Seagate Hybrid HDD Into Monster Digital Upgrade Kit

Monster Digital, in memory storage solutions, is teaming with Seagate Technology LLC to upgrade laptop and desktop PC storage to Seagate’s Momentus XT solid state hybrid drive (SSHD).

With the Monster Digital upgrade kit, computer users will be able to accelerate the boot times and performance of their laptop or desktop PCs with an upgrade to the Momentus XT drive.

Monster Digital’s Dakar series upgrade kit will be offered with 750GB and 500GB models of Seagate’s Momentus XT drive at suggested retail prices of $289.99 and $269.99 respectively.

Momentus XT
The Momentus XT drive couples the capacity of a traditional hard drive with SSD speed at a fraction of the cost of an SSD. The Momentus XT drive, Seagate’s second-generation SSHD, combines a 7200RPM spin speed, a Serial ATA 6Gb/second interface, 8GB of single-level cell NAND flash memory and Seagate’s Adaptive Memory and FAST Factor technologies to deliver fast boot-up and application response.

Installation Kit for Upgrading Computer Experiences
Upgrading your laptop or desktop PC with Monster Digital’s SSHD upgrade kit isn’t a task that requires a computer science degree or a house call from a techie. Monster Digital provides everything needed so just about anyone can upgrade their own computer to the experience of hybrid drive technology. The kit includes software, cables, an instructional video and a screwdriver.

Monster Digital CEO Jay Tandon noted: "Our alliance with Seagate reflects Monster Digital’s commitment and mission to provide consumers with the products and technologies they need to dramatically enhance their computing experience. Seagate is an undisputed leader and expert in solid state hybrid drive storage technology and we are indeed fortunate to be working with them to bring the SSHD solution to our customers. Today’s computer users want faster access to all their important content, from music and videos to games, documents and more. With our new Monster Digital SSHD solution, they will be able to easily and affordably upgrade their performance capabilities, allowing them to enjoy virtually solid state drive speeds, with much greater storage capacity and lower cost. Best of all, with our easy installation kit, upgrading to SSHD is a snap."

"The Monster Digital laptop upgrade kit featuring the Momentus XT drive will enable more computer users hungry for performance to experience solid state speed without sacrificing storage capacity or emptying their wallets," said Henry Fabian, executive director of product marketing at Seagate. "The kit makes it simple and easy to transform a stock laptop into a high-performance computing machine."

Technologies for Performance
Monster Digital’s SSHD upgrade kit will feature Seagate’s Adaptive Memory and FAST Factor technologies (Flash Assisted Storage Technology). Adaptive Memory technology identifies data usage patterns, and then moves the most frequently retrieved information to solid state memory for faster access, tailoring hard drive performance to each user and their computer applications. FAST Factor technology blends the strengths of SSDs and hard disk drives for faster access to applications, quicker boot-up and higher overall system speed.

The Momentus XT drive is up to three times faster than a traditional hard disk drive and rivals SSDs in performance.

In addition to its new SSHD upgrade kit, Monster Digital offers a line of SSDs, a line of rugged, SD, MicroSD and CompactFlash memory cards. SD cards range in density from 8GB to 128GB at class 10 and UHS-1 speeds, as well as MicroSD cards from 4GB to 32GB capacities at class 10. Monster Digital’s first CompactFlash Cards are notably 800x speed and UDMA 7. Monster Digital memory card products are waterproof, impact, temperature, magnetic resistant to safely keep your photos, videos, music and data.