Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 160GB vs Seagate Momentus 5400 FDE.3 320-GB Hard Drive

17specifications compared
5differ
12identical
16known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate Momentus 5400 FDE.3 320-GB Hard Drive has 160 GB more HDD capacity than the Seagate Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 160GB (320 GB vs 160 GB). The Seagate Momentus 5400 FDE.3 320-GB Hard Drive has 0.04 ms more average latency than the Seagate Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 160GB (5.6 ms vs 5.56 ms). The Seagate Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 160GB has 0.2 mm more depth than the Seagate Momentus 5400 FDE.3 320-GB Hard Drive (100.5 mm vs 100.3 mm).

HDD capacity
- Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 160GB:160 GB
- Momentus 5400 FDE.3 320-GB Hard Drive:320 GB
Average latency
- Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 160GB:5.56 ms
- Momentus 5400 FDE.3 320-GB Hard Drive:5.6 ms
Depth
- Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 160GB:100.5 mm
- Momentus 5400 FDE.3 320-GB Hard Drive:100.3 mm
Weight
- Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 160GB:98.5 g
- Momentus 5400 FDE.3 320-GB Hard Drive:98 g
Drive device, transfer rate
- Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 160GB:60.3 MB/s
- Momentus 5400 FDE.3 320-GB Hard Drive:830 MB/s

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Comparison of Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 160GB, Momentus 5400 FDE.3 320-GB Hard Drive
33 specifications	A Seagate Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 160GB View product	B Seagate Momentus 5400 FDE.3 320-GB Hard Drive View product
Features2 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	160 GB	320 GB
HDD speed	5400 RPM	5400 RPM
Interface	Serial ATA	Serial ATA
TypeKnown for one	HDD	Unknown — not stated by the source
Component for	Laptop	Laptop
Storage drive buffer size	8 MB	8 MB
HDD number of headsKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Average latencyDiffers	5.56 ms	5.6 ms
Bytes per sector	512	512
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one	600000	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	500000 h	Unknown — not stated by the source
HDD sizeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2.5"
Read seek timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	11 ms
Poweridentical
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	1.3 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (standby)Known for one	0.205 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (idle)Known for one	0.685 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (read)Known for one	1.6 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (write)Known for one	1.6 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Start-up currentKnown for one	1 A	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
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 70 °C	-40 - 70 °C
Operating shock	350 G	350 G
Non-operating shock	1000 G	1000 G
Weight & dimensions2 differ
Width	69.8 mm	69.8 mm
DepthDiffers	100.5 mm	100.3 mm
Height	9.5 mm	9.5 mm
WeightDiffers	98.5 g	98 g
Other features1 differ
Data transfer rateKnown for one	3 Gbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Drive device, transfer rateDiffers	60.3 MB/s	830 MB/s
Internal	Yes	Yes
Maximum data transfer rateKnown for one	300 Mbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Plug and PlayKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes

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