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Apr 25, 2008, 05:28 PM
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DH's Youngest Mod
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Los Angeles
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who's gonna get the new WD VelociRaptor?
WD VelociRaptor 300 GB SATA Hard Drives ( WD3000GLFS )
brand new just off the production lines... in stock barely anywhere...
lol but very, very fast
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Apr 25, 2008, 05:31 PM
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Neighborhood screw up.
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: MI, US
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Put 6 of them in Raid 0 for a good time.
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Apr 25, 2008, 05:32 PM
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DH's Youngest Mod
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i want to but just a single one costs more than my 2 7200.11s did when i first got them....
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Apr 25, 2008, 06:23 PM
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DriverHeaven Extreme Member
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Real capital of Canada: Toronto
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I'm actually surprised by the price. A buck a Gig is rather reasonable.
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Apr 25, 2008, 06:30 PM
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DriverHeaven Extreme Member
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Not worth the money.
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Apr 25, 2008, 07:15 PM
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4870X2 Anyone??
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: New York
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Im already buying 2  |
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Apr 25, 2008, 07:17 PM
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DriverHeaven Extreme Member
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Location: norcal
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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.
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Apr 25, 2008, 08:07 PM
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Xtreme
Join Date: Oct 2003
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Necrosis
Not worth the money.
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Agreed. When the WD640AAKS performs almost equally at a fraction of the price per GB. |
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Apr 25, 2008, 09:57 PM
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4870X2 Anyone??
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: New York
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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.
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Apr 25, 2008, 10:03 PM
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DH's Youngest Mod
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ChaosMinionX
Im already buying 2 |
barely??? i thought you already had them... 
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Apr 25, 2008, 10:12 PM
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DriverHeaven Extreme Member
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Quote:
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.
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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. |
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Apr 25, 2008, 10:40 PM
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4870X2 Anyone??
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Location: New York
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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.
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Apr 26, 2008, 02:23 AM
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DriverHeaven Extreme Member
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Gefle, Sweden
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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.
Last edited by mkk; Apr 26, 2008 at 02:33 AM.
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Apr 26, 2008, 04:39 AM
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DriverHeaven Senior Member
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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
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Apr 26, 2008, 10:41 AM
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Xtreme
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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.
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Apr 26, 2008, 11:48 AM
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DriverHeaven Senior Member
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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.
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Apr 26, 2008, 12:31 PM
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At Your Service...
Join Date: May 2002
Location: North Carolina
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lowfat
Agreed. When the WD640AAKS performs almost equally at a fraction of the price per GB.
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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... |
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Apr 26, 2008, 01:57 PM
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DH's Youngest Mod
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Location: Los Angeles
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i want one....
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Apr 26, 2008, 10:46 PM
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DH's Youngest Mod
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Location: Los Angeles
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hope it works good for you guys, ill probably recommend this from now on.
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Apr 27, 2008, 12:06 AM
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4870X2 Anyone??
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Location: New York
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I have a 500AAKS I will compare it to Velociraptor when I get them.
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Apr 27, 2008, 12:08 AM
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DH's Youngest Mod
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Location: Los Angeles
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hows the X3350? get it past 4.0GHz?
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Apr 27, 2008, 01:36 AM
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4870X2 Anyone??
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