Storage Review reviews new Raptor

[Bobthelost]

Originally posted by: Old Man River
Boy! I?d like to have that 150GB one, and I don?t mind spending the 3 hundred dollars for something good, but how am I to know if the Western Digital drives are as good as what I think the Seagates are? Are they? I don?t know. Which drive manufacture can I depend on to protect my precious work?

You wot? Anything that's stored on a hard drive isn't safe. If you want information on relliability then head over to the storage review forums and look at the reliability survey.

If you are going to buy this and you don't have a clear case then get the enterprise version.

 

[Old Man River]

Sigh!

Bobthelost, I didn?t think I needed to be that explicit.

Yes, I back up all of my work on both the Internet and CDs and I don?t intend to buy the one with the window in it.

This is the one I may want:
Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive ? OEM $299.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822136012

or, perhaps this one:
Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 ST3250823AS 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive ? OEM $108.00

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16822148065

But never mind, thanks.

 

[Devistater]

This drive kicks behind. Its got much higher platter density, native SATA interface, and its significantly faster than the 74g version.

Old Man River:
Raptors have quite a large MTFB (especially this new one, I think it was like 1.2 million hours or some such), and they have a 5 year warranty (just like seagate). They are pretty reliable.

Originally posted by: pelikan
Thanks for the link. I'd love to have one, as I like my 74gb raptor. But for $300. I'll wait until they are available used for cheaper.

Not going to happen any time soon if much at all. Its same price per gig as the 74g, and when was last time you saw the 74g raptor drop in price?

Originally posted by: CalamitySymphony
Finally. I would take this drive over ALL OTHERS even at a budget cut somewhere else in the system simply because the HD is the SLOWEST part of any computer. Faster the HD, the speedier everyday tasks and performances.

Totally correct. Hdd is slowest since it has moving parts. HDD access is in ms, memory access times are in ns (or has it changed up to ps?).

 

[foodfightr]

Mine runs fast as heck.

🙂

 

[TranSoft]

I saw a Raptor X posted on E bay. What do you guys think?

 

[foodfightr]

Originally posted by: TranSoft
I saw a Raptor X posted on E bay. What do you guys think?

great, cept it isnt sata 2

 

[Kaido]

So is a Raptor 150 really faster than a 15k Seagate Cheetah?

 

[Cooler]

Originally posted by: Kaido
So is a Raptor 150 really faster than a 15k Seagate Cheetah?

it should be.

 

[Bobthelost]

Originally posted by: Kaido
So is a Raptor 150 really faster than a 15k Seagate Cheetah?

Not the 147gb variant, or not much faster, but faster than a 74gb variant, yes.

All for single user apps, Server useage patterns are different.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: Bobthelost

Originally posted by: Kaido
So is a Raptor 150 really faster than a 15k Seagate Cheetah?

Not the 147gb variant, or not much faster, but faster than a 74gb variant, yes.

All for single user apps, Server useage patterns are different.

Wow, if that's the case, then I'm crossing the 147 gig 15k Cheetah off my Dream Parts list and adding the Raptor 150 🙂

 

[Bobthelost]

Sorry i'll expand, the 147gb fujitsu MAU and the seagate 15k cheetah 147gb both edge out the Raptor in most single user benchmarks and tests. However the Raptor 150 is faster than smaller 74gb SCSI drives.

For ultra fast SCSI still wins, but you really do need a lot of cash for the win.

 

[Velk]

Originally posted by: Bobthelost
Sorry i'll expand, the 147gb fujitsu MAU and the seagate 15k cheetah 147gb both edge out the Raptor in most single user benchmarks and tests. However the Raptor 150 is faster than smaller 74gb SCSI drives..

You *did* read the review right ?

 

[solo717]

raptor X clear verison is released....

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but at a not so reachable prices...

 

[Bobthelost]

Originally posted by: Velk

Originally posted by: Bobthelost
Sorry i'll expand, the 147gb fujitsu MAU and the seagate 15k cheetah 147gb both edge out the Raptor in most single user benchmarks and tests. However the Raptor 150 is faster than smaller 74gb SCSI drives..

You *did* read the review right ?

Yes, and i can also read the performance database, your point is?

Edited for typo

 

[Ronin]

Pair on their way. Time to start replacing my 80/74/36's.

 

[Pariah]

Originally posted by: Bobthelost

Originally posted by: Velk

Originally posted by: Bobthelost
Sorry i'll expand, the 147gb fujitsu MAU and the seagate 15k cheetah 147gb both edge out the Raptor in most single user benchmarks and tests. However the Raptor 150 is faster than smaller 74gb SCSI drives..

You *did* read the review right ?

Yes, and i can also read the performance database, your point is?

Edited for typo

I think his point was that the Raptor simply crushed the Cheetah in 3 out of the 5 single user tests (average margin 44%), including both multiapplication suites while losing by a significantly smaller margin in 2 of the game tests (6%). It also beat the Mau in the same 3 tests, which means neither drive "edged out the Raptor in most single user benchmarks and tests."

So basically his point was, you are wrong.