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Seagate Momentus 7200.5 750GB Hard Drive Review ST9750420AS

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 7:59 am
by Apoptosis
Seagate Momentus 7200.5 750GB Hard Drive Review (ST9750420AS)

While not as glamorous as some of the exotic SSDs we have looked at lately, there's still heavy interested in spinning platter drives and we had a chance to spend some quality time with the largest Seagate Momentus 2.5" drive boasting an impressive 750GB capacity. How well will some of the new features increase performance? Read on to see.

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There are still plenty of users who have not and will not make the SSD leap anytime soon, so in terms of the HDD realm, the Momentus 750GB drive is really a solid choice. Hanging with an albeit aging 10,000 RPM drive is no small feat and squeezing the virtually unmatched 750GB capacity into the 2.5" form factor while putting out that kind of performance is impressive.
Article Title: Seagate Momentus 7200.5 750GB Hard Drive Review
Article URL: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1785/1/
Pricing At Time of Print: $149.99 shipped

Re: Seagate Momentus 7200.5 750GB Hard Drive Review ST975042

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:54 am
by omegadraco
Very nice hard drive. Any ideas on how long the hard drive shortages are going to last... I am wishing I bought a bunch of WD black 500GB drives to have in stock before the price doubled.

Re: Seagate Momentus 7200.5 750GB Hard Drive Review ST975042

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:04 am
by Apoptosis
omegadraco wrote:Very nice hard drive. Any ideas on how long the hard drive shortages are going to last... I am wishing I bought a bunch of WD black 500GB drives to have in stock before the price doubled.
I'm not sure if the flood is over or not, but estimates are ~6 months to get back up and running after the flood ends.

Re: Seagate Momentus 7200.5 750GB Hard Drive Review ST975042

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:08 am
by omegadraco
Thanks for the quick reply. That is shorter than I would have thought to be honest. I also heard that some of the manufacturers are building new facilities in other parts of the world to help prevent a similar situation ever happening again.

Re: Seagate Momentus 7200.5 750GB Hard Drive Review ST975042

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 12:34 pm
by Major_A
This should teach them to put all their eggs into one basket. I was looking to buy a drive for a family member, not now. As far as Seagate I'd like to see them working on a new Momentus XT. With SSD caching becoming a standard, they need to exploit that.

Re: Seagate Momentus 7200.5 750GB Hard Drive Review ST975042

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 1:51 pm
by Apoptosis
Major_A wrote:As far as Seagate I'd like to see them working on a new Momentus XT.
Tomorrow is Tuesday right?

Re: Seagate Momentus 7200.5 750GB Hard Drive Review ST975042

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 2:04 pm
by FZ1
Apoptosis wrote:
Major_A wrote:As far as Seagate I'd like to see them working on a new Momentus XT.
Tomorrow is Tuesday right?
:lol:

Re: Seagate Momentus 7200.5 750GB Hard Drive Review ST975042

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 2:40 pm
by Major_A
I take it you are working on a review then...

Re: Seagate Momentus 7200.5 750GB Hard Drive Review ST975042

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 3:40 pm
by Apoptosis
who said that :axe:

Re: Seagate Momentus 7200.5 750GB Hard Drive Review ST975042

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 6:07 pm
by FZ1
omegadraco wrote:Thanks for the quick reply. That is shorter than I would have thought to be honest. I also heard that some of the manufacturers are building new facilities in other parts of the world to help prevent a similar situation ever happening again.
This article should be of help...
http://allthingsd.com/20111123/seven-qu ... nd-floods/