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Seagate 5400 FDE.2 SATA 80GB vs Seagate Momentus 5400.3 160 GB

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  • 28specifications compared
  • 9differ
  • 19identical
  • 21known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate Momentus 5400.3 160 GB has 80 GB more HDD capacity than the Seagate 5400 FDE.2 SATA 80GB (160 GB vs 80 GB). The Seagate Momentus 5400.3 160 GB has 2 more HDD heads than the Seagate 5400 FDE.2 SATA 80GB (4 vs 2). The Seagate 5400 FDE.2 SATA 80GB has 1.5 ms more read seek time than the Seagate Momentus 5400.3 160 GB (12.5 ms vs 11 ms). Operating temperature (T-T): 0 - 60 °C on the Seagate 5400 FDE.2 SATA 80GB, 0 - 40 °C on the Seagate Momentus 5400.3 160 GB.

  • HDD capacity
    • 5400 FDE.2 SATA 80GB:80 GB
    • Momentus 5400.3 160 GB:160 GB
  • HDD number of heads
    • 5400 FDE.2 SATA 80GB:2
    • Momentus 5400.3 160 GB:4
  • Read seek time
    • 5400 FDE.2 SATA 80GB:12.5 ms
    • Momentus 5400.3 160 GB:11 ms
  • Write seek time
    • 5400 FDE.2 SATA 80GB:14.5 ms
    • Momentus 5400.3 160 GB:13 ms
  • Full stroke seek time
    • 5400 FDE.2 SATA 80GB:22 ms
    • Momentus 5400.3 160 GB:24 ms
  • Track to track seek time
    • 5400 FDE.2 SATA 80GB:1.5 ms
    • Momentus 5400.3 160 GB:1 ms
  • Average latency
    • 5400 FDE.2 SATA 80GB:5.6 ms
    • Momentus 5400.3 160 GB:5.56 ms
  • Operating temperature (T-T)
    • 5400 FDE.2 SATA 80GB:0 - 60 °C
    • Momentus 5400.3 160 GB:0 - 40 °C

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Comparison of 5400 FDE.2 SATA 80GB, Momentus 5400.3 160 GB
49 specifications
Features7 differ
HDD capacityDiffers80 GB160 GB
HDD speed5400 RPM5400 RPM
HDD size2.5"2.5"
InterfaceSerial ATASerial ATA
Component forLaptopLaptop
Storage drive buffer size8 MB8 MB
HDD number of cylindersKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source16383
HDD number of headsDiffers24
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)5 - 90%5 - 90%
Storage relative humidity (H-H)5 - 95%5 - 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
Depth100.5 mm100.5 mm
Height9.5 mm9.5 mm
WeightDiffers96 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 source150 MB/s
Drive ready timeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source8 s
InternalKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Recording densityKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source870 kbit/inch
Track densityKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source150000
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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