ST240HM000 - Seagate 600 Series 240GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5-inch MLC Solid State Drive (SSD)

Unless you're sporting really old hardware, an SSD is the best sure-fire way to boost the performance of your desktop or laptop computer. There is so much choice now it's difficult to know whether there is a significant difference between various SSDs a...

I have this Seagate 600 240GB SSD drive for review, and this should be interesting to see how it stands when it comes to performance, especially coming from a company that makes mechanical and hybrid storage drives for a living.1. Introduction 2. Packagi...

Seagate has so far been a mechanical hard drive player, but last year at Computex, Seagate introduced its first consumer series of SSDs. While Seagate already has the hybrid drives portfolio where it bundles a small amount of flash memory with spinning dr...

Last year, we remarked that prices of SSDs have fallen dramatically, to record lows even, making them more accessible to even mainstream users. In the past year, we saw prices of SSDs stabilizing and also noted several trends in the industry.Although 2013...

This year, we are pitting no less than eight of the fastest and newest drives against each other. Some of them might seem familiar to you, such as the Corsair Neutron GTX and OCZ Vector, but we are including these drives because they have been refreshed, ...

Although hard disk drives (or mechanical drives as some call them) have been around for many decades and names such as Seagate, Western Digital, HGST (Former Hitachi GST) and Toshiba have been tied to them only recently did they all of them decide to turn...

Last month we published a review on Intels new 730 series SSD , based on the same controller that you can find in Intel enterprise SSDs. As the controller is developed in house by Intel they claim that the consistency in the performance of these drives ...

Seagate 600 SSD is an ultimate upgrade choice for any computer. It gives you fast data read and write speed which is a time saver. Applications and games work faster. The drive has a protective case and rugged design. This makes it durable and better for ...

For the current SATA-standard drives, Seagate offers a regular and Pro version, the latter adding in a little more endurance thanks to higher-grade NAND stock and the use of higher over-provisioning. We tested the standard 600 SSD in its 480GB capacity. A...

Seagate could never be accused of getting into SSDs too early in their development. Seagate did dabble in SSDs with their Pulsar range. The Pulsar range were in fact the first SSDs that I’m aware of that used a LAMD (Link_A_Media_Devices) SSD controll...

Over the past few months, Seagate, Samsung and OCZ have launched new versions of their 2.5-in. consumer-class internal solid-state drives (SSDs) -- the Seagate 600, the OCZ Vertex 450 and the Samsung 840 Pro Series. Each boasts 500MB/sec. peak performa...

If you follow desktop storage with any diligence, we can hear your question all the way from here: It’s 2013, and it's only that Seagate is releasing its first consumer solid-state drive (SSD)? Okay, in fairness, the storage giant has released enterp...

We have a wide span of Seagate products to cover today in a number of articles. By now we've broken the new products down in the is on the front page of TweakTown and we can start with the actual reviews now. First up is the mid-capacity consumer dr...

I'm often asked about RAID performance and what happened with the TweakTown RAID reports. For a long period of time we would routinely take the top performing consumer SSD's or some of the best bang for the buck SSD's and run them in RAID 0. Over th...

Welcome back to our continuing coverage of the 2013 Seagate SSD launch event here at TweakTown. We have two more products to cover today. The first is largest mainstream capacity drives, the 600 SSD 480GB. After this, we'll take an enthusiast look a...

The Seagate 600 SSD is a major addition to the solid-state drive market. The drive is the first consumer-grade SSD to come from Seagate, which, prior to this, offered general consumers only regular platter-based storage solutions.It's also the first SSD t...

The Seagate 600 SSD is a performance-focused 2.5-inch MLC NAND client SSD in z-Height 5mm and 7mm form factors with a capacity up to 480GB that is primarily designed as an upgrade for laptop users who are gamers, enthusiasts or road warriors or simply nee...

Seagate is the world's largest purveyor of mechanical hard drives. As the company prepares for mortal combat in the consumer SSD space, are its wits, Toshiba's Toggle-mode NAND, and SK hynix memory solutions' 87800 controller enough to get by? Seagate r...

If you had asked me back in 2008 who I thought would be leading the SSD industry in 2013 I would've said Intel, Western Digital and Seagate. Intel because of its commanding early lead in the market, and WD/Seagate because as the leaders in hard drives the...

Even better news is that today we are bringing to you a detailed analysis of Seagates new 600 SSD a notebook form factor SATA 3 SSD that will be the first in 5mm notebook ultra-thin SSDs.SPECIFICATIONS – ITS ONLY 5MM THICKThe Seagate 600 SSD is a SATA 3 S...

Seagate has released its third generation of SSDs starting with the Seagate 600 and the Seagate 600 Pro Series SSDs. The Seagate 600 is a mainstream consumer SSD solution, and the 600 Pro version will have a dual usage model. The Seagate 600 Pro will find...

Gone are the days when laptop boot time was a pain and system responsiveness was often the most heard complaint. Seagate 600 SSD is the company's latest product that is purely to reduce application loading and system boot up time as well as protection of ...

