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Seagate 5400 FDE.2 SATA 120GB vs Seagate Momentus 5400.3 120 GB

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  • 26specifications compared
  • 8differ
  • 18identical
  • 23known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate 5400 FDE.2 SATA 120GB has 1.5 ms more read seek time than the Seagate Momentus 5400.3 120 GB (12.5 ms vs 11 ms). The Seagate 5400 FDE.2 SATA 120GB has 1.5 ms more write seek time than the Seagate Momentus 5400.3 120 GB (14.5 ms vs 13 ms). The Seagate Momentus 5400.3 120 GB has 2 ms more full stroke seek time than the Seagate 5400 FDE.2 SATA 120GB (24 ms vs 22 ms). Interface: Serial ATA on the Seagate 5400 FDE.2 SATA 120GB, IDE/ATA on the Seagate Momentus 5400.3 120 GB. Operating temperature (T-T): 0 - 60 °C on the Seagate 5400 FDE.2 SATA 120GB, 0 - 40 °C on the Seagate Momentus 5400.3 120 GB.

  • Interface
    • 5400 FDE.2 SATA 120GB:Serial ATA
    • Momentus 5400.3 120 GB:IDE/ATA
  • Read seek time
    • 5400 FDE.2 SATA 120GB:12.5 ms
    • Momentus 5400.3 120 GB:11 ms
  • Write seek time
    • 5400 FDE.2 SATA 120GB:14.5 ms
    • Momentus 5400.3 120 GB:13 ms
  • Full stroke seek time
    • 5400 FDE.2 SATA 120GB:22 ms
    • Momentus 5400.3 120 GB:24 ms
  • Track to track seek time
    • 5400 FDE.2 SATA 120GB:1.5 ms
    • Momentus 5400.3 120 GB:1 ms
  • Average latency
    • 5400 FDE.2 SATA 120GB:5.6 ms
    • Momentus 5400.3 120 GB:5.56 ms
  • Operating temperature (T-T)
    • 5400 FDE.2 SATA 120GB:0 - 60 °C
    • Momentus 5400.3 120 GB:0 - 40 °C
  • Depth
    • 5400 FDE.2 SATA 120GB:100.2 mm
    • Momentus 5400.3 120 GB:100.5 mm

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Comparison of 5400 FDE.2 SATA 120GB, Momentus 5400.3 120 GB
49 specifications
Features6 differ
HDD capacity120 GB120 GB
HDD speed5400 RPM5400 RPM
HDD size2.5"2.5"
InterfaceDiffersSerial ATAIDE/ATA
Component forLaptopLaptop
Storage drive buffer size8 MB8 MB
HDD number of cylindersKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source16383
HDD number of heads33
Read seek timeDiffers12.5 ms11 ms
Write seek timeDiffers14.5 ms13 ms
Full stroke seek timeDiffers22 ms24 ms
Track to track seek timeDiffers1.5 ms1 ms
Average seek timeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source12.5 ms
Average latencyDiffers5.6 ms5.56 ms
Bytes per sector512512
TypeKnown for oneHDDUnknown — not stated by the source
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one600000Unknown — not stated by the source
Poweridentical
Power consumption (typical)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the source2 W
Operating voltage5 V5 V
Power consumption (standby)Known for one0.46 WUnknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (PowerSave)Known for one0.46 WUnknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (idle)Known for one0.85 WUnknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (read)Known for one1.9 WUnknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (write)Known for one1.8 WUnknown — not stated by the source
Start-up currentKnown for one1 AUnknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs0 - 60 °C0 - 40 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)-40 - 70 °C-40 - 70 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the source5 - 90%
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the source5 - 95%
Operating vibration1 G1 G
Non-operating vibration5 G5 G
Operating altitude-304.8 - 3048 m-304.8 - 3048 m
Non-operating altitude-304.8 - 12192 m-304.8 - 12192 m
Operating shock350 G350 G
Non-operating shock900 G900 G
Weight & dimensions1 differ
Width69.8 mm69.8 mm
DepthDiffers100.2 mm100.5 mm
Height9.5 mm9.5 mm
Weight100 g100 g
Other featuresidentical
HDD transfer rateKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source352 Mbit/s
Power requirementsKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source+5.0V ± 5%
Disks included quantityKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source2 pc(s)
Drive device, transfer rateKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source100 MB/s
InternalKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Recording densityKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source835 kbit/inch
Track densityKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source150000
Drive ready timeKnown for one3 sUnknown — not stated by the source
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source
Packaging dataidentical
Quantity per packKnown for one1 pc(s)Unknown — not stated by the source

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