Seagate Momentus 5400.6
Seagate has already gone through five model generations that all ran at 5,400 RPM; the Momentus 5400.6 is its sixth product. The drives utilize two platters and come with 8 MB cache and a SATA/300 interface with NCQ support. The 98.8 g drive weight is less than other drives’ total weight, but the difference should not matter much. The same applies for the operating range, which is 0-60°C, while most other drives are specified for 5-55°C. Seagate’s G-force protection feature is available for several models of the Momentus 5400.6 as well.
We measured access time of 18.6 ms, which is an average result. Western Digital proves that it can be done faster, but most others do not deliver significantly shorter access time either. Although the 83.2 MB/s peak read throughput does not beat Hitachi’s 84.7 MB/s, the average and minimum sequential read throughput are top of the class, only beaten by the 7,200 RPM Momentus 7200.4. The Momentus 5400.6 also happens to dominate our streaming read test by a significant margin, but it doesn’t dominate the streaming write test. I/O performance is great, only beaten by the WD drive in some tests, and the new Momentus shows strong application performance in most PCMark Vantage HDD tests.
Seagate offers 500, 320, 250, 160, and 120 GB capacity points. Models ending in –G have the built-in G-force protection system and come with an acceleration sensor to park the heads if strong acceleration is detected.
You can find more information on the Seagate Web site.
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Give me a 2.5" Raptor and to hell with the battery!
2.5" Raptor drives are 15mm in depth and therefore are not suitable for notebooks which require 9.5mm or 12.5mm depth drives.
plus the raptors require active cooling and would soon suffer heat related faliure in the cramped confines of a laptop
plus the connections wont be the same as a normal 2,5" hdd.
You guys are telling me we can cram Core i7, 3 x mechanical hard disks, beefy GPU, yet we can't accomodate a Veloci Raptor?
I'm betting it could be done. Simple potential-divider network to get the +12v etc. But even underneath my M570RU, it seems like there is loads of space for something bigger, I can only imagine bigger notebooks might have even more, and if not, with a small case modification, who knows what might be possible?
I even considered taking on this project myself, but then, I just purchased an Intel X25-M 160GB, and as you know - that dropped straight in...
And the connections would be the same, 'cept for the missing 12v.