Seagate Momentus 7200.4
As you can tell by the model number, the Momentus 7200.4 is Seagate’s fourth generation 7,200 RPM 2.5” notebook hard drive. While the other drives typically include 8 MB of cache, Seagate installed 16 MB on its fast model. The SATA/300 interface with NCQ support is very much standard today; the operating temperature range of 0-60°C is not.
It wouldn't be a stretch to guess that this drive beats every other 500 GB notebook drive in our roundup, as it is the first 500 GB drive running at the fast 7,200 RPM spindle speed. The price is a 1.0 W idle power requirement, which also applies to WD’s Scorpio Blue. Power consumption for streaming operation is also increased when comparing to 5,400 RPM drives, as is power for video playback. Interestingly, the Momentus 7200.4 cannot beat the other drives when it comes to power efficiency. It appears that the increase in power consumption is more than the performance increase, meaning that other products take the top positions in terms of performance per watt.
However, the Momentus 7200.4 remains the fastest notebook drive available today, offering a 16.8 ms access time (which isn’t the quickest, by the way), more than 101 MB/s peak throughput and a 80 MB/s average. This is about as much as the 5,400 RPM drives can reach at peak.
Seagate offers 500, 320, 250, and 160 GB capacity points and optional models with its G-force free-fall sensor. More information can be found 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.