Preview of new WD 300 gb Velociraptor....

[Old Hippie]

Looks like WD is offering a new toy. Meet the Evil Beast here and here. :thumbsup:

 

[0roo0roo]

interesting

 

[zerogear]

I wonder how much it is...

 

[Slick5150]

Originally posted by: zerogear
I wonder how much it is...

It said in the review:

"Despite the availability disappointment, the drive itself is priced kind of high as well: suggested MSRP is $299."

Too expensive.

 

[chinaman1472]

TechReport also has a review up: http://techreport.com/articles.x/14583

Seems like a beast, but at $300 for 300GB, I'll wait the extra few seconds and pay $120 for 640/750GB.

 

[WarhammerUC]

question is can u use it as a 2.5 in a notebook or you need that heatsink tray..

nevermind

The 2.5" form factor standard has provisions for different drive thicknesses, with most of today's notebook drives conforming to the thinnest 9mm option. The VelociRaptor's 2.5" drive measures 15mm thick, which means you won't be able to squeeze it into a standard notebook.

 

[nerp]

Looks nice. I guess I'll keep this sucker in mind for the future. The MTBF does look really nice. Awesome for a single disk desktop/workstation.

 

[Old Hippie]

I'm not gonna be the first on the block, but I can see Santa bringing me one....unless I get that lump of coal again! :laugh:

What will be the date of the first "Is the new Raptor really worth it" thread?

 

[postmortemIA]

Finally those people claiming that their 7200rpm drive is as fast as Raptor will shut up. Kudos to WD being only HD company making enthusiasts series.

 

[0roo0roo]

yea it fills the gap between ssd and regular drives.

 

[postmortemIA]

ssd drives are slower of all, thus your statement isn't right..

 

[0roo0roo]

are they?
theres a range of ssd. some like the mtron are very fast, other cheaper drives are slow.

 

[postmortemIA]

they tend to get faster as the manufacturers pay more for marketing..

seriously, it seems that velociraptor has higher sequential read rate than that 32GB SSD, and of course it has far worse random access time. Now, if SSD were cheaper and had more storage, it would be different story. This way 2 velociraptors in RAID0 have 600GB and about 200MB/s sequential read rate.

 

[geokilla]

Legit Review shows that the new Raptors are WAY better than the old ones.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: WarhammerUC
question is can u use it as a 2.5 in a notebook or you need that heatsink tray..

nevermind

The 2.5" form factor standard has provisions for different drive thicknesses, with most of today's notebook drives conforming to the thinnest 9mm option. The VelociRaptor's 2.5" drive measures 15mm thick, which means you won't be able to squeeze it into a standard notebook.

hah
yea the heat would kill everything anyways.

 

[Old Hippie]

seriously, it seems that velociraptor has higher sequential read rate than that 32GB SSD

Think we can shorten this any? How's VR sound? :beer:

 

[n7]

Yup, i already called it a VR in the thread on this in Memory/Storage.

So yes, let's dub it a VR!

I want one.

I've liked Raptors alot since my first one, an old 74.3 GB one.

This will more than likely find a way into my system this summer...

 

[Old Hippie]

Yup, i already called it a VR in the thread on this in Memory/Storage.

Woops, didn't know there was one.

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: Old Hippie

Yup, i already called it a VR in the thread on this in Memory/Storage.

Woops, didn't know there was one.

Well, it was only posted there 32 minutes before you made this thread

I don't spend much time in GH; others don't spend much time in Memory/Storage...

 

[jaqie]

I've never been much on the raptor series, always opting for other drives (recently getting the perp.recording 7200.10 320GB sata2, as an example, instead) but this little drive is starting to change my mind. If I end up with $300 somehow, I just might go for one...but I doubt I will end up with the cash, so my next drive will probably be a 7200.12 (yes, I'll wait). The price point for me getting a new higher perf drive seems to be around ~$100-120 going by my own history.

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: postmortemIA
they tend to get faster as the manufacturers pay more for marketing..

seriously, it seems that velociraptor has higher sequential read rate than that 32GB SSD, and of course it has far worse random access time. Now, if SSD were cheaper and had more storage, it would be different story. This way 2 velociraptors in RAID0 have 600GB and about 200MB/s sequential read rate.

Wouldn't the access time suffer though?
Also if you want high sustained rates, wouldn't 4x640GB drives do something pretty nasty to 2xVRaptors? And probably at a lower cost.

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: chinaman1472
TechReport also has a review up: http://techreport.com/articles.x/14583

Seems like a beast, but at $300 for 300GB, I'll wait the extra few seconds and pay $120 for 640/750GB.

I've paid $200 for a 10GB 5400rpm in the past. A $1 per 1GB 10k drive is a bargain! :laugh: