacity upgrade to this new version.) I installed the 750GB Momentus XT into my new HP Envy 15, and I have to admit that it's the perfect compromise drive. The Envy has only a single drive bay and the optical isn't removable, so an SSD / HDD combo (one for the OS and one for storage) isn't an option. I'm a wedding photographer who needs to get work done on the road, and I regularly need to carry 400+ GB of data around, so a pure SSD solution (at least for a reasonable price) also isn't an option.
The drive learns quickly to cache the most used data, and it really accelerates anything you use frequently. My laptop boots very fast. Almost as fast as my desktop. Same for Chrome, Adobe LightRoom, and all the other apps I use on a daily basis.
If you're looking for an affordable solution that hits the sweet spot between SSDs and HDDs in performance and capacity, this is it.
Note to Seagate: Make a 2+TB desktop version of this drive with 32GB of NAND, and I'd be all over it!
213 of 245 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Seagate Momentus 750 hybrid 2.5" hard drive- Finally a laptop spinning SATA III Hard Drive
December 10, 2011
By PB
Amazon Verified Purchase
Purchased this recently for a early 2011 MBP 17"-2.2GHZ 16 GB ram, Lion & Snow Leopard & data partitions (3 in all-in same order of creation) The drive replaces a Samsung 1TB 5400rpm drive- which had replaced the stock Toshiba/Apple 750 GB 5400 rpm drive. Formatting & copying the previous partitions on the Samsung to the new Seagate was done via SeriTek 6G expresscard while Seagate was still external. Installed after copying w/o event, booted fine. Apple system profiler show the Seagate drive connecting at the 6G speed- no issue's, not like the well reported 6G SSD connection trouble with early 2011 17" & some 15" MacBook Pro's. My 17" BTW was built in April 2011 & reports 6G in HD bay as well as in optical bay.
The new Seagate is very quiet while copying outside the MBP. Not much info on outside of its case other than Seagate name/size of drive, manufacture date-11/2011, part/model/serial numbers, firmware-SM12 and rated @5V .70 amps. And made in CHINA (Amperage draw is lower than the Samsung 1 TB which is .85 amps & Toshiba/Apple 750 GB rated at 1.0 Amps. both of which are only 5400 rpm drives)Does not state speed, flash memory, or cache size, or SATA interface speed- which are 7200rpm, 8GB flash memory, 32MB cache & SATA III or otherwise known as 6G. Seagate did a pretty good job with current draw on drive compared to other laptop drives- inc. Samsung & Toshiba/Apple stock drive.
I don't know how they are cramming all this stuff into a 2.5" form factor- but the Seagate weighs more than any of the 2.5" drives that I have here. The Seagate comes in at 3 7/8 oz.- somewhat heavier than the other 2.5" drives(I have). They weigh from 3 3/8- 3 1/2 oz
The previously installed 1TB 5400rpm-only 8MB cache Samsung was somewhat faster speed wise by the numbers overall than the stock Toshiba/Apple 750 GB 5400rpm drive it replaced. The Samsung was replaced early on during its first 30 days for pending failing sectors back in July. Some people were having trouble with that drive(Samsung 1TB 2.5") initially. The replacement Samsung has been fine ever since. I purchased it(the Samsung 1TB-2 platter) for the extra size- but really was waiting for at least a 750GB, 7200rpm w/larger cache & of course 6G - since the MBP early 2011 supported SATA III in the chipset. FINALLY Seagate does it.
The new Seagate is in fact faster. Based on a variety of different tests & real time usage even with 3 partitions on it performance-wise it comes out around 15%- 25% faster over the Samsung & Toshiba/Apple drives based on the numbers. Boot time on my Lion 10.7.2 (which is a very loaded system, 138GB used-#1 of the 3 partitions on drive) went down from around 52 seconds from the sound of the chime to login screen- to 30 seconds from chime to login. Aperture launches 180 GB (1st launch after boot, non referenced, stored within Aperture library) within a few seconds. That to me is fairly impressive, probably half the time the Samsung needed to do same. Time on battery feels better also. Sitting around on battery while surfing web-doing nothing really intensive other than Firefox using 1GB graphic chip at times for who knows what, the time remaining in menubar just kept going on & on- definitely longer than the Samsung battery usage. It would seem that Seagate has implemented some aggressive power management -don't know for sure, but feels like it.
