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Seagate Momentus 5400.3 160GB 2.5" IDE Ultra ATA100 / ATA-6 Internal Notebook Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Seagate Momentus 5400.3 ST9160821A 160GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache 2.5" IDE Ultra ATA100 / ATA-6 Internal Notebook Hard Drive -Bare Drive

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Excellent drive for those who need BIG!

“Plugged into my Twinhead Durabook running SuSE 10.1 and never looked back. Fast, quiet, cool and plenty of room. This is ...”

— Brett 8/30/2006

Great drives & price but poor packaging

“Poor packaging in shipping. I ordered 30 hard drives total. 10 of these, 10 other laptop drives and 10 desktop ones. The ...”

— 2/13/2009

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Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (parts): 3 years
Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (labor): 3 years

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The Seagate Momentus 5400.3 160GB HD is the first Seagate drive utilizing perpendicular recording technology. This innovative technology enables them to deliver 160GB in a single, 2.5-inch disc drive. Momentus 5400.3 is ideal for mainstream notebook PCs, with the best combination of performance and mobility. Its average 12.6ms seek time with an average latency of only 5.6ms, makes it uniquely fast at implementing requests. SoftSonic Fluid Dynamic Bearing (FDB) motor makes this super-fast drive the world's only virtually silent hard drive, reduces vibration and minimizes heat output.

Seagate's QuietStep Ramp Load Technology is designed for silent operation and the Operational Shock Tolerance helps to reduce the failure rate of drives when used in rugged notebook operating environments and industrial applications. It comes with Seagate’s 5 year warranty and the full weight of the Seagate reputation! This is a great new offering from Seagate and a huge notebook drive!

Ultra ATA 100 (ATA-6) Interface The Ultra ATA 100 (ATA-6) interface provides up to 100 MB/s throughput for fast data transfer.
Perpendicular Recording Perpendicular recording technology enables industry-leading capacity in existing standard form factors and improves performance by increasing data density while reducing moving parts for enhanced reliability.

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Model

Brand: Seagate

Series: Momentus 5400.3

Model: ST9160821A

Packaging: Bare Drive

Performance

Interface: IDE Ultra ATA100 / ATA-6

Capacity: 160GB

Cache: 8MB

Average Latency: 5.56ms

RPM: 5400 RPM

Physical Spec

Form Factor: 2.5"

Features

Features: Perpendicular recording technology for increased storage capacity
Fast performance
Whisper-quiet acoustics
Superb reliability
Rugged mobility
Low power consumption

Manufacturer Warranty

Parts: 3 years limited

Labor: 3 years limited

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Filter Results Last 2 Weeks (0) Last 6 Months (0) All Reviews (231) 59% (137) 10% (22) 8% (18) 8% (19) 15% (35) Verified Owners Video Reviews Mfr. Responses keyword Go page SubmitTopPaginationForm of 24 previousTopPaginationForm\| nextTopPaginationForm
N/A 10/15/2009 1:56:47 PM Tech Level: 4/5 Ownership: 5/5	Rating: 1/5No Pros: Was fine for 1 year 8 months Cons: Less than 2 years and then BANG it's gone. Other Thoughts: It came with my Mac Book - You would think you'd get more than 20 months of use from the hard drive when you buy a $2,000 laptop 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A 10/7/2009 11:10:00 AM Tech Level: 5/5 Ownership: 4/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 5/5Good HD Pros: Worked great first time no problems Cons: none Other Thoughts: Used it for a MPC1000 for sample storage Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
JimGarb 10/6/2009 10:30:22 AM Tech Level: 5/5 Ownership: 4/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 5/5Big and Fast Pros: Drive is quick and fast. I replaced a stock 40GB drive that had died in an ailing Toshiba Notebook. Sped the puppy right up. Cons: Other than being really small, for a person with large hands I don't see any for this drive. Other Thoughts: Good bang for the buck. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
MikeKey 9/30/2009 3:17:30 PM Tech Level: 5/5 Ownership: 2/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 5/5 Pros: FAST! My notebook is a dv8315nr from HP, it's about two years old now. I bought in in Jan 07 on sale. Anyways, I just updated the HDD for bang for buck and the memory so I could refurb this thing and give it to my wife. With Windows 7 it's like a whole new machine, running smooth and quick, beat the old 4500 this thing came with. Just wish it was a new laptop so I could of got a 7500RPM HD, but if you got an older one, this will breath life into it. Cons: NONE Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Upgrader 9/28/2009 7:04:18 AM Tech Level: 3/5 Ownership: 1/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 5/5Great product Pros: Very quiet and does not heat up. I installed this into my Dell Latitude D800 and it worked like a charm! This hard drive is very quiet and my performance was improved greatly. Cons: None yet, but I wish I could have gotten more memory! Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
computer13137 9/27/2009 5:40:49 PM Tech Level: 5/5 Ownership: 4/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 5/5Awesome. Pros: Recommended this hard drive to a customer who had a Dell Inspiron laptop with a failing drive... ordered this one, slapped it in, reinstalled Windows, and I haven't heard anything negative back from them. Go Seagate! Cons: None to speak of! Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Drdave 9/22/2009 10:38:47 PM Tech Level: 5/5 Ownership: 3/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 5/5Very good upgrade Pros: Very quiet and noticeably faster than old laptop drive -- good price too! Cons: None so far ! Other Thoughts: I bought this drive to upgrade my Apple Powerbook and it is just great ! I replace a 80 GB 5400 rpm drive with this new Seagate and it is silent and really pepped the old Powerbook up - Yes it is noticeably faster ! Would recommend it to anyone for a notebook drive Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A 9/20/2009 2:15:04 PM Tech Level: 5/5 Ownership: 3/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 1/5Chinese drives Pros: It worked when purchased Cons: Died in 1 month Other Thoughts: used this drive to replace a 5 year old Toshiba drive in my laptop that died. Pretty disappointed Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A 9/17/2009 12:25:36 PM Tech Level: 5/5 Ownership: 4/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 5/5A+ Pros: Has been a great replacement for the oem fuji drive that came with my lappy. It is great to get some more usable space and life out of an older but still going strong laptop. Cons: none so far. Other Thoughts: I've had this drive for almost a year and have had no problems so far. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
computerguy 9/11/2009 6:29:32 PM Tech Level: 5/5 Ownership: 2/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 1/5sad sad sad Pros: lotta space, low price Cons: I replaced my HDD in my VAIO with this one and the performance was horrible. It worked but was slower than the original drive no matter the task. I'm returning it and replacing it with a FUJITSU. Seagate quality just isn't what it used to be. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
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