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    Seagate Momentus 7200.4 thread

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Apollo13, Jul 10, 2008.

  1. hendra

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    They must be on drugs
     
    Megaman81, Jan 28, 2009
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  3. dondadah88

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    Oh man. exclusively by dell. i can't to not go to school to buy this. woohoo!!!!





    btw: that's a joke.
     
    dondadah88, Jan 28, 2009
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  5. MaX PL

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    Monday morning, Newegg, $129.99, GO.
     
    MaX PL, Jan 28, 2009
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  6. hendra

    hendra Notebook Virtuoso

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    Where did you see it? I don't see the drive mentioned anywhere in newegg.
     
    hendra, Jan 28, 2009
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  7. dondadah88

    dondadah88 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    +rep. i'm so happy newegg understands us.
     
    dondadah88, Jan 28, 2009
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  8. Mormegil83

    Mormegil83 I Love Lamp.

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    i must be missing something...
     
    Mormegil83, Jan 28, 2009
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  9. MaX PL

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    woah sorry guys i was misunderstood i guess.

    people usually say "GO" when they want something. i thought it was pretty common as i see it all the time on other forums.

    sorry. that info is in no way correct, just what i want. :)
     
    MaX PL, Jan 28, 2009
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  10. Mormegil83

    Mormegil83 I Love Lamp.

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    haha we're pretty literal here...
     
    Mormegil83, Jan 28, 2009
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  11. Megaman81

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    link does not work..
     
    Megaman81, Jan 28, 2009
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  12. Ch28Kid

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    I totally don't understand the last 7 post above me.
     
    Ch28Kid, Jan 28, 2009
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  13. dondadah88

    dondadah88 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Yeah i'm lost to. i feel dumb
     
    dondadah88, Jan 28, 2009
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  14. JaY-B

    JaY-B Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just forget them they are not really useful ...
     
    JaY-B, Jan 28, 2009
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  15. Slaughterhouse

    Slaughterhouse Knock 'em out!

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    LOL just disregard the last few posts. The drive is still not available, that's all we have to know.
     
    Slaughterhouse, Jan 28, 2009
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  16. Megaman81

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    Great...for a second I thought Newegg had the external version lol...
     
    Megaman81, Jan 28, 2009
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  17. Kevin

    Kevin Egregious

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    Man, just lock this thread and open a new one when it finally comes out, k? I check it every time there's a new post, and the last 150 posts have been BS.

    It's annoying... just ask the guy or gal who's checking it because of this post.
     
    Kevin, Jan 28, 2009
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  18. Ch28Kid

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    I agree, this thread is haunting me...


    Ncix US     have it for 139.50.

    no ETA.
     
    Ch28Kid, Jan 29, 2009
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  19. Slaughterhouse

    Slaughterhouse Knock 'em out!

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    YES.

    Someone should tell a mod.
     
    Slaughterhouse, Jan 29, 2009
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  20. iamagloworm

    iamagloworm Newbie

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    my supplier in australia is now reporting 2nd of feb as well. but it's been an ever shifting process where deadlines have moved months and and now just 7 days extra... on retailer said it's because of huge demand, but he's puffin muffins. it's cause seagate are clearly having supply problems and judging by recent reports, are likely related to quality control.
     
    iamagloworm, Jan 29, 2009
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  21. rikymalfoy

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    my shop keeps tellin me that it will be available on the 30th. I have it on order.
    we'll see
     
    rikymalfoy, Jan 29, 2009
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  22. FrozenDarkness

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    As long as nobody is posting false information, you have nothign to be mad about
     
    FrozenDarkness, Jan 29, 2009
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  23. rikymalfoy

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    I have called the shop right now they confirmed that tomorrow they will have the first batch in stock. wow!
     
    rikymalfoy, Jan 29, 2009
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  24. JaY-B

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    Where is you shop ? ;)
     
    JaY-B, Jan 29, 2009
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  25. Megaman81

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    Yea, let the drive come out first and than delete this whole thread...Until then, I don't see the harm in discussing the release dates and ranting!
    Agreed?
     
    Megaman81, Jan 29, 2009
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  26. permka

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    I admit I havent read all the 38 pages here but as an ignorant of the matter, may I ask what kind of performance boost do you expect from this drive?

    It will be in the order of what % compared to 500GB 5400RPM drives???
     
    permka, Jan 29, 2009
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  27. Megaman81

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    well, it should be only slightly better than 5400rpm, since both are 2 platter.

    Ultimately, we will have to wait till it starts selling.
     
    Megaman81, Jan 29, 2009
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  28. Mormegil83

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    My guess is <33.3333333% faster just going off the rpm diff and assuming and can't possibly be a direct correlation... but hey i don't know a whole lot about HDDs so i'm polly way off base
     
    Mormegil83, Jan 29, 2009
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    Could you elaborate on this? Is a 7200.4 rpm really only slightly faster than 5400rpm? What about the 320gb 7200.3 rpm?
     
    Empulse, Jan 29, 2009
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  30. rikymalfoy

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    syspack.com :)
     
    rikymalfoy, Jan 29, 2009
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  31. ramgen

    ramgen -- Morgan Stanley --

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  32. MaX PL

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    Ohhhhhhhhh Snap.

    10 dollars more than i predicted but whatever.

    now the wait for the reviews...
     
    MaX PL, Jan 29, 2009
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  33. Megaman81

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    Oh hells ya!!!
     
    Megaman81, Jan 29, 2009
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  34. JaY-B

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    Ordered ! who will be the first to get it ? ;)
     
    JaY-B, Jan 29, 2009
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  35. kaltmond

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    Still no in europe............
     
    kaltmond, Jan 29, 2009
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  36. natejosiah

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    Ordered mine as well, I hope it's coming from City of Industry!
     
    natejosiah, Jan 29, 2009
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  38. Tinderbox (UK)

    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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    Hi.

    Looking forward to the first benchmarks :)

    John.
     
    Tinderbox (UK), Jan 29, 2009
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  39. ratshackmojo

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    In for 1. Can't wait for my first firmware flash! :Tongue in cheek: Now which laptop do I put it in....
     
    ratshackmojo, Jan 29, 2009
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  40. Kevin

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    Pending good reviews, I'll have one asap.
     
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  41. one4spl

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  42. MaX PL

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    woaaah nice. cant wait for impressions.
     
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  43. FrozenDarkness

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    oh great one4spl, be our hero and run some benches
     
    FrozenDarkness, Jan 29, 2009
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  44. wiivile

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    Wow. Finally.
     
    wiivile, Jan 29, 2009
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  45. one4spl

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  46. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    wow,
    did you see his HDTACH benchmark,
    it breaks 100mb/sec, and averages just over 83mb/sec

    pretty impressive

    awesome stuff one4spl :D

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Jan 29, 2009
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  47. Ch28Kid

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    Thanks one4spl

    Do you mind run HD Tune and post the results?

    Thank you so so much for the quick benchmarks.

    Ch28Kid
     
    Ch28Kid, Jan 29, 2009
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  48. FrozenDarkness

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    can you give us an overall impression of the speed compared with your last harddrive and maybe the acoustics of it
     
    FrozenDarkness, Jan 29, 2009
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  49. MaX PL

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    yeh all i care about is the acoustics. i want a near silent drive and if this thing is quiet as can be, i'll order right away.
     
    MaX PL, Jan 29, 2009
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    I prefer my hard drives to be loud and crunchy
     
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