who's gonna get the new WD VelociRaptor?

**kris23** · Apr 25, 2008, 05:28 PM

WD VelociRaptor 300 GB SATA Hard Drives ( WD3000GLFS )

brand new just off the production lines... in stock barely anywhere...

lol but very, very fast

IEMC · Apr 25, 2008, 05:31 PM

Put 6 of them in Raid 0 for a good time.

**kris23** · Apr 25, 2008, 05:32 PM

i want to but just a single one costs more than my 2 7200.11s did when i first got them....

Tipstaff · Apr 25, 2008, 06:23 PM

I'm actually surprised by the price. A buck a Gig is rather reasonable.

Necrosis · Apr 25, 2008, 06:30 PM

Not worth the money.

**ChaosMinionX** · Apr 25, 2008, 07:15 PM

Im already buying 2

mike2h · Apr 25, 2008, 07:17 PM

every raptor so far has had at least 1 rev. the 2nd rev has always improved perf.. at a cheaper price point. if you are conteplating getting this hd(i am) i would wait for at least rev2.

Lowfat · Apr 25, 2008, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Necrosis

Not worth the money.

Agreed. When the WD640AAKS performs almost equally at a fraction of the price per GB.

**ChaosMinionX** · Apr 25, 2008, 09:57 PM

No other drive on the market can touch a 10krpm raptors performance.

Its a premium price to pay for the best mechanical drive on the market, and at that its not that expensive at about ~$1/GB

Its still a hell of alot cheaper than SSDs.

**kris23** · Apr 25, 2008, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ChaosMinionX

Im already buying 2

barely??? i thought you already had them...

lol

Necrosis · Apr 25, 2008, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by ChaosMinionX

No other drive on the market can touch a 10krpm raptors performance.

Its a premium price to pay for the best mechanical drive on the market, and at that its not that expensive at about ~$1/GB

Its still a hell of alot cheaper than SSDs.

The best drive that failed on me after two years of use..thanks but no thanks. It's the second WD I've had die.

**ChaosMinionX** · Apr 25, 2008, 10:40 PM

I exclusively use Western Digital... I have 8 Drives from them, and I have had non die in 2 years....with constant rebooting and whatnot from overclocking... no a single hiccup from them.

EDIT: Thats 4 150GB Raptors, 4 500GB Caviars.

mkk · Apr 26, 2008, 02:23 AM

I love the fact that they are 2.5" drives. I wonder what they sound like with and without that 2.5 to 3.5" converter package. Densities are getting so high that my old dream of 2.5" drives for desktops has a chance to happen at last. The competition in that class can't be nearly as cutthroat as in the regular desktop segment.

Oh and it might be best to mention here that the position of the SATA data and power connectors on this drive does not line up with regular 3.5" drive connectors. Important for those that might dream of putting one in some kind of docking station for instance. One can probably expect some kind of a proprietary hotswap station from WD.

Al_Vampyre · Apr 26, 2008, 04:39 AM

Put me down for one...have a 74Gb at the moment but fed up uninstalling one game to play a different one, nearly bought a 150Gb a couple of weeks ago, now I'll just wait for the 300Gb

Lowfat · Apr 26, 2008, 10:41 AM

Western Digital's VelociRaptor VR150 hard drive - The Tech Report - Page 4

Sure it is faster, but not enough to justify the price IMO. In real world performance it barely is any better than either of the 320GB/platter 640mb drives out there. It is faster at transferring files around in windows. But for games and load times, the different is negligible.

Just Learnin' · Apr 26, 2008, 11:48 AM

I'd love a set but they are asking about $330.00 in Canada, if they were priced at the same as the 150GB raptors I would probably go for it.

swimtech · Apr 26, 2008, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Lowfat

Agreed. When the WD640AAKS performs almost equally at a fraction of the price per GB.

Yup, bought it two weeks ago on special promo - it's installed as of last night (well, this morning...). Haven't powered the system yet though, just taking a break. I was going to buy the 150G Raptor until I saw that model...

I was surprised by the form factor when I saw it announced several days ago - I think the VelociRaptor is a uniquely creative combination of high end engineering and flair - even the name is cool. I bet it sells like a bat out of...

**kris23** · Apr 26, 2008, 01:57 PM

i want one....

Necrosis · Apr 26, 2008, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by kris23

i want one....

Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives

Only 110 w/ tax for you.

Hopefully not against my better judgment I ordered one.

BTW, any interested in a refurbed 150GB raptor for dirt cheap?

**kris23** · Apr 26, 2008, 10:46 PM

hope it works good for you guys, ill probably recommend this from now on.

**ChaosMinionX** · Apr 27, 2008, 12:06 AM

I have a 500AAKS I will compare it to Velociraptor when I get them.

**kris23** · Apr 27, 2008, 12:08 AM

hows the X3350? get it past 4.0GHz?

**ChaosMinionX** · Apr 27, 2008, 01:36 AM

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Originally Posted by kris23

hows the X3350? get it past 4.0GHz?

pffff try did it get past 3.4ghz? No it did not.

Something seriously wrong with x38/x48 they dont clock 45nm quads worth a damn.

I have a couple new X3350's comin to me and I will see how they do.

PangingJr · Apr 28, 2008, 01:21 AM

have seen somewhere, an X3360 (Q9550) @ 400 FSB 3.4GHz and only 1.1000V and i think that's an amazing CPU chip.

lol, only if Intel would give the exact same overclockability chip on (every) retail processors.
(if it is even possible to have the exact same in all the package building process).