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New WD Raptor!!
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 10:12 am
by kenc51
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!!!
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 10:44 am
by gvblake22
WOAH, that thing should perform awesome. But I'm sure it will cost a rediculous amount
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 12:19 pm
by FZ1
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.
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 2:25 pm
by infinitevalence
150gb, at 10k rpm, yeah might be time to sell a testical
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 3:18 pm
by Dragon_Cooler
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 9:31 am
by Apoptosis
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
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 10:48 am
by kenc51
~375euro for the server version!!!
I'm guessing ~340euro for the gamer version.......
~700euro for less than 300GB of a Raid 0 setup
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 3:34 pm
by Dragon_Cooler
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
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 10:26 am
by Tim Burton
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.
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 11:43 am
by Dragon_Cooler
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
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 10:49 pm
by Kerii
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.
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 10:30 am
by kenc51
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.
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 12:02 pm
by infinitevalence
Yeah I will be getting one as soon as i can to start testing!
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 12:47 pm
by Dragon_Cooler
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
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 6:24 pm
by kenc51
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 7:40 pm
by Dragon_Cooler
ok if it comes just like that, i will get one asap, that looks sooo freaking awesome!!!!!
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 8:08 pm
by sbohdan
wow, I have to admit: it does look awsome
I think I know what I will get for my next rig.
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 3:07 pm
by Jeth
I'd like one of those :D
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 8:29 pm
by chakhay2000
Can anyone say a huge motherload of blazingfast goodness?
