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Is there a new raptor coming soon?, Need new system disc!

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Mech0z

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I am in the market for a new system disc and are right now considering the raptor 150gb as no other drive seem to challange it in access times, I would however love if there came a new revision as the newest raptor is 2 years old now, and I do think I read there might be a new underway, and then I don't want to buy a drive right now before the new comes.

Other than that would you suggest anything else for a system disc?

Btw can I expect the single platter F1 334gb to have good access time?
 
The newest SSDs, such as the MTRON 7000 series, soundly beat the Raptor in most if not all benchmarks. The only problem is that the cost is beyond the reach of most people.
 
To answer your question. As far as I know I have not heard of a new raptor coming out soon. The only thing I could see being changed would be from SATA 1.5 to 3.0. Not sure that would make that much of a increase in performance.

I can't wait for SSDs to come down in price. For the price of 1 mtron pro 7000 16gb I think it would be a smarter choice to buy 2 of the 6000 pro series 16gb and run them in a raid 0 for a much faster solution and only cost a little more. At least until the prices come down a lot more.

1 mtron pro 7000 16gb = $760 USD
2 mtron pro 6000 16gb = $770 USD

http://neostore.com/
 
in ALL benchmarks, by a LOT...

They also cost an arm and a leg...

Don't know of any new raptors on the horizon.. don't think there will be... SSD is the wave of the future, like with LCDs when they just arrived. Everyone is pouring all their development budget into the SSDs...
 
Originally posted by: NinjaJedi
To answer your question. As far as I know I have not heard of a new raptor coming out soon. The only thing I could see being changed would be from SATA 1.5 to 3.0. Not sure that would make that much of a increase in performance.[/L]
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It wouldn't.

I haven't heard anything about a new Raptor, and I personally wouldn't buy one right now when 750GB and 1TB hard drives offer 5-7 times the capacity and similar performance for $150-240.
 
Originally posted by: NinjaJedi
To answer your question. As far as I know I have not heard of a new raptor coming out soon. The only thing I could see being changed would be from SATA 1.5 to 3.0. Not sure that would make that much of a increase in performance.
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They would probably change a little more than that if they were to make another anyway, it'd probably be a 500GB platter, 32Mb cache, 10k rpm, and toss in a few newer features and you'd get a new hdd for $400.
 
Originally posted by: Quiksilver
Originally posted by: NinjaJedi
To answer your question. As far as I know I have not heard of a new raptor coming out soon. The only thing I could see being changed would be from SATA 1.5 to 3.0. Not sure that would make that much of a increase in performance.
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They would probably change a little more than that if they were to make another anyway, it'd probably be a 500GB platter, 32Mb cache, 10k rpm, and toss in a few newer features and you'd get a new hdd for $400.
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That's true I did not think about the cache. But are there 500gb platters? I heard there were 320gb ones. I thought one of the advantages of the raptor was it was only 1 platter. Maybe I misread or understood it wrong. I guess they could go with the perpendicular technology also. Or would that work well with a 10k speed drive? Since a raptor is mainly for bench markers and gamers is anything over 150gb really needed? I do agree with DSF though if you wanted high capacity just go with the Hitachi 1TB drive.
 
Originally posted by: NinjaJedi
Originally posted by: Quiksilver
Originally posted by: NinjaJedi
To answer your question. As far as I know I have not heard of a new raptor coming out soon. The only thing I could see being changed would be from SATA 1.5 to 3.0. Not sure that would make that much of a increase in performance.
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They would probably change a little more than that if they were to make another anyway, it'd probably be a 500GB platter, 32Mb cache, 10k rpm, and toss in a few newer features and you'd get a new hdd for $400.
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That's true I did not think about the cache. But are there 500gb platters? I heard there were 320gb ones. I thought one of the advantages of the raptor was it was only 1 platter. Maybe I misread or understood it wrong. I guess they could go with the perpendicular technology also. Or would that work well with a 10k speed drive? Since a raptor is mainly for bench markers and gamers is anything over 150gb really needed? I do agree with DSF though if you wanted high capacity just go with the Hitachi 1TB drive.
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I'm not entirely sure about the largest platters, but I believe if WD did put R&D into it, it would be feasible; I mean I know most 1TB drives are 3 platters, Samsung has a 750GB drive that is 2 platters I believe, so it probably could be done. It wasn't a fact, just a general assumption. 😉
 
Originally posted by: Quiksilver
Originally posted by: NinjaJedi
Originally posted by: Quiksilver
Originally posted by: NinjaJedi
To answer your question. As far as I know I have not heard of a new raptor coming out soon. The only thing I could see being changed would be from SATA 1.5 to 3.0. Not sure that would make that much of a increase in performance.
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They would probably change a little more than that if they were to make another anyway, it'd probably be a 500GB platter, 32Mb cache, 10k rpm, and toss in a few newer features and you'd get a new hdd for $400.
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That's true I did not think about the cache. But are there 500gb platters? I heard there were 320gb ones. I thought one of the advantages of the raptor was it was only 1 platter. Maybe I misread or understood it wrong. I guess they could go with the perpendicular technology also. Or would that work well with a 10k speed drive? Since a raptor is mainly for bench markers and gamers is anything over 150gb really needed? I do agree with DSF though if you wanted high capacity just go with the Hitachi 1TB drive.
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I'm not entirely sure about the largest platters, but I believe if WD did put R&D into it, it would be feasible; I mean I know most 1TB drives are 3 platters, Samsung has a 750GB drive that is 2 platters I believe, so it probably could be done. It wasn't a fact, just a general assumption. 😉
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lol I wasn't calling you out on that I was just wondering myself.

Putem up putem up 😛
 
Originally posted by: Quiksilver

I'm not entirely sure about the largest platters, but I believe if WD did put R&D into it, it would be feasible; I mean I know most 1TB drives are 3 platters, Samsung has a 750GB drive that is 2 platters I believe, so it probably could be done. It wasn't a fact, just a general assumption. 😉
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You usually can't get the same areal density out of a platter when you increase spindle speeds.

Either way, I could almost see the next Raptor or successor-product being an entry level performance SSD. They probably need another 18 months or so to be able to release a semi-affordable($400 or so) 128GB SSD.
 
Plus Raptors aren't really the king any more - especially so for 74GB ones. 150GB ones will keep its place against 7200RPM SATAII drives, but 74GB Raptors have already lost its performance edge. You can buy a 250GB/320GB single platter disks now and they'll outperform 74GB Raptors more often than not. (except Random access)
 
The Samsung 750GB drive is made of 3 x 250GB platters, not 2 x 375GB platters... they're not even up to that density yet.
 
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