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
(82%)
86 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
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...
Published: 2012-02-18, Author: Matt , review by: gizmodo.com.au
Yes. If you want a taste of SSD speeds but can't afford one, or simply need more storage and don't feel like Frankenstein-ing your rig with a combo SSD/HDD setup. It's not a bad deal at all for $US180, when an SSD for with a third of the storage costs twi...
Good speeds, especially cached data, Low price per gigabyte versus SSDs
Advantage tapers off with large amounts of random reads, More expensive than previous Momentus XT generation, High price
Seagate's latest iteraton of its hybrid hard drive combines 8GB of super-fast flash memory with a traditional spinning hard drive, allowing excellent read speeds for commonly accessed hard drive data like boot files. It's only a small amount more expensiv...
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 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
Similar to the original, the Momentus XT (second generation) makes an excellent host drive for any computer, both laptops and desktops. It offers great value in terms of performance and cost, especially when compared to SDDs....
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...
