what do people have against the western digital raptor?

[6000SUX]

Originally posted by: Son of a N00b
This is not directed at anyone, but a lot of the bashing of products some from people's jeleousy. They cannot afford it so therefor it is a waste, i go a lot of bashing for my rig and a lot of it was BS, things like "IMHO thats a big waste of money, your an idiot!" and id ask, "well does it have better perforamce? and i have th money to spend becuase it makes me happy" their repsonce "nahh your an idiot, its a waste"

pure BS, but thats for SOME, most here do make good reasonable arguements and offer a second opinion or suggestion, like a $/gb ratio in this case

i have 4 raptors in a RAID 0+1, and im about to buy one more for my backup rig, hell they might be a bit over priced but they are the fastest and if i am going to OC and have SLI, why not???

anyways as most people said its a case-by-case situation...dpends on what you are not getting becuase of a ratpor, or what you are getting instead of a raptor...

I can hardly read your post. I just want to say that Raptors are not even close to the fastest thing out there.

On a side note, can anyone tell me if NCQ/TCQ still works when you use an onboard RAID controller for RAID 0?

 

[SVT Cobra]

look past the typos then.....

 

[bluestrobe]

I think people are comparing apples and oranges here. Raptors are designed to be a fast, high use drive. Not a low use storage drive. Comparing the prices and uses between a raptor and a 300 GB drive is pointless at best. If you want high GB for each dollar because you have storage concerns, then a raptor isn't for you. If you want a zippy drive for your OS and a nice big storage drive else ware, then a Raptor is for you.

I have a 40GB drive in my PC and never ran out of room. I have a file server for mass storage. If you?re the type that insists on having a TB of storage in your home PC, then go find another thread to post in. Complainers who never even touched a Raptor and jealousy is large in this thread.

 

[6000SUX]

Originally posted by: Son of a N00b
look past a couple of typos then f***tard...

Ah, another genius contribution. Thank you for your insight. Let me make myself perfectly clear: your post has numerous spelling and grammar errors, and when you get past all of that, it's tripe underneath.

 

[Calistograph2]

People bash them probably because they can't afford them? Just a thought. People base hi priced stuff that gives a nominal performance increase because it makes them feel better about their purchases.

 

[w00t]

speed < space

speed is 2 sec off loading times compared to you gettting more space on ur hd.
they are expensive i am against for sure.

 

[Calistograph2]

I have SCSI raid with 15K drives in RAID 0 on my current gamer. IT's quite lame. Practically worthless for average desktop user/gamer. I would never waste the money again. I have a pretty nice system and folks with similar specs as mine except they have Maxtor DiamondMax 10 get in maps before me LOL. SCSI, please.

BTW I have a 74GB Raptor in my gamer too as a "junk" download drive.

 

[n7]

Raptors are not overrated.

When you have over a terabyte of HDD space with your other HDDs, space isn't an issue for me.

However, the speed increase is well worth it to me.

It's not a huge increase, but it's noticeable, & since the HDD is the slowest device on every computer, it can't hurt to improve its performance.

 

[SVT Cobra]

Originally posted by: n7
Raptors are not overrated.

When you have over a terabyte of HDD space with your other HDDs, space isn't an issue for me.

However, the speed increase is well worth it to me.

It's not a huge increase, but it's noticeable, & since the HDD is the slowest device on every computer, it can't hurt to improve its performance.

yep, the HD is the biggest bottleneck in your computer, i'll get the fastest i can afford.

 

[Electric Amish]

Originally posted by: Chosonman
Price and Size. I hear them things is loud too.

Yeah, my vote. If I had the money to spare, I might get one...but you can get decent performance from a Hitachi SATA for half the price and double the size.

 

[piasabird]

Unless you are running programs handling really large files or databases or data storage on a fairly large scale, I cant see the advantage to having a Raptor DRive. If you were installing a large program or an OS it might make a significant difference. I think they might be better suited in a server for speed. Swap space would work better on a raptor if only the OS was using the Raptor. The same argument about cost of a raptor goes for cost of SCSI Drives. Some people crave speed and they like the Raptor.

 

[Continuity27]

I love the Raptor. I also love FX, SLI, Ultra, etc. Before you call me an idiot, realize it's MY money, I know what I'm buying, and I'm giving the companies the biggest profits. 😉 You like AMD, so blasting the wealthy or people who get the best (and pay the higher prices) keep the companies in business moreso than the people who buy the lower end, where companies don't get as big of a profit.

I have my Raptor for the OS and programs (great use, it uses the Raptors advantages), 2x 160GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 NCQ RAID-0 for workspace (I encode and work with media a lot, this space is used as work space, also using many advantages of these particular hard drives), and an External USB2.0 hard drive for purely data storage, which I can move to any of my computers anywhere (utilizes that advantage too).

Do I need extreme speed for data storage? Nope, that's why I don't have Raptors for that purpose, I use the drives where they excel. The extra $130 for better processors, video card, etc mean nothing to me, because I already have great parts. I didn't let up in one area to get a Raptor.

 

[Gigantopithecus]

I have one of the 36gb first gen Raptors as my boot/program drive. I paid $69.99 for it after rebate a few months ago (yes, the rebate came painlessly), so it really was not that expensive. I do a lot of number crunching and for loading the software and data sets I use, it is a substantial improvement over the 7200.8 80gb sata seagate hdd I was using previously. It is not any louder than my 250gb wd sata. It doesn't run a whole lot hotter, either. That, combined with a 5 year warranty, have left me pleased with my purchase!