Laptop Solid State Hybrid Drive Thin 7 mm Hybrid Drive
If it suits your requirements
Not a bad drive.
Not a bad price.
500GB Capacity
5400RPM Spin Speed
SATA III Interface
64MB Cache
2.5" Form Factor
3 Year Warranty
Part Number: ST500LM000
Their blurb
500GB, 7mm design for the latest, thinnest laptops
Boots up and performs like an SSD ..... not quite
Up to 5 times faster than a traditional 5400-RPM HDD
Easy laptop upgrade to boost performance and capacity.
Top comments
derp1664 to trueno2k
25 Mar 176#20
Why buy a Ford when a Mercedes is only twice the price :smile:
noonecanhelp1
25 Mar 174#30
not much difference to Evo 850 haha ok mate
"ex IT engineer" :smiley:
mugen6
25 Mar 173#21
Exactly. This would be perfect for grandma's laptop - she's not much of a torrent user...
All comments (39)
AndyRoyd
25 Mar 17#1
Decent price for this size SSHD from a mainstream source, although probably not the best size/price ratio.
derp1664
25 Mar 171#2
Not a bad option given the ongoing terrible SSD prices
cgap
25 Mar 17#3
noob question that I know could be answered by a quick Google Search, but can anyone recommend best method of transferring data from current win10 laptop drive to a new one?
TonyRoma2010 to cgap
25 Mar 172#4
Macrium Reflect Free.
AndyRoyd to cgap
25 Mar 171#6
Data transfer can be achieved via simple USB SATA hard drive enclosure; cloning the complete installation can be achieved via same enclosure and Macrium reflect free software.
RiverDragon8 to cgap
25 Mar 17#10
Aomei backupper is better than Macrium Reflect Free.
avalon50
25 Mar 17#5
I bought one of these about 3 years ago now, from Amazon and paid £52 then.
magicmikethegrea to avalon50
25 Mar 17#29
So you would agree £36.65 isn't too bad then?
chomPer
25 Mar 171#7
Forgot to mention there is also a 5 day delivery for free option
GwanGy
25 Mar 17#8
Best method would be to get both machines on the same network then load teracopy on the source machine, map the new machine as a network drive, COPY (so the data is still there in case of accidents)
(Bob is really your father, Family secret..sssshhhh)
thekanester
25 Mar 17#9
Great deal and it reviews really well too.
vithya
25 Mar 17#11
what is the speed compare to ssd and normal hard drive?
For commonly used files it'll use its 8GB SSD buffer - performance is pretty good. For large media files/games etc it'll perform like a 5400rpm laptop drive - i.e. pretty average.
These are great for office PCs as all your commonly used stuff is cached.
Mandroid578 to vithya
25 Mar 17#27
relatively slow. most hard drives are 7200rpm. this is 5400rpm if you do not take into account the solid state portion.
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Opening post
If it suits your requirements
Not a bad drive.
Not a bad price.
500GB Capacity
5400RPM Spin Speed
SATA III Interface
64MB Cache
2.5" Form Factor
3 Year Warranty
Part Number: ST500LM000
Their blurb
500GB, 7mm design for the latest, thinnest laptops
Boots up and performs like an SSD ..... not quite
Up to 5 times faster than a traditional 5400-RPM HDD
Easy laptop upgrade to boost performance and capacity.
Top comments
"ex IT engineer" :smiley:
All comments (39)
(Bob is really your father, Family secret..sssshhhh)
http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/storage/58853-seagate-laptop-thin-sshd-500gb/?page=3
These are great for office PCs as all your commonly used stuff is cached.