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    Anyone have a Seagate 600/600 Pro?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Peon, Jun 23, 2013.

  1. Peon

    Peon Notebook Virtuoso

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    The reviews were glowing, but it'd be nice to actually hear from someone who uses the drive for day-to-day computing.
     
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    I don’t have one. I’ve been looking at the Seagate 600/480GB SSD.
    But at a price of $499? Still no price drop for high capacity SSD’s.

    Alternate bang for the buck: March 2013, Seagate discontinued
    the Momentus XT (2nd gen) 750GB Hybrid HD+SSD. Model ST750LX003.
    This has 8GB of SLC nand flash + 750GB spinning @ 7200rpm.
    Price is now $100. Needed speed, capacity, and performance.
    These are going to be gone soon. I bought one. Free shipping too.
     
    EasyCruz, Jun 30, 2013
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    Also not an owner.

    $499? Newegg has it at $409 through today, minus 10% with promo code SSDJUNPR. So, $369 Also $369 at Amazon. This is almost down to the price level of the discontinued Mushkin Enhanced Chronos Deluxe, a "Best Bang For Buck" winner.

    Newegg.com - Seagate 600 Series ST480HM000 2.5" 480GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

    Amazon.com: Seagate 600 SSD 480 GB SATA 6 Gb/s 2.5-Inch 7mm Z-Height Solid State Drive ST480HM000: Computers & Accessories

    Newegg - Nine 5 Egg reviews
    Amazon - Eight 5 Star One 4 Star (Most reviews seem to be for the 240GB version)
     
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    NBR Benchmarks Seagate Momentus 750 XT Vs SSD Notice the Learned Time

    Next, we compared the Momentus XT against the fastest SSD we tested--the Kingston HyperX 240GB--using PCMark Vantage and PCMark 7. We also ran several timed tests of Windows 7 boot and launched Photoshop CS5 64-bit and opened a 2.7MB JPEG file. Since the firmware in the Momentus XT needs time to learn which files are important we recorded the Windows 7 boot time and Photoshop times of the drive in both a "fresh" state (first test result) and a "learned" result (recorded after running the same test four times).
    Windows 7 Boot Time Comparison:
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    Photoshop CS5 Application Launch Comparison:
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    EasyCruz, Jul 1, 2013
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