Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate ATA 60-GB Hard Drive - 3600rpm vs Seagate ST9160824AS - Momentus

7specifications compared
5differ
2identical
28known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate ST9160824AS - Momentus has 100 GB more HDD capacity than the Seagate ATA 60-GB Hard Drive - 3600rpm (160 GB vs 60 GB). The Seagate ST9160824AS - Momentus has 6 MB more storage drive buffer size than the Seagate ATA 60-GB Hard Drive - 3600rpm (8 MB vs 2 MB). The Seagate ATA 60-GB Hard Drive - 3600rpm has 2.73 ms more average latency than the Seagate ST9160824AS - Momentus (8.33 ms vs 5.6 ms). Interface: IDE/ATA on the Seagate ATA 60-GB Hard Drive - 3600rpm, Serial ATA on the Seagate ST9160824AS - Momentus.

HDD capacity
- ATA 60-GB Hard Drive - 3600rpm:60 GB
- ST9160824AS - Momentus:160 GB
Interface
- ATA 60-GB Hard Drive - 3600rpm:IDE/ATA
- ST9160824AS - Momentus:Serial ATA
Storage drive buffer size
- ATA 60-GB Hard Drive - 3600rpm:2 MB
- ST9160824AS - Momentus:8 MB
Average latency
- ATA 60-GB Hard Drive - 3600rpm:8.33 ms
- ST9160824AS - Momentus:5.6 ms
Weight
- ATA 60-GB Hard Drive - 3600rpm:48 g
- ST9160824AS - Momentus:220 g

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Comparison of ATA 60-GB Hard Drive - 3600rpm, ST9160824AS - Momentus
35 specifications	A Seagate ATA 60-GB Hard Drive - 3600rpm View product	B Seagate ST9160824AS - Momentus View product
Features4 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	60 GB	160 GB
InterfaceDiffers	IDE/ATA	Serial ATA
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	2 MB	8 MB
Average latencyDiffers	8.33 ms	5.6 ms
HDD speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5400 RPM
HDD sizeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2.5"
Component forKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Laptop
Read seek timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	12.5 ms
Bytes per sectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	512
Poweridentical
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	0.5 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (standby)Known for one	0.08 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating voltageKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 V
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)	0 - 60 °C	0 - 60 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	5 - 90%	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating vibrationKnown for one	1 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Non-operating vibrationKnown for one	5 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating altitudeKnown for one	-60.98 - 3048 m	Unknown — not stated by the source
Non-operating altitudeKnown for one	-60.98 - 12192 m	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating shockKnown for one	500 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Non-operating shockKnown for one	1500 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-40 - 70 °C
Weight & dimensions1 differ
WeightDiffers	48 g	220 g
WidthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	69.8 mm
DepthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	100.5 mm
HeightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	9.5 mm
Other featuresidentical
Dimensions (WxDxH)Known for one	54.3 x 71.3 x 5.15 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Product colourKnown for one	Silver	Unknown — not stated by the source
FireWire 400Known for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal	Yes	Yes
Mac compatibilityKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Plug and PlayKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB poweredKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows Vista
Maximum data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	150 Mbit/s
Acoustic pressure emissionsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	26 dB

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