1TB + 8GB NAND Flash 7200RPM notebook SSHD

[nKlar]

Hello!

I search for a notebook solid state hybrid drive that have a real 7200 rpm (not 5400 that speed like 7200 because of sshd technology bla bla bla) with 1 TB capacity and 8gb NAND flash. I haven't found any of them now. I found one on amazon.com but at the last minute of order I searched for comment about rpm and found that this sshd what i wanted to buy is not 7200, instead 5400.

Guys if you know about sshd what i want please write down the name and the model number or the link to it.

Thank you!

[The Official Czex]

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd1001x06xdtl

 

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st1000lm014

 

[nKlar]

It is only 5400rpm but this information is really useful because i thought that the sshd made only with 8GB NAND flash.

[chicksoup]

I found this: http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Laptop-2-5-Inch-Internal-ST1000LM014/dp/B00B99JUBQ

 

it even a "gaming" sshd 

[chicksoup]

It is only 5400rpm but this information is really useful because i thought that the sshd made only with 8GB NAND flash.

the WD Black² is not a conventional sshd as it has 120gb of flash and it can thus store more files on the fast storage, but depending on what you have used in the past and how much you want to spend convention SSHDs might be smarter. 

Personally I would buy a 250gb ssd or 500gb ssd instead

[nKlar]

I found this: http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Laptop-2-5-Inch-Internal-ST1000LM014/dp/B00B99JUBQ

 

it even a "gaming" sshd 

This is the one that i wrote about. I almost bought it but after i search for "5400 or 7200" in the QA section and found that it run only on 5400rpm

[nKlar]

the WD Black² is not a conventional sshd as it has 120gb of flash and it can thus store more files on the fast storage, but depending on what you have used in the past and how much you want to spend convention SSHDs might be smarter. 

Personally I would buy a 250gb ssd or 500gb ssd instead

I want to buy it to form Lenovo Y50-70 and i have only one slot for storage. I have 1TB 5400rpm hdd in it now and i don't want to downgrade it to 500Gb even with ssd.

[ManWithBeard1990]

The older Seagate Momentus XT was 7200 RPM. Not sure if you can get them though. It was replaced by the Laptop SSHD's which have lower power consumption

 

EDIT: Not sure if there ever was a 7200RPM 1TB one though.

[ManWithBeard1990]

It is only 5400rpm but this information is really useful because i thought that the sshd made only with 8GB NAND flash.

That's not a proper SSHD. The WD Black2 is a JBOD of an 120GB SSD and a 1TB HDD. It's faster if you do the proper install procedure, ie install everything on a partition on the first 120GB and then grow the partition to the whole disk assuming all the data will still be on the SSD part but does not do caching. It is therefore not as plug-and-play as the real deal.

[chicksoup]

This is the one that i wrote about. I almost bought it but after i search for "5400 or 7200" in the QA section and found that it run only on 5400rpm

oh...I only looked at the product description on amazon...

[nKlar]

That's not a proper SSHD. The WD Black2 is a JBOD of an 120GB SSD and a 1TB HDD. It's faster if you do the proper install procedure, ie install everything on a partition on the first 120GB and then grow the partition to the whole disk assuming all the data will still be on the SSD part but does not do caching. It is therefore not as plug-and-play as the real deal.

And can i use it like two drive? One 120GB ssd and the other is 1TB hdd, C: and D: drive.

[ManWithBeard1990]

And can i use it like two drive? One 120GB ssd and the other is 1TB hdd, C: and D: drive.

Yes you can. Assuming you can still find one; Amazon doesn't seem to have any in stock, it might be discontinued.

As for real sshd's, Seagate isn't your only option, btw. Toshiba and apparently now also WD have hybrid models as well, both with 8GB flash. Though I can't vouch for the WD ones because I've never used one, my experience with the Toshiba one is that it seems more "eager" to cache things, if you will. I installed it in my sister's laptop and when I rebooted it for the third time it was suddenly much quicker whereas with my Linux box the difference was definitely there, but not as mindblowing. Whether that translates into better performance than the Seagate that rig uses is questionable because the Seagate drives I use there seem to more selectively do the things that get accessed randomly, maintaining their benefit where the 8GB on the Toshiba would run out, which does seem to happen because the complaining about programs loading slowly hasn't gone away entirely. Toshiba has lower power consumption though, and less heat. Seagate seems to have a spotty reputation in terms of quality but my experience with them hasn't been different than with other brands. I suspect that's mostly because of Backblaze pitting consumer drives ripped out of external enclosures against more workstation-class ones. Seagate drives are also not that quiet.