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I can't seem to get it to run full speed. I have it connected to the right port and all, but diognotic run says it runs at only a fraction of the promised speed of at least 300mb/s(or is it at most? Doesn't matter, it's still as slow as my old sata ii hdd). Also, it heats up very quick and the gears start going fast, which becomes loud. not to mention the solid state part of the drive idles frequently, then takes a while to start again, despite the motorised part of the drive still spinning. One would think if the motor's spinning, at least 'some' part of the drive remains active, but no; stupid thing has to wait for the sleeping solid atate to wake up. Lastly, most hdd's reserve about 60 gb per terabyte, but this little guy takes a full 90-100 gigs. Wonder what it's all for... Other than that, it's a nice drive. Quiet when idle, tiny, doesn't use much power, feels sturdy. 3.5/5Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
I installed this as a storage drive on my laptop ASUS G74SX. I copied all my old stored files form my old disk drive and directed my Desktop, Documents, Music, Pictures, Videos to store to this drive. worked okay for 1 day and then started having issues the second day slow write times etc. Tested it with 2 other laptops and a desk top and the same issue. I tested my a 320 GB non hybrid drive in my G74SX and it worked fine. It has been working fine for the past week as well. I can't do anything with this drive it will not read on any computer so I cannot even format it.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Refurbished
Being a Laptop builder, I have ordered several of these to use in my refurbished Laptops for sale. These Hybrid drives are a viable alternative to the much higher priced SSD's. They offer the speed of an SSD with the higher memory capacity of a traditional HD. It does not fit certain laptops that require a thin 7mm drive, however it does fit perfectly in all the others. I am so impressed with these that I have one in my personal laptop. It also speeds up systems where RAM is lower. I found it compliments a 4GB RAM system very well even when using multiple tabs on the internet, as well as multiple applications, where 4GB RAM may be unstable with a regular HD.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Most of the HDs I now use are full SSD with no moving parts. This one is right at the best sweet-spot for those who want larger capacity (1TB) with the additional speed that a small SSD-buffer can add for your regular work. I found this SSHD to be extremely fast for regular work: once you loaded your program at regular HD-speed, it keeps the required operating-system parts (say, Windows DLLs) and the program you're using in the buffer, and work becomes extremely fast. Same goes without saying for regular working with documents and images. Great for laptops and small home/office computers! Will not be fast in a server, a database, or a large website, unless they are all together smaller than a few GBs.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
If you're ever considering about buying another HDD, be sure to buy a SSHD by Seagate. You will not be disappointed. They are affordable and fast. I have replaced all my laptops (3), and tower with them. Once you experience this type of HDD, you will never go back to the conventional one, except to use it for a backup. I as a Certified IT Computer Technician, highly recommend this HDD. There are copies of this type of HDD's by other companies now, but I prefer Seagate who are the original people who created this technology. I've always loved and only used Seagate HDD because of there reliability and longevity. New have a 3 yr warranty. Just be sure to register them. Once upon a time Seagate used to have a 5 yr. warranty. Again, I highly recommend this product! Thank you Seagate!
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
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