Recently a new breed of storage has emerged combining a traditional platter HDD and a limited SSD "cache". I.e the Seagate Momentus XT range. Specs: XXX SATA 3Gb/s, 32MB, 7200RPM, HDD + 4GB SSD SLC memory, 2.5" - apparently available as 250, 300 and 500 GB.Does anybody have hands on experience with these?Or can somebody more tech savvy than me make an educated guess on the usefulness of these devices?Perhaps compared to full SSD, Raptors, WD Blacks?

Hi,here you'll find some hints on subject :http://translate.google.pl/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=pl&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=pl&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.benchmark.pl%2Fmini-recenzje%2FDodatkowe_testy_hybrydowego_dysku_Seagate_Momentus_XT-3179.html&act=urlBTW. - please check date and time setting in your system - otherwise you'll get the result as in your post (your post date is september).greets, Peter

Thanks for the link - I'll have to spend some time to digest the results of all the tests.The post was made back in september 2010 -so also thanks for rescuing it from from oblivion.GreetingsLars