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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