Western Digital 300GB VelociRaptor Hard Drive Review Rev. 3.0

Iria · Nov 26, 2008, 02:53 PM

Western Digital may be marketing their new VelociRaptor family of high-speed hard drives as enterprise-class hard drives but they are also very popular with hardware enthusiasts who just cannot resist their 10,000 RPM spindle speed. Everything just seems a little faster when you use a hard drive that spins at such a high speed.

To cater to this exclusive group of enthusiasts, Western Digital first introduced the Raptor and Raptor X hard drives with capacities of 36 GB to 150 GB. These Raptors have now evolved into the next-generation Western Digital VelociRaptor hard drives, that not only boast twice the storage capacity but also managed to do it in a much smaller 2.5" drive form factor!

Let's find out just how much faster this drive is compared to the 10K RPM WD Raptor X and 7200 RPM hard drives!

Here're the latest updates in Revision 3.0 :-

- Added pictures and details of the WD VelociRaptor HLFS.
- Updated the review with some results of the WD VelociRaptor HLFS.

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Source: TechARP

Nov 26, 2008, 02:53 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Western Digital 300GB VelociRaptor Hard Drive Review Rev. 3.0 Western Digital may be marketing their new VelociRaptor family of high-speed hard drives as enterprise-class hard drives but they are also very popular with hardware enthusiasts who just cannot resist their 10,000 RPM spindle speed. Everything just seems a little faster when you use a hard drive that spins at such a high speed. To cater to this exclusive group of enthusiasts, Western Digital first introduced the Raptor and Raptor X hard drives with capacities of 36 GB to 150 GB. These Raptors have now evolved into the next-generation Western Digital VelociRaptor hard drives, that not only boast twice the storage capacity but also managed to do it in a much smaller 2.5" drive form factor! Let's find out just how much faster this drive is compared to the 10K RPM WD Raptor X and 7200 RPM hard drives! Here're the latest updates in Revision 3.0 :- - Added pictures and details of the WD VelociRaptor HLFS. - Updated the review with some results of the WD VelociRaptor HLFS. ______________ Source: TechARP