Seagate is well known for their fantastic hard-drive products, where they share a huge market share with Western Digital. The company recently announced their entry into the consumer SSD market. They had SSDs before, but none that could compete with mode...

Just a few years ago, it seemed unlikely that Seagate would ever release an SSD. The company’s outspoken CEO, Bill Watkins, roundly dismissed solid state drives in 2008 and 2009, even going so far as to imply Seagate would file lawsuits against upstart ma...

It's been quite an interesting turn of events over the past couple years in the storage industry. Whereas practically everyone has turned their sights onto the exploding SSD market, both of the largest hard drive manufacturers Seagate and Western Digital ...

Seagate risks becoming another Polaroid if it doesn't get its head around the SSD market quick smart, until recently focusing its SSD efforts on enterprise level applications only, and instead has been pushing its hybrid mechanical solutions as the suppos...

While manufacturers have announced larger capacity SSDs (2TB and more), for storing a lot of files, a mechanical HDD is still a much more affordable option. This looks set to change in the future though, as SSD production volume increases lead to lower pr...

Seagate's SSD 600 (ST240HM000) is a 2.5in solid state drive with a 7mm thickness, and that means it should fit into most common notebooks. It has a 6Gbps SATA 3 interface, a hard casing, and it comes in capacities of 120GB, 240GB and 480GB. We tested the ...

You might think Seagate's only venture into the murky world of SSDs came with its Momentus XT SSHD (solid state hybrid drive).The storage company has been plugging away with this hybrid experiment for quite a while with varying degrees of success, and whi...

Nearly all SSD manufacturers refreshed their line-up this year. Armed with the test results of sixty 240/256 and 480/512 GB models, we'll be more than able to tell you which SSDs are the best choice right now. We'll briefly cover the SSDs that we've ...

As one of the three surviving manufacturers of hard disks on planet Earth, you could be forgiven for thinking that Seagate would have a major interest in the technology that's scheduled to replace the hard disk. Until recently at least though you'd be wro...

With the 600 series SSDs, hard disk manufacturer Seagate wants to make a dent in the booming SSD market. Do the established brands need to worry? The company acquired a lot of knowledge and expertise before launching the 600 series for consumers earlie...

Seagate's stab at the SSD market isn't exactly a smashing success. The 600 SSD 480 GB has more or less satisfactory speeds, but they're nothing exceptional, falling far behind its best competitors. And it costs nearly £100 more than the Crucial M500. We'l...

You might think Seagate's only venture into the murky world of SSDs came with its Momentus XT SSHD (solid state hybrid drive). The storage company has been plugging away with this hybrid experiment for quite a while with varying degrees of success, and wh...

Before you say anything, Your right, SSDs having nothing to do with Android. At AndroidSPIN we use all sorts of technology to write articles, hack and root our devices and any technology that helps us do this better is fine with us. That's why we occasion...

Solid state drives have come down significantly in price over the last few years, so it’s now cheaper than ever to upgrade your PC. While 120/128 GiB units offer the best compromise between price and capacity in most cases, some users may opt for a 480...

Just a few years ago, it seemed unlikely that Seagate would ever release an SSD. The company's outspoken CEO, Bill Watkins, roundly dismissed solid state drives in 2008 and 2009, even going so far as to imply Seagate would file lawsuits against upstart ma...

SeagateSeagate has been a leader in the storage industry for more than 30 years. Beginning with the industry's first 5.25-inch hard drive, the company has lead the way, growing to become one of the world's largest manufacturers of storage products. Se...

All the major players are jockeying for position in an effort to get you the consumer to purchase their SSD. Seagate has thrown its hat into the ring with the launch of their 600 Series SSD. This drive is aimed squarely at most of you; the mainstr...

Since its inception, the consumer SSD market has comprised a diverse collection of competitors. The makeup is varied in part because of the nature of the components inside contemporary solid-state drives: a controller chip, some DRAM cache, and an array o...

Seagate is a dominant company in the hard-drive sector, but it has played only in the enterprise space when it comes to solid-state storage. That changed with the introduction of the 600, an SSD aimed squarely at the broader consumer base.One of the first...

Earlier this month, the accomplished storage sovereigns at Seagate announced a trio of new solid state drives in various sizes, capacity and formats. This is the first time the company has turned its attention to the flash powered drives in a number of ye...

Seagate is a dominant company in the hard-drive sector, but it has played only in the enterprise space when it comes to solid-state storage. That changed with the introduction of the 600, an SSD aimed squarely at the broader consumer base. One of the f...

Think storage and it's hard not to think of Seagate. The company is one of the largest storage companies in the world and only recently (March this year) just shipped its two billionth hard disk drive.Seagate's main business is that of traditional mechani...

When we did this shootout last year , we remarked that prices of SSDs have fallen dramatically, to record lows even, making them more accessible to even mainstream users. In the past year, we saw prices of SSDs stabilizing and also noted several trends in...

Think storage and it's hard not to think of Seagate. The company is one of the largest storage companies in the world and only recently (March this year) just shipped its two billionth hard disk drive.Seagate's main business is that of traditional mechani...