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Seagate Cheetah 300GB vs Seagate Momentus 5400 320GB 50PK

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  • 12specifications compared
  • 11differ
  • 1identical
  • 3known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate Momentus 5400 320GB 50PK has 20 GB more HDD capacity than the Seagate Cheetah 300GB (320 GB vs 300 GB). The Seagate Cheetah 300GB has 9,600 RPM more HDD speed than the Seagate Momentus 5400 320GB 50PK (15000 RPM vs 5400 RPM). The Seagate Cheetah 300GB has 8 MB more storage drive buffer size than the Seagate Momentus 5400 320GB 50PK (16 MB vs 8 MB). Interface: Fibre Channel on the Seagate Cheetah 300GB, Serial ATA on the Seagate Momentus 5400 320GB 50PK. Component for: Server/workstation on the Seagate Cheetah 300GB, Laptop on the Seagate Momentus 5400 320GB 50PK.

  • HDD capacity
    • Cheetah 300GB:300 GB
    • Momentus 5400 320GB 50PK:320 GB
  • HDD speed
    • Cheetah 300GB:15000 RPM
    • Momentus 5400 320GB 50PK:5400 RPM
  • Interface
    • Cheetah 300GB:Fibre Channel
    • Momentus 5400 320GB 50PK:Serial ATA
  • Component for
    • Cheetah 300GB:Server/workstation
    • Momentus 5400 320GB 50PK:Laptop
  • Storage drive buffer size
    • Cheetah 300GB:16 MB
    • Momentus 5400 320GB 50PK:8 MB
  • Read seek time
    • Cheetah 300GB:3.5 ms
    • Momentus 5400 320GB 50PK:11 ms
  • Average latency
    • Cheetah 300GB:2 ms
    • Momentus 5400 320GB 50PK:5.6 ms
  • Width
    • Cheetah 300GB:101.8 mm
    • Momentus 5400 320GB 50PK:69.8 mm

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Comparison of Cheetah 300GB, Momentus 5400 320GB 50PK
15 specifications
Features7 differ
HDD capacityDiffers300 GB320 GB
HDD speedDiffers15000 RPM5400 RPM
HDD sizeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source2.5"
InterfaceDiffersFibre ChannelSerial ATA
Component forDiffersServer/workstationLaptop
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers16 MB8 MB
Read seek timeDiffers3.5 ms11 ms
Average latencyDiffers2 ms5.6 ms
Write seek timeKnown for one4 msUnknown — not stated by the source
Poweridentical
Operating voltageKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source5 V
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers101.8 mm69.8 mm
DepthDiffers147 mm100.3 mm
HeightDiffers26.1 mm9.5 mm
WeightDiffers839 g98 g
Other featuresidentical
InternalYesYes

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