|
|
 |
11-23-2012, 09:59 AM
|
#1
|
|
Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Elkhart, KS
Posts: 19
|
$79 WD VelociRaptor
just got a Western Digital WD VelociRaptor WD5000HHTZ 500GB 10000 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive form the EGG.
$79.99 w/free shipping! Reg. $199
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822236244
|
|
|
|
11-23-2012, 10:01 AM
|
#2
|
|
Diamond Member
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 7,225
|
Your link isn't working for me...
Try this one.
__________________
Steve
PhII 1090T @ 4.03GHz/2.6GHz NB/L3, MSI K9A2 Platinum, 8GB DDR2 @ 866MHz, Radeon 7970 @ 1025/1400, 120GB Intel 320 SSD, ABS-Tagan BZ900
|
|
|
|
11-23-2012, 11:45 AM
|
#3
|
|
Diamond Member
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 5,319
|
5 years ago i would have bought one
but now it's too darn loud and not fast enough compared to SSD
i'd rather have a fast SSD for OS/programs and a silent HDD for storage
__________________
She was a broad and burly man, her name was Brian Manahan.
Five foot three, built like a tree, she sat to poop and stood to pee.
|
|
|
|
|
11-23-2012, 12:42 PM
|
#4
|
|
Super Moderator
Off Topic
Elite Member
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Somewhere Gillbot can't find me
Posts: 22,035
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by brianmanahan
5 years ago i would have bought one
but now it's too darn loud and not fast enough compared to SSD
|
It is no louder than normal 3.5" 7200RPM performance drives. You're probably thinking of the older Raptors, not the current VelociRaptors. Those Raptors were noisy.
How much does a 500GB 7200RPM HDD cost these days? Probably only $20 less.
|
|
|
|
|
11-23-2012, 01:39 PM
|
#5
|
|
Diamond Member
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Arlington VA
Posts: 7,220
|
Really the best price for a latest gen VelociRaptor, next nearest are nearly $20 higher. I'm tempted to buy a few.
Quote:
Originally Posted by brianmanahan
but now it's too darn loud and not fast enough compared to SSD
i'd rather have a fast SSD for OS/programs and a silent HDD for storage
|
Why would you compare with a silent component? While the drive is louder than a silent SSD, if you have a video card with a fan on it or a CPU fan I bet you would struggle to hear the raptor over them.
Last edited by Chiropteran; 11-23-2012 at 01:41 PM.
|
|
|
|
|
11-23-2012, 03:09 PM
|
#6
|
|
Golden Member
Join Date: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,340
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chiropteran
Really the best price for a latest gen VelociRaptor, next nearest are nearly $20 higher. I'm tempted to buy a few.
Why would you compare with a silent component? While the drive is louder than a silent SSD, if you have a video card with a fan on it or a CPU fan I bet you would struggle to hear the raptor over them.
|
Great as a fast storage drive, wish the 1TB version was marked down the same percentage!
__________________
Asus P6T Deluxe V2, Ci7 920 @ 4GHz, Corsair H100, 2x240GB SanDisk Extreme SSDs in Raid 0, WD VR 300 HD, MSI GTX 680 Power Edition @ 1200MHz, 12GB G.Skill Riojaws DDR3 1600, Corair 850HX, Corsair 800D case. Win7 x64 Ultimate.
Heatware
|
|
|
|
|
11-23-2012, 03:34 PM
|
#7
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 659
|
In terms of reliability, how are these compared to 7200? Would it be lower cause they spin faster?
|
|
|
|
|
11-23-2012, 03:52 PM
|
#8
|
|
Diamond Member
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 7,599
|
FWIW, they have a 5 year warranty.
Remember reading review where it said this current generation of Velociraptor has about same power consumption and heat production as their desktop Green Power 5400 rpm drives (?)
Here is the Anandtech review of the 1 TB version (3 platters, vs. 2 in this one): http://www.anandtech.com/show/5729/w...000dhtz-review
Last edited by mshan; 11-23-2012 at 03:55 PM.
|
|
|
|
|
11-23-2012, 04:58 PM
|
#9
|
|
Diamond Member
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Equestria
Posts: 6,522
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by brianmanahan
5 years ago i would have bought one
but now it's too darn loud and not fast enough compared to SSD
|
Spending $350 for a 512GB SSD for a Steam drive would be silly. Spending $80 for a Velociraptor vs a $50 7200RPM drive would not.
|
|
|
|
|
11-23-2012, 10:58 PM
|
#10
|
|
Golden Member
Join Date: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,340
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by lambchops511
In terms of reliability, how are these compared to 7200? Would it be lower cause they spin faster?
|
In practical terms, I've had no problems with four VRs spanning three generations, IIRC.
__________________
Asus P6T Deluxe V2, Ci7 920 @ 4GHz, Corsair H100, 2x240GB SanDisk Extreme SSDs in Raid 0, WD VR 300 HD, MSI GTX 680 Power Edition @ 1200MHz, 12GB G.Skill Riojaws DDR3 1600, Corair 850HX, Corsair 800D case. Win7 x64 Ultimate.
Heatware
|
|
|
|
|
11-23-2012, 11:05 PM
|
#11
|
|
Platinum Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 2,214
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by DominionSeraph
Spending $350 for a 512GB SSD for a Steam drive would be silly. Spending $80 for a Velociraptor vs a $50 7200RPM drive would not.
|
Excellent point. I also have Windows Vista still so... I'd rather not deal with an SSD at the moment.
