Seagate Momentus 7200.3 320GB Hard Drive Now Available with Dell and Alienware Laptops

Seagate’s new Momentus 7200.3 hard drive, the first 7,200-rpm, 320GB hard drive for notebooks, are now shipping in select Dell XPS laptops and will also be available in Alienware laptops. I guess this officially marks the entry of the high capacity, high-performance 320GB hard drives - which only means you now have more data to lose if the drive goes bust!

Anyway, jokes apart, the Momentus 7200.3 comes in a 2.5 inch form factor featuring SATA 3.0 Gbit/second interface as well as a 16MB cache that enhances performance. The drive also features G-Force Protection, where a free-fall sensor detects any changes in acceleration equalling the force of gravity, and quickly parking the head off the disk to prevent major damage in a free fall (even as low as 8 inches!).

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More features in the extended entry.

Highest available notebook performance increases productivity
in all environments.

Developed with proven Seagate 7200-RPM laptop technology

Available in capacities from 80 GB to 320 GB

SATA 3Gb/s NCQ interface

16-MB cache on every capacity

G-Force Protection™ available for added robustness in mobile
environments

Green features:
– Leverages Seagate laptop power management technology,
delivering the lowest-power 7200-RPM laptop hard drive yet
– Utilizes ramp load features which remove the head from the disk
during idle periods, improving idle power consumption and adding
to the durability of the drive

QuietStep™ technology enables ultra-quiet load/unload acoustics

Perpendicular recording technology

Seagate 5-year limited warranty