Newegg has the Seagate ST95005620AS Momentus XT 500GB Solid State Hybrid Drive for $110 - $20 off with coupon code EMCYTZT1454 [Exp 4/17] = $90 with free shipping. Features SSD-like performance with hard drive capacity, Adaptive Memory technology to optimize performance, and claims 80 percent faster performance than traditional 7200RPM drives in benchmark scores.
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These seem to have lower ratings than the 750GB version of this drive.
That's because it's a POS that's posted on here almost daily. It's ridiculous how often these are posted, because they can't unload them to educated consumers.
It depends on who you talk to. I have had this drive for 2 years and it has mostly worked well. I had an issue on one laptop where it would need to soft reboot after the hard reboot before it would recognize the drive. I upgraded to the latest firmware and that issue went away. All in all, I have not had the nightmares others have reported with this model. There are anecdotal postings indicating that Seagate fixed all issues with the latest firmware.
On a positive note, this is one drive that is back to pre-flood prices, although it's questionable if this drive is worth getting. I would not replace an existing 500GB drive with this but if you're already looking to upgrade then it's not a bad choice. If you already have a good 7200RPM drive, you might not notice much difference in performance.
I also got the 750GB one and it's a lot better. It has 8GB of SSD cache, can cache BOTH reads and writes (unlike this one, which only caches reads) and is also said to have better caching algorithms that work with ANY OS. I think this one is designed to "work best" with Windows. The 750GB is noticeably faster.
Well, given the cost of 500Gb drives right now I might try one they have promise over standalone drive performance. Even just from Eggview 761 there not all the downtrodden. Back when you could find 2.5" 500Gb for <$50 there's was no-way I'd think getting this at $120. But go looking at HHD pricing today and you could do this for basically the same, might have merit. If I knew for sure HDD price where going to drop back in line in 2-3 months and if you could wait it out then I'd say pass, but can't say regular HDD pricing will be coming inline, so this or a tradition 500GB 2.5 in a laptop this isn’t the worst.
But read the reviews there plenty!
http://www.overclockersclub.com/revi...ntus_xt_500gb/
http://hothardware.com/Articles/Seag...ybrid-Preview/
http://www.storagereview.com/seagate_momentus_xt_review
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.ph...=525&Itemid=60
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3734/s...ood-hybrid-hdd
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...2364084,00.asp
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1310/1/
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...-ssd,2638.html
If I do decide to jump, I'll probably spend another $60 and get the 750GB version. Just seems like a safer choice.
I am very pleased with mine and it was much faster than the original factory 320GB at 5400. I also went from 4GB to 8GB and together this dropped boot times to about 22 seconds from the original setup that averaged about 43 seconds. No regrets or problems whatsoever. It did take about 10 boots from the new drive to hit its mark. I agree that if you already have a 7200 drive you might not consider this a worthwhile upgrade but if you bought a cheap laptop with a small slow drive then this and RAM can really make you smile.