__________________
Check out my personal website ? Daily-Pages
|
|
|
|
|
11-24-2012, 01:45 PM
|
#12
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Closet
Posts: 823
|
Wow! They are still making these Dino drives, why? They should be extinct for a reason.
|
|
|
|
|
11-24-2012, 02:35 PM
|
#13
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 345
|
Bought one yesterday! And they have a 5 year warranty too!
@klienkenstein
B/C SSDs are pretty pricey and if you want more space~500gb ssd will run you $500. But WD should adjust pricing for the VR. But this was just a steal at $80.
Last edited by crazymonkeyzero; 11-24-2012 at 02:37 PM.
|
|
|
|
|
11-24-2012, 02:47 PM
|
#14
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Closet
Posts: 823
|
Waste of dinero IMO. Most any 3TB can pounce on the Dinosaurs. In raid0 they get bitchslapped. But hey, it's your scratch and rationale...I suppose.
|
|
|
|
|
11-24-2012, 02:54 PM
|
#15
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 345
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by kleinkinstein
Waste of dinero IMO. Most any 3TB can pounce on the Dinosaurs. In raid0 they get bitchslapped. But hey, it's your scratch and rationale...I suppose.
|
raid0 implies you need to buy at least 2+ drives, making it cost about the same as the raptor lol. Plus data loss if one drive fails is problematic for some. But I agree, VRs are a dying breed as SSD prices are going down. But until SSDs become completely affordable, they will still be alive.
|
|
|
|
|
11-24-2012, 03:50 PM
|
#16
|
|
Golden Member
Join Date: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,340
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by kleinkinstein
Wow! They are still making these Dino drives, why? They should be extinct for a reason.
|
They work very well in RAID0 arrays providing good performance and capacity for things like large virtual machines that you probably don't want on your SSDs. If you short stroke them you can keep performance pretty high (high IOPS/sec).
__________________
Asus P6T Deluxe V2, Ci7 920 @ 4GHz, Corsair H100, 2x240GB SanDisk Extreme SSDs in Raid 0, WD VR 300 HD, MSI GTX 680 Power Edition @ 1200MHz, 12GB G.Skill Riojaws DDR3 1600, Corair 850HX, Corsair 800D case. Win7 x64 Ultimate.
Heatware
|
|
|
|
|
11-24-2012, 06:03 PM
|
#17
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Closet
Posts: 823
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by crazymonkeyzero
raid0 implies you need to buy at least 2+ drives, making it cost about the same as the raptor lol.
|
Okay, let's go with your logic. 6TB Barracuda @ $180 ($0.03/GB) shits on a 1TB Dinodrive @ $160 ($0.16/GB). But hey, no foul, it's your money.
Profanity is only allowed in the social forums.
Also, threadcrapping is not allowed either. This Black Friday forum is an extension of the Hotdeals Forum, so the same rules apply here as they do in Hot Deals.
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=323
What about COURTESY?
"No thread crapping. If the subject matter of a deal does not interest you, do not post negative comments about it, or about other members, in the thread."
If this Raptor deal does not interest you, do not post negative comments about it.
esquared
Anandtech Forum Director
Last edited by esquared; 11-25-2012 at 01:35 AM.
|
|
|
|
|
11-24-2012, 06:42 PM
|
#18
|
|
Golden Member
Join Date: Aug 2001
Posts: 1,444
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by kleinkinstein
Waste of dinero IMO. Most any 3TB can pounce on the Dinosaurs. In raid0 they get bitchslapped. But hey, it's your scratch and rationale...I suppose.
|
Compare your precious 3TB Barracuda ST3000DM001 to the 1TB Raptor WD1000DHTZ (same line as this 500GB WD5000HHTZ) pounce is not found.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/5729/w...0dhtz-review/2
To add. We get it. You posted the best deal. You must now justify your "best deal."
__________________
Quote:
Originally posted by: Wreckage
I won't bother clicking it, who knows what else is loading onto your computer from that site.
|
|
|
|
|
|
11-24-2012, 10:46 PM
|
#19
|
|
Diamond Member
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Arlington VA
Posts: 7,220
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by kleinkinstein
Most any 3TB can pounce on the Dinosaurs.
|
Except, not. The latest gen raptor (which this is) is the fastest available mechanical drive. There is no faster 3TB drive.
Besides, you also get a 5 year warranty on these, and the bonus of not having your data randomly lost due to drive failure 70% of the time like it would be if you used a Seagate branded drive.
All in all this is an amazing deal.
|
|
|
|
|
11-25-2012, 06:47 PM
|
#20
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Closet
Posts: 823
|
GFGawd! SFS!
|
|
|
|
|
11-25-2012, 09:57 PM
|
#21
|
|
Golden Member
Join Date: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,340
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by kleinkinstein
GFGawd! SFS!
|
Google can't translate this.
__________________
Asus P6T Deluxe V2, Ci7 920 @ 4GHz, Corsair H100, 2x240GB SanDisk Extreme SSDs in Raid 0, WD VR 300 HD, MSI GTX 680 Power Edition @ 1200MHz, 12GB G.Skill Riojaws DDR3 1600, Corair 850HX, Corsair 800D case. Win7 x64 Ultimate.
Heatware
|
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 08:51 PM.
|