For those interested in Raiding this drive, Storage Reviews has review comparing this drive with others inc SSD. So the Momentus XT does Raid 0 very well.
PRO's
* Finally a 7200 rpm, 750 GB, 32 MB cache, 8GB flash memory using the SATA III-6GBS interface.
* Flash memory integration/management non OS dependent- seems to learn & improve performance
* So far no Seagate bs firmware as with certain previous drives-(you know who you are-right?)
* Real & felt speed increase(to ME, but I was not using a 7200rpm drive in the 17"MBP to compare so YMMV)
* A little bit of this(8 GB flash memory) & a little bit of that(7200 rpm, 32MB cache, SATA III)
* Probably the fastest 2.5" spinning drive on market- 9.5 mm height fits all laptops.
* 5 year warranty
* Appears to have-according to Seagate specs high shock capability-if you go around dropping your laptop
* Raid capable
* 0 issues so far.
* Made in China, no flooding ??
* Price is in the right area NOW, only because of inflated disk based drives due to flooding.
CON's
* Price at $239.00 is STEEP. I paid $89. for the Samsung. Prices are up, of course due to Asian flooding.
* Made in China- quality ??
* Still not a 1 TB size with same features as this drive- come on Seagate, Hitachi/Western-need 1TB
* Not a SSD @ spinning drive price. LOL
Conclusion :
If you are not prepared to spend lots of money on a large SSD given the still high price- around $1.75 per GB. The Seagate is a really nice blend of features for a disk based laptop drive, performance & capacity @ around $.32 per GB. Still an ouch. Would prefer a price around .16 per GB-tops, but with the flooding issue in Thailand(not China though??) I guess that's the market. The drive is not a game changer- yet, still it's a nice & very noticeable incremental speed increase, as well as price. It will be interesting to see if spinning drive manufacturers keep adding more flash to spinning drives & start seeing similar-not equal, just similar to SSD performance & how that plays out price wise between the 2 formats. So far no issues with drive- but only a few days of use- time will tell.
Highly recommended, so far- except for the price- but heh the economy is recovering- right??? LOL
The new Seagate is very quiet while copying outside the MBP. Not much info on outside of its case other than Seagate name/size of drive, manufacture date-11/2011, part/model/serial numbers, firmware-SM12 and rated @5V .70 amps. And made in CHINA (Amperage draw is lower than the Samsung 1 TB which is .85 amps & Toshiba/Apple 750 GB rated at 1.0 Amps. both of which are only 5400 rpm drives)Does not state speed, flash memory, or cache size, or SATA interface speed- which are 7200rpm, 8GB flash memory, 32MB cache & SATA III or otherwise known as 6G. Seagate did a pretty good job with current draw on drive compared to other laptop drives- inc. Samsung & Toshiba/Apple stock drive.
I don't know how they are cramming all this stuff into a 2.5" form factor- but the Seagate weighs more than any of the 2.5" drives that I have here. The Seagate comes in at 3 7/8 oz.- somewhat heavier than the other 2.5" drives(I have). They weigh from 3 3/8- 3 1/2 oz
The previously installed 1TB 5400rpm-only 8MB cache Samsung was somewhat faster speed wise by the numbers overall than the stock Toshiba/Apple 750 GB 5400rpm drive it replaced. The Samsung was replaced early on during its first 30 days for pending failing sectors back in July. Some people were having trouble with that drive(Samsung 1TB 2.5") initially. The replacement Samsung has been fine ever since. I purchased it(the Samsung 1TB-2 platter) for the extra size- but really was waiting for at least a 750GB, 7200rpm w/larger cache & of course 6G - since the MBP early 2011 supported SATA III in the chipset. FINALLY Seagate does it.
The new Seagate is in fact faster. Based on a variety of different tests & real time usage even with 3 partitions on it performance-wise it comes out around 15%- 25% faster over the Samsung & Toshiba/Apple drives based on the numbers. Boot time on my Lion 10.7.2 (which is a very loaded system, 138GB used-#1 of the 3 partitions on drive) went down from around 52 seconds from the sound of the chime to login screen- to 30 seconds from chime to login. Aperture launches 180 GB (1st launch after boot, non referenced, stored within Aperture library) within a few seconds. That to me is fairly impressive, probably half the time the Samsung needed to do same. Time on battery feels better also. Sitting around on battery while surfing web-doing nothing really intensive other than Firefox using 1GB graphic chip at times for who knows what, the time remaining in menubar just kept going on & on- definitely longer than the Samsung battery usage. It would seem that Seagate has implemented some aggressive power management -don't know for sure, but feels like it.
