Seagate Momentus XT - worth it?

wkingsnorth · 9 May 2011 at 20:46

I was thinking of getting the 500gb Seagate Momentus XT hybrid hard drive but I was wondering if it was worth getting it. I'd probably put my OS & Programs on it, and data on my 1tb WD Sata 6.0gb/s Caviar Black

Cleeecooo · 9 May 2011 at 20:51

As i've told you, you won't use it enough for it to be worth it

the two WD caviar blacks will be more than enough

d_brennen · 9 May 2011 at 20:52

TBH I wouldn't. Get a reasonably priced SSD or a rapid hard drive, or both. Not sure how that Caviar Black stacks up, guess it is about as fast as the Samsung F3s

The Momentus XT is a great idea, the next iterations of it might be worth a punt

wkingsnorth · 9 May 2011 at 20:53

Cleeecooo said:
As i've told you, you won't use it enough for it to be worth it
the two WD caviar blacks will be more than enough

You don't know that

But still, I was wondering if anyone had used it. I might sell one caviar black though

kmufc77 · 9 May 2011 at 20:56

Ive had a Momentus XT and they are worth the money,i used one for a games drive and it was blistering fast for loading games.

I had to RMA mine unfortunately,i then sold the RMA replacement,i just dont trust Seagate drives anymore had so many fail on me.

But to answer you question the Momentus XT is worth it.

Cleeecooo · 9 May 2011 at 20:57

wkingsnorth said:
You don't know that
But still, I was wondering if anyone had used it. I might sell one caviar black though

yes i do. fine, what do you plan to put on the HDD? just OS?
I would go for a cheap SSD as suggested. If you can make your mind up quickly enough, I'll put it in your rig whilst it is still easy to do so without destroying my beautifully managed cables

Also, you'll lose ur OS as u will have to do a full reinstall with a neww SSD rather than use Acronis again

Cycrow · 9 May 2011 at 21:36

i use mine as a steam drive so games tend to be quick at loading

but i use a standard SSD for my OS/Programs

Cleeecooo · 9 May 2011 at 22:27

Cycrow said:
i use mine as a steam drive so games tend to be quick at loading

but i use a standard SSD for my OS/Programs

he barely does any gaming so it won't really be worth it for a limited number of games

Cycrow · 9 May 2011 at 22:33

true

for the OS, a proper SSD is far better

for the OS and basic programs, u wont get close to using 500GB

that £100 could be spent on a smaller faster SSD
if u dont mind waiting for them to get in stock, theres
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-075-OC&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=910

otherwise theres the Vertex 2E

both for simlar price to the hybrid, and enough space for the OS

wkingsnorth · 10 May 2011 at 08:44

Cleeecooo said:
he barely does any gaming so it won't really be worth it for a limited number of games

You really have no idea of what I'm going to be doing, and you haven't seen my games library.

kalvindeane · 10 May 2011 at 23:46

wkingsnorth said:
You really have no idea of what I'm going to be doing, and you haven't seen my games library.

Pr0n? Back when OcUK first got the Momentus XT, I did a lot of review reading and searching on google, and at the time they were awful. They did give a nice speed bump with their 4gb ssd partition, but they failed often. The HDD part often started to make noise after a few months, the ssd part actually got slower the longer you had it, a lot slower than it realistically should have. They may have fixed it now with a firmware update or by altering the product in new batches, I don't know. All I remember was at the time when I was considering buying one, they were a big no-no.

wkingsnorth · 10 May 2011 at 23:50

kalvindeane said:
Pr0n? Back when OcUK first got the Momentus XT, I did a lot of review reading and searching on google, and at the time they were awful. They did give a nice speed bump with their 4gb ssd partition, but they failed often. The HDD part often started to make noise after a few months, the ssd part actually got slower the longer you had it, a lot slower than it realistically should have. They may have fixed it now with a firmware update or by altering the product in new batches, I don't know. All I remember was at the time when I was considering buying one, they were a big no-no.

:/ I think I'll stick with my dual caviar blacks (and put them into RAID 0 if I get a new windows license)
Thanks anyway

littlepuppy · 13 May 2011 at 18:41

Well Ive just put one into my work laptop and after 2 days of fiddling with the new win 7 build, its installed and running like a dream.

Its 3 years since I upgraded and it seems like a big leap boot times especially have collapsed.