new raptor called velociraptor

Discussion in 'General Hardware' started by PowerSlide, Apr 21, 2008.

  1. PowerSlide

    PowerSlide Just Started

    PowerSlide, Apr 21, 2008
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  2. Mac Daddy

    Mac Daddy Pickin' Da Gitfiddle

    Nice looking drive might be a bit more than I want to spend on a 300G drive though.
     
    Mac Daddy, Apr 21, 2008
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  3. Isadar

    Isadar Newbie

    I was just reading about this.. I heard you can fit it into a 3.5" bay also using the heatsink it comes with.
     
    Isadar, Apr 21, 2008
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  4. Chai

    Chai Administrator Staff Member

    Wow! This drive is something! Better than any other SATA in everyway, except the price!
     
    Chai, Apr 21, 2008
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  5. ChampionLLY

    ChampionLLY News Writer

    oops, I just realized that I posted the same thing @ the news section...
     
    ChampionLLY, Apr 21, 2008
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  6. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Yeah, they will need to look into the heat... But eventually, 10K rpm for everyone??? :wicked:
     
    Adrian Wong, Apr 22, 2008
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  7. jasperchc

    jasperchc Newbie

    10k rpm, is it faster than sata2? :think:
     
    jasperchc, Apr 22, 2008
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  8. Chai

    Chai Administrator Staff Member

    Why do you want the drive to be faster than SATA2, which is impossible?
     
    Chai, Apr 22, 2008
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  9. JMMD

    JMMD Newbie

    It does look nice. I do wonder why they went with 2.5" with 2 platters instead of 3.5" with a single platter. Of course I'm not a hard disk engineer so maybe there's a good reason. I did read they were planning on doing a single platter version of the 2.5" at some point, 150GB is plenty for my boot drive.
     
    JMMD, Apr 23, 2008
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  10. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    10K RPM is the spindle speed. SATA2 is the interface. They are totally different.
     
    Adrian Wong, Apr 23, 2008
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  11. PowerSlide

    PowerSlide Just Started

    hoping for 150gb price to drop more and more :wicked:
     
    PowerSlide, Apr 24, 2008
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  12. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Just a matter of time. :mrgreen:
     
    Adrian Wong, Apr 24, 2008
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  13. Chai

    Chai Administrator Staff Member

    150GB is actually quite cheap now, RM600? But I don't think it's worth it, unless you are after the seek time performance.
     
    Chai, Apr 24, 2008
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  14. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Yeah but you can buy two 500GB drives for slightly less. :mrgreen:

    So, yeah, if you are looking for seek performance, but most people will want to look for capacity and a low cost per GB.
     
    Adrian Wong, Apr 24, 2008
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  15. Chai

    Chai Administrator Staff Member

    Not worth it because VelociRaptor is out. :mrgreen: I bought my WD740 because it was the high end back then.
     
    Chai, Apr 24, 2008
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