For those interested in Raiding this drive, Storage Reviews has review comparing this drive with others inc SSD. So the Momentus XT does Raid 0 very well.
PRO's
* Finally a 7200 rpm, 750 GB, 32 MB cache, 8GB flash memory using the SATA III-6GBS interface.
* Flash memory integration/management non OS dependent- seems to learn & improve performance
* So far no Seagate bs firmware as with certain previous drives-(you know who you are-right?)
* Real & felt speed increase(to ME, but I was not using a 7200rpm drive in the 17"MBP to compare so YMMV)
* A little bit of this(8 GB flash memory) & a little bit of that(7200 rpm, 32MB cache, SATA III)
* Probably the fastest 2.5" spinning drive on market- 9.5 mm height fits all laptops.
* 5 year warranty
* Appears to have-according to Seagate specs high shock capability-if you go around dropping your laptop
* Raid capable
* 0 issues so far.
* Made in China, no flooding ??
* Price is in the right area NOW, only because of inflated disk based drives due to flooding.
CON's
* Price at $239.00 is STEEP. I paid $89. for the Samsung. Prices are up, of course due to Asian flooding.
* Made in China- quality ??
* Still not a 1 TB size with same features as this drive- come on Seagate, Hitachi/Western-need 1TB
* Not a SSD @ spinning drive price. LOL
Conclusion :
If you are not prepared to spend lots of money on a large SSD given the still high price- around $1.75 per GB. The Seagate is a really nice blend of features for a disk based laptop drive, performance & capacity @ around $.32 per GB. Still an ouch. Would prefer a price around .16 per GB-tops, but with the flooding issue in Thailand(not China though??) I guess that's the market. The drive is not a game changer- yet, still it's a nice & very noticeable incremental speed increase, as well as price. It will be interesting to see if spinning drive manufacturers keep adding more flash to spinning drives & start seeing similar-not equal, just similar to SSD performance & how that plays out price wise between the 2 formats. So far no issues with drive- but only a few days of use- time will tell.
Highly recommended, so far- except for the price- but heh the economy is recovering- right??? LOL
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
I like it...
I like it, but the guy I installed it for loves it... I wasn't overly impressed, but he was... so that's all that matters, right?!
Published 1 day ago by Dave the Pear
5.0 out of 5 stars
excelent
It is great for a laptop and is super fast. Just wish I had the money to replace it with an SSD and stick it back in my laptop.
Published 3 days ago by Ridonkylous
4.0 out of 5 stars
Pretty good so far
As of 3 weeks into using the product, I haven't experienced any major problems. I am just hoping it holds up.
Published 4 days ago by Alex
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very surprised it workes alot better than i was expecting
so glad i didnt fork out for a full SSD this is has made my laptop very fast.....so far so good
Published 7 days ago by andy
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great hard drive! Super fast!
I installed this into my 17" macbook pro, and it's running like a charm! Everything's faster, startup, apps load quicker, almost no lag time even with lots of programs... Read more
Published 7 days ago by Nomad
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fast Disc
My one year and a half notebook starts in seconds now, great capacity, lots of movies on hdrip quality. a big performant boos compared with my old seagate 500gb 7200rpm.
Published 8 days ago by Daniel Pardo
5.0 out of 5 stars
Just love it
I've been using it for nearly 1 yr now and haven't got any issues whatsoever. Excellent performance. Read more
Published 8 days ago by Z. K. Goulamgookhan
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Product
This is the 4th I buy, and reading reviews seems this is better than new released. My old macbooks come alive with these disks, and my MacbookPro opens as fast or more as my iPad.
Published 9 days ago by turmaline
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not for Raid?
I purchased two of these drives to use as a mirrored RAID set. The two drives that I replaced were significantly faster. Read more
Published 11 days ago by Hockeysam
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic Hard drive
I was surprised by how well this hard drive works. I bought this hard drive to replace a secondary hard drive for my desktop which has a full SSD primary hard drive. Read more
Published 13 days ago by Ramanathan Nagarajan
