Seagate Momentus XT 500GB 32MB Solid State Hybrid 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s HD..$50

[Meghan54]

Newegg has the Seagate Momentus XT 500GB, 32MB SSD hybrid SATA 3.0Gb/s hard drive for $49.99 after promo code: EMCJJJF84 Free shipping.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc..._-22148591-L0A

I've got 4 of these in service, three >1yr., and no problems at all.

 

[Informant X]

/me wonders if it makes sense to do this if i already have Intel RST setup with a 60 gig cache drive in my pc....

 

[Roland00Address]

it has a 4 GB SSD and a 32 MB cache

 

[Zap]

Newegg claims these still have a 3 year warranty. If so, that's pretty good!

 

[Lazlo Panaflex]

great deal...would be good as a Steam drive

must resist.......

 

[OSULugan]

Anyone run hybrid drives in a RAID configuration? Any drawbacks or issues (RAID 0, 1 or 5)?

 

[Informant X]

it has a 4 GB SSD and a 32 MB cache

Ahh then yea makes zero sense for me. My SSD cache is 60 gigs.

 

[Cal166]

They are getting rid of the older version because there's a 500GB SATA 6.0 with 8GB SDD version .

 

[Rvenger]

VERY tempting for my MITX rig.

 

[j03h4gLund]

Anyone run hybrid drives in a RAID configuration? Any drawbacks or issues (RAID 0, 1 or 5)?

Also curious how these drives pull their weight in RAID0 vs say 2x 1TB Samsung(Seagate) F3's

 

[SimMike2]

I personally think it would not work correctly with RAID setup.

 

[SparkyJJO]

Hm that could be perfect for my laptop since it needs a new HD at some point. It keeps remapping bad sectors, up to 83 last I checked.

 

[squirrel dog]

in for two . At $49,hard to resist. Thanks OP !

 

[Zap]

I personally think it would not work correctly with RAID setup.

It should work just fine. AFAIK the caching works on a firmware level based on what it detects for access. Worst case scenario is that it works like any other 7200RPM drive.

Hm that could be perfect for my laptop since it needs a new HD at some point. It keeps remapping bad sectors, up to 83 last I checked.

Wow, you need a drive STAT! $50 is almost as cheap as you can go, so may as well.

 

[SparkyJJO]

Haha yeah I know, but it has almost become a game to see how many remapped sectors it can get before the drive just totally quits Twice in the last few months I've had to run seatools to force a sector remap as the laptop stopped booting.

 

[georgec84]

Amazon has matched Newegg's price at $50.

 

[Tdavis5432]

Hmmm tempting but nobody answered the power question, does it lower battery life dramatically?

 

[Schmide]

Hmmm tempting but nobody answered the power question, does it lower battery life dramatically?

A pure SSD would, but not very dramatically, this is a hybrid so no it would be like any other rotational drive.

 

[bbhaag]

Thanks for link. Pretty sweat deal so I ordered one.

 

[Rvenger]

I ordered one too. Tired of the WD Blue drive vibrating my Prodigy case. Thanks OP

 

[Cardio]

Have had one of these for about a year, put it in an older laptop. It works very well and it HAS increased the battery life some at least. May just be a more efficient HD than the old one??? It sure added some liveliness to the old laptop. Great buy at $50.

 

[notposting]

Have one in my desktop and it works fine with Windows 7. Definitely not a magical increase but some things are a bit quicker--when it's pounding the hard drive though, remember it is a 7200 rpm laptop drive.

 

[Primergy]

Have one in my laptop for a yr now.
Great drive. Fast, if I use a regular set of applications over and over... (office, browser, etc...) Boots fast once the SSD-portion is trained to your habits

 

[holden j caufield]

I've had this drive for ~1.5 years. It's been great for me too. Though I've been waiting for the 750gb with bigger cache to drop a lot lower.

 

[TuxDave]

Ah damn you all. I was hoping to save some money. /buys 2