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

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.

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.