Preview: WD VelociRaptor

[Raz1r]

Western Digital VelociRaptor

• Price: $300
• 3.5" with WD-ICEPAK
• SATA-II 3GB/s
• 300GB size
• 10,000 RPM
• 2 platters, 4 heads

Wish I had $300 to blow on a HDD...
My Upgrade comes to $282.70 with shipping, lol.

[NightrainSrt4]

Cool. I saw this a week or two ago. The cool thing is that it is actually a 2.5" drive and the heatsink makes up the rest.

Ahhh, but too much money for a hard drive for me. Never had much issue with waiting for boot times or even loading times.

[The boy 4rm oz]

The good news is I have already seen a price drop in the 32 and 74BG drives. I want to get myself a 74GB drive for vista and a 750GB-1TB drive for the rest of my stuff.

[Raz1r]

I've been hoping for a more mainstream solution, maybe a 3GB/s 150GB drive in 3.5" (no Ice-pak)

[J-Roc]

Its about time!

I'm assuming the ICE-Pack is essential for cooling that thing.

[NightrainSrt4]

Its about time!

I'm assuming the ICE-Pack is essential for cooling that thing.

More than likely ya. As from the quick glance I had when I looked at it a while ago the connections looked like it would fit right into a laptop as the connections look to be in the same spot. But I'm betting that thing pumps out the heat and thats why they say not compatible with laptops.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Your probably right there. A lap top sized drive that spins at 10,000 rpms, there is gonna be a tone of heat there.

[Crimson Sky]

I love the Raptors--a great midway point between 7200 RPM and 15k SCSI.

I still prefer my 15K Fujitsu SCSI ($900 each) for that 2.2ms seek time

[jdbnsn]

I still prefer my 15K Fujitsu SCSI ($900 each) for that 2.2ms seek time

If those are what you have in Doom3, then I agree. Those were niiiicccceeee!!!

[Crimson Sky]

If those are what you have in Doom3, then I agree. Those were niiiicccceeee!!!

yeah thats what the OS is on...blazing fast, but I bet these new Raptors in Raid0 are quite speedy.