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Seagate 5400 FDE.2 SATA 80GB vs Seagate Momentus 5400.3 120 GB

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  • 28specifications compared
  • 10differ
  • 18identical
  • 20known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate Momentus 5400.3 120 GB has 40 GB more HDD capacity than the Seagate 5400 FDE.2 SATA 80GB (120 GB vs 80 GB). The Seagate Momentus 5400.3 120 GB has 1 more HDD heads than the Seagate 5400 FDE.2 SATA 80GB (3 vs 2). The Seagate 5400 FDE.2 SATA 80GB has 1.5 ms more read seek time than the Seagate Momentus 5400.3 120 GB (12.5 ms vs 11 ms). Interface: Serial ATA on the Seagate 5400 FDE.2 SATA 80GB, IDE/ATA on the Seagate Momentus 5400.3 120 GB. Operating temperature (T-T): 0 - 60 °C on the Seagate 5400 FDE.2 SATA 80GB, 0 - 40 °C on the Seagate Momentus 5400.3 120 GB.

  • HDD capacity
    • 5400 FDE.2 SATA 80GB:80 GB
    • Momentus 5400.3 120 GB:120 GB
  • Interface
    • 5400 FDE.2 SATA 80GB:Serial ATA
    • Momentus 5400.3 120 GB:IDE/ATA
  • HDD number of heads
    • 5400 FDE.2 SATA 80GB:2
    • Momentus 5400.3 120 GB:3
  • Read seek time
    • 5400 FDE.2 SATA 80GB:12.5 ms
    • Momentus 5400.3 120 GB:11 ms
  • Write seek time
    • 5400 FDE.2 SATA 80GB:14.5 ms
    • Momentus 5400.3 120 GB:13 ms
  • Full stroke seek time
    • 5400 FDE.2 SATA 80GB:22 ms
    • Momentus 5400.3 120 GB:24 ms
  • Track to track seek time
    • 5400 FDE.2 SATA 80GB:1.5 ms
    • Momentus 5400.3 120 GB:1 ms
  • Average latency
    • 5400 FDE.2 SATA 80GB:5.6 ms
    • Momentus 5400.3 120 GB:5.56 ms

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Comparison of 5400 FDE.2 SATA 80GB, Momentus 5400.3 120 GB
48 specifications
Features8 differ
HDD capacityDiffers80 GB120 GB
InterfaceDiffersSerial ATAIDE/ATA
TypeKnown for oneHDDUnknown — not stated by the source
HDD number of headsDiffers23
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 latencyDiffers5.6 ms5.56 ms
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one600000Unknown — not stated by the source
HDD number of cylindersKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source16383
Average seek timeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source12.5 ms
Poweridentical
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
Power consumption (typical)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the source2 W
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs0 - 60 °C0 - 40 °C
Weight & dimensions1 differ
WeightDiffers96 g100 g
Packaging dataidentical
Quantity per packKnown for one1 pc(s)Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source
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

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