Dear dell...

[espress0]

I noticed on dells site when you config their gaming tower that the specs for one of the hard drives was: 160GB - 10K RPM, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 16MB Cache.

Where can I get this drive? I think it is a lie and they mean 150GB, 10k rpm 1.5 Gb/s

Am i right? Or is there a SATA II out there with 10,000 RPM?

 

[DSF]

My understanding is that Dell has a special 160GB Raptor that is not available elsewhere.

Edit: I don't have a source for that, but it was being discussed on the forums a month or two ago.

 

[humanure]

probably a mistake not a "lie"

 

[taltamir]

dell has an 80GB and a 160GB raptor that is only available through dell. Nowhere else. Well, actually you can get one used on ebay.

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: taltamir
dell has an 80GB and a 160GB raptor that is only available through dell. Nowhere else. Well, actually you can get one used on ebay.

:thumbsup:

 

[Rubycon]

Any speculation as to whether the platters on said 80/160 units feature truly higher areal density then their 75/150 counterparts? Or perhaps they have narrower media defect areas?

 

[taltamir]

unknown, There is no mention of those drives on the WD website, nor any tech specs available for download (I was hoping to find something there), but it seems they have started selling them on certain etailers (newegg).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Digital_Raptor