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    Seagate Momentus XT hybrid drives

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by melonjuice1, Aug 13, 2011.

  1. melonjuice1

    melonjuice1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I was looking at the momentus hyrbid drives and was wondering if they worth getting or are there other hybrid drives out there that are better for load times and what not.
     
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    Daverish Notebook Consultant

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    They're the only hybrid drive out as far as I know. They're pretty great if you can't budget for a SSD or need the space with a single drive solution

    add: The XT 'learns' by you running the same applications/rebooting multiple times. It'll cache the raw data it recognizes that is used most. For general gaming, I can't see the XT much different than a WD or Seagate 7200rpm. Boottimes, you'd notice after multiple XT reboots
     
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    Thanks for the information.
     
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    jclausius, Aug 15, 2011
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