New WD Raptor!!

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 10:12 am

http://www.idg.se/ArticlePages/200512/2 ... MD.dbp.asp

It's in sweedish (kudos goto the techreport)

150GB & 16mb cache - 10k rpm

I like the sound of that!!!

gvblake22 · Post by **gvblake22** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 10:44 am

WOAH, that thing should perform awesome. But I'm sure it will cost a rediculous amount

Post by **FZ1** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 12:19 pm

About time they came up with a bigger drive. I agree, it will cost a mint. Personally, I don't think it's worth it at all. Maybe your game load times will be better but most aren't that bad to begin with. Unless you are doing something with a lot of HD data xfer...meh.

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 2:25 pm

150gb, at 10k rpm, yeah might be time to sell a testical

Dragon_Cooler · Post by **Dragon_Cooler** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 3:18 pm

all over that, i am in love with the raptor drives. compared to other drives yeah, they arent really worth it price/gig. but i am all about speed!! I cant wait!!!!! and cant wait to see the price. LOL

Post by **Apoptosis** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 9:31 am

WD1500AH - for gamers
WD1500AD - enterprise version w/TLER (Time Limited Error Recovery)

Both drives are 150GB and 10,000 RPM with a nice 16mb cache

10000 Rpm
4.5 ms
Cache: 16 MB
Idle:32,0 db(A)
Load: 36,0 db(A)
SATAII
NCQ

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 10:48 am

~375euro for the server version!!!

I'm guessing ~340euro for the gamer version.......

~700euro for less than 300GB of a Raid 0 setup

Dragon_Cooler · Post by **Dragon_Cooler** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 3:34 pm

kenc51 wrote:~375euro for the server version!!!

I'm guessing ~340euro for the gamer version.......

~700euro for less than 300GB of a Raid 0 setup

yup a little much for my budget and a future budget. LOL i will have to wait for the price to drop... they are nice though

Tim Burton · Post by **Tim Burton** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 10:26 am

It'd be better if they offered it in 300 Gig. 150 isn't much when I get nearly the same read time from my 7200 RPM drives with 250Gigs.

Dragon_Cooler · Post by **Dragon_Cooler** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 11:43 am

well on another note, most people use raptors as thier main drive for windows and use other hard drives for games and other data. So even then 80gigs can be a bit much let alone 150. I can see where 150 is nice because people can put games and windows all on 1 drive. But 300 as a main drive is a lot!!! People are starting to realize that multiple drives is the way to go for redundency purposes. Plus think about having to reformat 300 gigs worth of stuff.....Well... on a raptor that would be ubar fast! LOL

Kerii · Post by **Kerii** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 10:49 pm

Well, it's official now:
http://www.westerndigital.com/en/compan ... 7FCAAFD1B3}

You can even buy them from the company website, lol.

http://www.westerndigital.com/en/produc ... riveID=189

MODEL: WD1500ADFD
Price: $299.99

Hopefully the "gamer" version will be a little cheaper when that comes out.

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 10:30 am

Storage Review.com have it already.....

http://www.storagereview.com/articles/2 ... DFD_1.html

:edit:
http://komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=316737&cks=PRL -> sold-out already....

It looks like it keeps up with and beats some SCSI drives!!!:shock:
I thinks that's the goal for WD as they don't make SCSI drives, not like Seagate who have to make sure not to hurt their own expensive SCSI market.

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 12:02 pm

Yeah I will be getting one as soon as i can to start testing!

Dragon_Cooler · Post by **Dragon_Cooler** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 12:47 pm

infinitevalence wrote:Yeah I will be getting one as soon as i can to start testing!

ill get one as soon as one is handed to me or 300 bucks is handed to me. LOL

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 6:24 pm

http://www.wdraptorx.com/

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products ... anguage=en

Now with go faster stripes too.....

Dragon_Cooler · Post by **Dragon_Cooler** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 7:40 pm

ok if it comes just like that, i will get one asap, that looks sooo freaking awesome!!!!!

sbohdan · Post by **sbohdan** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 8:08 pm

wow, I have to admit: it does look awsome

I think I know what I will get for my next rig.

Jeth · Post by **Jeth** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 3:07 pm

I'd like one of those :D

chakhay2000 · Post by **chakhay2000** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 8:29 pm

Can anyone say a huge motherload of blazingfast goodness?