Seagate Momentus 7200.2 Notebook Hard Drive Review

Dashken · 28th May 2007, 08:52 PM

Notebook users have always been saddled with slow hard drives, all in the name of battery conservation. Even expensive, performance-grade notebook hard drives that spin at 7200 RPM cannot even come close to the performance of cheap desktop hard drives. That may change with the new Seagate Momentus 7200.2 hard drive.

This hard drive boasts 60% greater capacity and 28.8% better sustained transfer rate than its predecessor. But that's not all. It even comes with an integrated free-fall sensor that greatly increases its survivability during accidental falls. Talk about combining performance with robustness.

Link : Seagate Momentus 7200.2 Notebook Hard Drive Pictorial Review

peaz · 28th May 2007, 10:49 PM

it'd be interesting to see if the tilt motion sensor can be directly accessed to use as a motion-sensed alarm or not

mkensinger · 29th May 2007, 12:36 PM

and I have to say that even though it's 28% slower than this newer model, I LOVE the increased performance it has brought to my daughter's Dell Inspiron 1000 laptop.

With the new drive, the boot-up times are in line with that of my desktops...quite a marked change from the 5400 RPM drive that came with the unit...well worth the $95.00 price that I got it for.

Just my two cents worth for anyone who was curious as to what an improvement these drives can make...

All My Best

Michael

peaz · 29th May 2007, 05:42 PM

You just have to love these new drives. You should see how happy I was when I moved to a 5400RPM drive from a 4800RPM one. Man.... Everything just felt so much faster

Dashken · 4th Jun 2007, 08:46 PM

We have just upgraded the review to comprehensive review.

Notebook users have always been saddled with slow hard drives, all in the name of battery conservation. Even expensive, performance-grade notebook hard drives that spin at 7200 RPM cannot even come close to the performance of cheap desktop hard drives. That may change with the new Seagate Momentus 7200.2 hard drive.

This hard drive boasts 60% greater capacity and 28.8% better sustained transfer rate than its predecessor. But that's not all. It even comes with an integrated free-fall sensor that greatly increases its survivability during accidental falls. Talk about combining performance with robustness.

Link : Seagate Momentus 7200.2 Notebook Hard Drive Review

Adrian Wong · 4th Jun 2007, 11:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mkensinger

and I have to say that even though it's 28% slower than this newer model, I LOVE the increased performance it has brought to my daughter's Dell Inspiron 1000 laptop.

With the new drive, the boot-up times are in line with that of my desktops...quite a marked change from the 5400 RPM drive that came with the unit...well worth the $95.00 price that I got it for.

Just my two cents worth for anyone who was curious as to what an improvement these drives can make...

All My Best

Michael

Yup, 7200 RPM notebook drives are really worth it. Plus, they don't really take up that much power. IMHO, performance-grade notebooks should have 7200 RPM hard drives as a minimum.

keelec · 27th Jun 2007, 08:35 AM

I thought it was an interesting article.

However, I'd have added some notes on the Toshiba MK5024GAY with a 16MB buffer (which is rarely seen).

Adrian Wong · 27th Jun 2007, 09:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by keelec

I thought it was an interesting article.

However, I'd have added some notes on the Toshiba MK5024GAY with a 16MB buffer (which is rarely seen).

Unfortunately, it's very hard to get hold of Toshiba hard drives. We will give it another try and see if we can get hold of that drive.

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peaz ARP Webmaster Join Date: 13 Oct 2002 Location: http://atpeaz.placidthoughts.com/ Posts: 8,584 Reputation: 1673 Rep Power: 32	it'd be interesting to see if the tilt motion sensor can be directly accessed to use as a motion-sensed alarm or not __________________ Ken Ng Tech ARP Follow me at Twitter Shoot and Earn Money from Stock Photography

29th May 2007, 12:36 PM	#3 (permalink)
mkensinger Newbie Join Date: 22 May 2007 Posts: 3 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	Just finishing up the installation of a 7200.1 100Gig drive and I have to say that even though it's 28% slower than this newer model, I LOVE the increased performance it has brought to my daughter's Dell Inspiron 1000 laptop. With the new drive, the boot-up times are in line with that of my desktops...quite a marked change from the 5400 RPM drive that came with the unit...well worth the $95.00 price that I got it for. Just my two cents worth for anyone who was curious as to what an improvement these drives can make... All My Best Michael

29th May 2007, 05:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
peaz ARP Webmaster Join Date: 13 Oct 2002 Location: http://atpeaz.placidthoughts.com/ Posts: 8,584 Reputation: 1673 Rep Power: 32	You just have to love these new drives. You should see how happy I was when I moved to a 5400RPM drive from a 4800RPM one. Man.... Everything just felt so much faster __________________ Ken Ng Tech ARP Follow me at Twitter Shoot and Earn Money from Stock Photography

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Dashken Administrator! Join Date: 21 Apr 2003 Location: Penang Posts: 30,231 Reputation: 2352 Rep Power: 60	Seagate Momentus 7200.2 Notebook Hard Drive Review We have just upgraded the review to comprehensive review. Notebook users have always been saddled with slow hard drives, all in the name of battery conservation. Even expensive, performance-grade notebook hard drives that spin at 7200 RPM cannot even come close to the performance of cheap desktop hard drives. That may change with the new Seagate Momentus 7200.2 hard drive. This hard drive boasts 60% greater capacity and 28.8% better sustained transfer rate than its predecessor. But that's not all. It even comes with an integrated free-fall sensor that greatly increases its survivability during accidental falls. Talk about combining performance with robustness. Link : Seagate Momentus 7200.2 Notebook Hard Drive Review __________________ \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.2Ghz \| ASUS P5B-E Plus \| G.SKILL 2x1GB DDR2 800 \| 6 HDDs (2TB+ only ) \| NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT \| Dell E248WFP 24" Widescreen \| \| Intel C2Q Q9450 \| MSI P45 Neo3-FR \| 2 x 2GB OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 Gold Edition \| 1 x Seagate 250GB HDD \| 2 x Seagate 750GB HDD \| 3 x Seagate 1TB HDD \| NVIDIA GeForce 9500GT \| Cooler Master CM690 chassis \| Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus 550W PSU \| Dell E248WFP 24" Widescreen \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 \| Blog : Dashken's I-Blog Gallery : Dashken's I-Paintings

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keelec Newbie Join Date: 27 Jun 2007 Posts: 1 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	Compare Momentus 7200.2 to Toshiba MK5024GAY? I thought it was an interesting article. However, I'd have added some notes on the Toshiba MK5024GAY with a 16MB buffer (which is rarely seen).

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