Western Digital Annonuces 20,000RPM hard drives.

[Googer]

Western Digital Announces Waaaaay Fasssst 20,000RPM hard drives. I sure hope they will make them affordable.

http://www.crunchgear.com/2008...ere-going-to-20000rpm/

 

[Aimster]

I wonder if they can do it. thats one big leap

 

[lupi]

Is this the 13th part of the BHO change platform?

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: loopy
Is this the 13th part of the BHO change platform?

:roll:

 

[Atreus21]

Originally posted by: lupi
Is this the 13th part of the BHO change platform?

.....

I think that's the funniest thing I've heard all day.

Are there 20,000 RPM SCSI drives?

 

[ElFenix]

that's interesting, and i guess it's news, but it seems out of place here

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
that's interesting, and i guess it's news, but it seems out of place here

I was thinking the same thing, but it is news after all.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Damn that's fast.

 

[m1ldslide1]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
that's interesting, and i guess it's news, but it seems out of place here

Yes, well, it wouldn't seem at all out of place in my computer. The accompanying bank statement however, would seem out of place stapled to my forehead when my SO finds out I spent $400 on a HDD.

 

[Journer]

Originally posted by: Atreus21

Originally posted by: lupi
Is this the 13th part of the BHO change platform?

.....

I think that's the funniest thing I've heard all day.

Are there 20,000 RPM SCSI drives?

not that i know of, the fastest i've heard of is 15k

anyways, whats the point? once SSD picks up in speed no mechanical device will be able to keep up. i know WD will get hit huge when SSD sales pickup (due to all the new competition), but wtf is the point of this?

 

[Aimster]

rather than spend this money they should just buy an SSD company

 

[aka1nas]

Originally posted by: Aimster
rather than spend this money they should just buy an SSD company

It probably buys them 12-18 months to acquire such a company.

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: aka1nas

Originally posted by: Aimster
rather than spend this money they should just buy an SSD company

It probably buys them 12-18 months to acquire such a company.

And keep a price advantage niche market in the larger sizes for much longer than that.

 

[trenchfoot]

Originally posted by: aka1nas

Originally posted by: Aimster
rather than spend this money they should just buy an SSD company

It probably buys them 12-18 months to acquire such a company.

that sounds realistic and logical.

in my ever-growing pile of obsolete but still usable PC hardware i guess i will add to it my sata raptor drives so i can play with these new 20k rpm dirves and then they will be added to the pile as i move over to SSD. this is the real "never-ending story".

 

[extra]

Originally posted by: tweaker2

Originally posted by: aka1nas

Originally posted by: Aimster
rather than spend this money they should just buy an SSD company

It probably buys them 12-18 months to acquire such a company.

that sounds realistic and logical.

in my ever-growing pile of obsolete but still usable PC hardware i guess i will add to it my sata raptor drives so i can play with these new 20k rpm dirves and then they will be added to the pile as i move over to SSD. this is the real "never-ending story".

Hehehehe oh I don't think the need for real hard drives is going away anytime soon!

Well, hey, this must be part of the platform of change Obama is running on? *giggle* I know, wrong forum, but cool news!

Of course, knowing how western digital will price them, these will prolly cost more per GB than SSD hah... (seriously, sadly).

 

[jpeyton]

Does it come with noise-canceling headphones?

 

[jjones]

How far off are we from SSD becoming the standard on a new build?

 

[extra]

Originally posted by: jjones
How far off are we from SSD becoming the standard on a new build?

I'd say within the next 18 months many enthusiasts will have a SSD as their main drive with Windows and other things that need high performance on it, and a large slower HDD with their data, music, and movies. It's really unavoidable at this point that that is the way things are going to be for a while. SSDs aren't going to have the space people crave for quite a while despite the enthusiasm for them. Performance is really ramping up though and the ability to have Windows and your games on a much higher performing drive will be too much for people to resist. =) 18 months I say it'll be common to see in people's builds here.

 

[Atreus21]

Originally posted by: extra

Originally posted by: jjones
How far off are we from SSD becoming the standard on a new build?

I'd say within the next 18 months many enthusiasts will have a SSD as their main drive with Windows and other things that need high performance on it, and a large slower HDD with their data, music, and movies. It's really unavoidable at this point that that is the way things are going to be for a while. SSDs aren't going to have the space people crave for quite a while despite the enthusiasm for them. Performance is really ramping up though and the ability to have Windows and your games on a much higher performing drive will be too much for people to resist. =) 18 months I say it'll be common to see in people's builds here.

I think we'll see the biggest migration to SSD going on from the enterprise-level. A fast, cool, power-efficient drive that almost never fails has got to have them salivating.

 

[palehorse]

Mobo with instant-on linux options, a single fast SSD as the normal OS' boot drive, and a few large 20,000 RPM Sata drives... mmmm... sounds nice!

I want.

 

[tvarad]

I remember buying a refurbished 17" SGI LCD monitor a little more than a decade ago and thinking it was a bargain at $550 when the regular price was around $1300 or so (It made the AT hot deal of the year, if I remember right).

Memo to WD: "Don't fight technological trends. The trends always win".

 

[bamacre]

Is this really a big deal? 15K rpm SCSI and now SAS drives are common for servers and high-end workstations. The 10K rpm raptors are expensive, and these won't be cheap either.

I'll admit though, using the word "silent" in their description is interesting. The 15K rpm SAS drives are certainly not silent.

 

[jpeyton]

I'm not sure why WD is fighting the market on this.

We've been clearly moving to lower-power, greener, quieter electronic devices. SSD will fit that profile going into the future.

Mechanical hard disks don't. The entire world isn't ready for SSD just yet, but WD and Seagate (and others) should get ready to transition in the next two years. Flash memory prices are still falling rapidly.

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: Journer

Originally posted by: Atreus21

Originally posted by: lupi
Is this the 13th part of the BHO change platform?

.....

I think that's the funniest thing I've heard all day.

Are there 20,000 RPM SCSI drives?

not that i know of, the fastest i've heard of is 15k

anyways, whats the point? once SSD picks up in speed no mechanical device will be able to keep up. i know WD will get hit huge when SSD sales pickup (due to all the new competition), but wtf is the point of this?

To provide a high I/O rate that is competitive with the future SSD market.

 

[Moonbeam]

Not sure I'd want that running at head or heart level.