Seagate Momentus XT 500gb 4gb SSD hybrid $90 Newegg

[Rvenger]

This deal is dead, but just curious, does anyone know if the WEI still reports 5.9?

 

[Gigantopithecus]

It does.

 

[Boogak]

Yep, WEI still showing 5.9 after a fresh Win7 install.

 

[rippolito]

Just in case this deal ever goes live again...

Do I need AHCI capability to utilize a hybrid drive? I have a five year old Thinkpad that I was considering upgrading with a SSD, but the BIOS does not support AHCI, so I was advised against doing it. Will a hybrid do a lot of good in that laptop?

Thanks in advance,
Ron

 

[kmmatney]

Just in case this deal ever goes live again...

Do I need AHCI capability to utilize a hybrid drive? I have a five year old Thinkpad that I was considering upgrading with a SSD, but the BIOS does not support AHCI, so I was advised against doing it. Will a hybrid do a lot of good in that laptop?

Thanks in advance,
Ron

No, you don't need AHCI to use this drive, or any SSDs (that I know of). My 4 year old laptop has has no problems with this drive, or several others SSDs (Intel, OCZ and currently a Samsung) running in IDE mode. SSDs still run quite fast on IDE.

 

[notposting]

Got mine, seems to be working nicely so far, definitely a *bit* faster at boot, launching the usual apps, etc.

Swapped out a WD Blue 640GB drive for it, used the WHS to make it easy--backed up, resized the partition down with Easeus, backed up again, swapped it in and then restored with WHS. Let it reboot a few times.

 

[Jiggz]

I wonder if Samsung will ever improve the hdd by increasing the hybrid portion to at least 16GB instead of the measly 4 GB? I believe at 16GB hybrid portion the hdd will definitely be competitive against higher priced pure ssd's. At 16 GB the hybrid hdd will show its real strength of reliability and above average speed!

 

[Engineer]

I wonder if Samsung will ever improve the hdd by increasing the hybrid portion to at least 16GB instead of the measly 4 GB? I believe at 16GB hybrid portion the hdd will definitely be competitive against higher priced pure ssd's. At 16 GB the hybrid hdd will show its real strength of reliability and above average speed!

The new Seagate hybrid is at 8GB (750GB drive). It has been reviewed by AT and others, IIRC.

Edit:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/5160/seagate-2nd-generation-momentus-xt-750gb-hybrid-hdd-review

 

[Jiggz]

Thanks. A good reading but at a cost of more than $240 I doubt I'll be running to the store soon.

 

[kmmatney]

Thanks. A good reading but at a cost of more than $240 I doubt I'll be running to the store soon.

I hoped actual street prices would be lower - however it's selling on NewEgg for $240 right now. You can get a non-hybrid $750 drive for half of that price, so I think the price has to eventually come down.

 

[Engineer]

I hoped actual street prices would be lower - however it's selling on NewEgg for $240 right now. You can get a non-hybrid $750 drive for half of that price, so I think the price has to eventually come down.

Right now, anything that has a platter in it is just higher because of the flooding in Thailand. Now that WD is back up and running there (much quicker than expected) and Seagate expected to follow, things should get back to normal and prices start to drop again.

 

[jlin101]

Right now, anything that has a platter in it is just higher because of the flooding in Taiwan. Now that WD is back up and running there (much quicker than expected) and Seagate expected to follow, things should get back to normal and prices start to drop again.

The flood is in Thailand. Taiwan makes a lot of pc components, but HD is not one of them.

 

[TemjinGold]

I hoped actual street prices would be lower - however it's selling on NewEgg for $240 right now. You can get a non-hybrid $750 drive for half of that price, so I think the price has to eventually come down.

You can get a $750 drive for $120?

 

[Engineer]

The flood is in Thailand. Taiwan makes a lot of pc components, but HD is not one of them.

Sorry, I knew that but had a brain fart.