Notebook users like it big- and big they shall get. Manufacturers pretty much started off 500GB but none of them calling it quits, more density in platters, more Storage space and punching it all for notebook drives.
Very recently, I've received couple of 750GB Notebook drives. As Mentioned on Facebook's "This just arrived" section, one of them is the Seagate Momentus 750GB drive.
Product pics and Specifications:
 The 16MB Cache on the PCB is made by Winboard and the controller is from LSI. Unlike the Momentus XT 500GB, this one comes with a foam and heat dissipation strip sandwiched between the drive and the PCB.Â
Momentus is packed with features and storage space. This one comes with 0G Sensor on the PCB which senses free falls and hence helps to decrease possibility of data loss. As per Seagate's notes, it detects the free fall before it takes place within nominal drop of 8 inches. This is how "G-Force protection" works.Â
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There's also "Self-Encrypting" but according to this marketing bulletin sheet, this drive doesn't seem to have one.
Benchmarks:
Conclusion
The sequential and Burst rate seem to be a strong point for this drive so far but access time during write test takes a hit. It could be because of the density of the platter. Write Access time and Boot Load time does show a difference as well.
For some, 750GB is a lot of space for a notebook and for some, they rather have have a big enough storage space inside their notebook compared to carrying an external drive. Most of the mid-end notebooks come with a standard (and maybe even lower RPM 5400RPM), so if you're looking for a bigger and faster notebook storage, you can shortlist this drive. Boot Load Time isn't impressive but its not easy to have a 750 gig notebook drive maintaining the thickness of one-size-fits-all-notebook 9.5mm. Plus you're getting Advanced format, Smart Align, G Force protection and Self Encryption. You are getting what you're paying for and it comes with 3 years warranty. Its a recommended drive for using with operating systems like Vista SP1 for windows, OSX Tiger for Mac onwards and certain Linux Oses. There's Western Digital Black Scorpio 750gigs selling for $112.99 and its quicker+ 5 years warranty, so you could also consider this.
Coming down to the price, this is priced at Rs. 5850.
Very recently, I've received couple of 750GB Notebook drives. As Mentioned on Facebook's "This just arrived" section, one of them is the Seagate Momentus 750GB drive.
Product pics and Specifications:
 The 16MB Cache on the PCB is made by Winboard and the controller is from LSI. Unlike the Momentus XT 500GB, this one comes with a foam and heat dissipation strip sandwiched between the drive and the PCB.Â
Momentus is packed with features and storage space. This one comes with 0G Sensor on the PCB which senses free falls and hence helps to decrease possibility of data loss. As per Seagate's notes, it detects the free fall before it takes place within nominal drop of 8 inches. This is how "G-Force protection" works.Â
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There's also "Self-Encrypting" but according to this marketing bulletin sheet, this drive doesn't seem to have one.
SmartAlign and Advanced format are another features with this drive. As this is a drive with sector size of 4k instead of the 512 bytes.
Long story made short, best to be used with Operating systems from Vista SP1 for windows, OSX Tiger for Mac onwards, automatic alignment takes care of it. Western Digital has their own manual alignment utility for their own drives, both separately being for 32bit and 64bit Oses.
Benchmarks:
Atto Benchmark
Write Tests clearly shows the difference between the Momentus and Momentus XT.
Read Tests shows bit of a difference in most of the file transfer tests.
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AS SSD Write Benchmark
AS SSD Read Benchmark
AS SSD Copy Benchmark (Speed)
AS SSD Copy Benchmark (Duration)
AS SSD Compression Benchmark
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Crystal Disk Benchmark
Read Tests
Write tests
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Aida64 Write Tests
Aida64 Read Tests
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HD Tune
Write Benchmarks
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HD Tach
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Boot Load Time
------------------------Write Tests clearly shows the difference between the Momentus and Momentus XT.
Read Tests shows bit of a difference in most of the file transfer tests.
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AS SSD Write Benchmark
AS SSD Read Benchmark
AS SSD Copy Benchmark (Speed)
AS SSD Copy Benchmark (Duration)
AS SSD Compression Benchmark
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Crystal Disk Benchmark
Read Tests
Write tests
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Aida64 Write Tests
Aida64 Read Tests
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HD Tune
Write Benchmarks
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HD Tach
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Boot Load Time
Conclusion
The sequential and Burst rate seem to be a strong point for this drive so far but access time during write test takes a hit. It could be because of the density of the platter. Write Access time and Boot Load time does show a difference as well.
For some, 750GB is a lot of space for a notebook and for some, they rather have have a big enough storage space inside their notebook compared to carrying an external drive. Most of the mid-end notebooks come with a standard (and maybe even lower RPM 5400RPM), so if you're looking for a bigger and faster notebook storage, you can shortlist this drive. Boot Load Time isn't impressive but its not easy to have a 750 gig notebook drive maintaining the thickness of one-size-fits-all-notebook 9.5mm. Plus you're getting Advanced format, Smart Align, G Force protection and Self Encryption. You are getting what you're paying for and it comes with 3 years warranty.
Coming down to the price, this is priced at Rs. 5850.