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    Seagate 1TB Solid State Hybrid Drive SATA 6Gbps 64MB Cache 2.5-Inch

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by i5evoSwift3814, Apr 28, 2013.

  1. i5evoSwift3814

    i5evoSwift3814 Notebook Consultant

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    Does anyone have this drive? Any review's on it? Right now amazon and newegg has it for $119.99. I don't know much about these drives.
     
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    Atom Ant Hello, here I go again

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    It is better wait for WD's 1TB SSHD;
    -7mm height instead 9.5mm,
    -16 and 24GB solid-state memory instead 8GB,
    -lower noise output and power consumption,
    -will be very affordable.
     
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  3. TANWare

    TANWare Just This Side of Senile, I think. Super Moderator

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    Those spec's look awesome, but we shall see.................
     
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    vsg28 Notebook Consultant

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    Reviews seemed to indicate they are slower than the last generation Momentus owing to the 5400 rpm HDD speeds. I just decided to go with a Hitachi 1 TB 7200 rpm instead because the WD SSHDs are not due till next year.
     
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    Atom Ant Hello, here I go again

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    WD already shipping the 5 mm 500GB SSHD, so should not take so long to get 7mm 1TB SSHDs.

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    saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I used one for about a week, right before the Crucial M500 came online. It felt much slower than the 750 GB Momentus XT I had a while back. If you want a SSD hybrid, stick with the 7200 RM drive.
     
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    vsg28 Notebook Consultant

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    I meant as retail drives for customers. Anandtech reported that may very well be next year given that all the drives made now are going to the next gen laptops directly.
     
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    i5evoSwift3814 Notebook Consultant

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    Do you mean the Hitachi GST Travelstar 1TB 7200 rpm drive? How reliable are these drives?
     
    i5evoSwift3814, Apr 30, 2013
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    My laptop is 2010 HP dv6t-3200 CTO, i3 2.40ghz with 6gb ram and current hd is WD Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVT 500gb 5400 rpm Sata 3.0Gb/s form factor of 2.5 in, max height 9.5mm. Can my laptop be upgraded with the Hitachi GST Travelstar 1TB 7200 rpm? Does seagate or wd have 7200 rpm drives?
     
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    Yup, that's it. I bought it on sale at Newegg for $75. All reviews so far seem to indicate a very reliable drive, I will be popping in mine today.

    The Hitachi should fit in fine. Seagate and WD do not currently have 1 TB 7200 rpm drives, they got plenty of 750 gb 7200 rpm drives though.
     
    vsg28, Apr 30, 2013
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