Seagate Momentus 7200.2 160GB SATA Hard Drive Review

Yet another new Seagate product has hit the market, and although it may not be the biggest and fastest, the Momentus 7200.2 160GB SATA Hard Drive (model ST9160823ASG) is definitely an interesting review subject. Among other things, this 2.5″ notebook hard drive boasts a capacity of 160GB, 8MB of cache memory, a rotational speed of 7200 RPM.

..Comparing the 7200.2 drive to other Seagate drives running at 5400 RPM shows that there really is no reason to consider a slow spinning drive any more (except for price, perhaps). It used to be that the faster drives produced more noise and more heat, but those days are obviously over.

..Given the impressive performance, reduced heat production, low power consumption, and other new features, I award the 160GB Seagate Momentus 7200.2 160GB SATA Hard Drive the rating of “Highly Recommended”.

BigBruin