10000RPM Western Digital Raptor Question

celticfan11 · November 11th, 2003

i am thinking about buying either the 36GB (120$) or the 72GB (couldnt find a price but didnt look hard ) raptor serial ATA drives

they are pricey
any suggestions about these drives
if they are worth it or not?

November 11th, 2003

i bought my 120 gb western digita withl 8mb cache for $170 canadian, but it's about 140 canadian now... If you go to some places, and u pay with cash, u get discounts for sure, as in... no tax, or they'll just reduce a little from the tax

I live this 120 gb drive... it's 7200rpm.. fast enough for me
But like any other drive, i think i'll never be able to use it up, i think i have so much space that.. it's impossible to use up. Unfortunately, like all other hard drives i've purchased, I used the 120gb up within 3 weeks and now i long for another 120 gb...

celticfan11 · November 11th, 2003

no no
i forgot to mention
the raptor drives are 10,000 RPM drives

**Taurus** · November 11th, 2003

they have a 72gb one now, huh? sweet.

i've only heard great things about the raptors. reviews show them outperforming some ultra320 scsi drives. i would have one myself if i had some s-ata. been thinking about a board upgrade anyway.

www.storagereview.com

they have a database where you can see a harddrives speed, noise level, and heat compared to all the rest.

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celticfan11 OSNN Senior Addict Joined: January 2003 Location: Vernon, CT Posts: 744 Reputation: 340 Power: 124	10000RPM Western Digital Raptor Question i am thinking about buying either the 36GB (120$) or the 72GB (couldnt find a price but didnt look hard ) raptor serial ATA drives they are pricey any suggestions about these drives if they are worth it or not?

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celticfan11 OSNN Senior Addict Joined: January 2003 Location: Vernon, CT Posts: 744 Reputation: 340 Power: 124	no no i forgot to mention the raptor drives are 10,000 RPM drives CPU: Intel 3.2GHz OC'd to 3.4GHz RAM: 1GB PC3200 Harddrive: .710TB combined Local and Network storage Video Card: Geforce 6800 GT 256MB RAM Motherboard: ASU P4P800 Sound: Onboard sound baby Monitor: Faithful 21 inches of PURE CRT Number of Programs Installed: 39 and growing: not counting games, (and yes i use them all)

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DeepBlade Unregistered Posts: n/a	i bought my 120 gb western digita withl 8mb cache for $170 canadian, but it's about 140 canadian now... If you go to some places, and u pay with cash, u get discounts for sure, as in... no tax, or they'll just reduce a little from the tax I live this 120 gb drive... it's 7200rpm.. fast enough for me But like any other drive, i think i'll never be able to use it up, i think i have so much space that.. it's impossible to use up. Unfortunately, like all other hard drives i've purchased, I used the 120gb up within 3 weeks and now i long for another 120 gb...

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Taurus hardware monkey Joined: May 2002 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 3,206 Reputation: 90 Power: 155	they have a 72gb one now, huh? sweet. i've only heard great things about the raptors. reviews show them outperforming some ultra320 scsi drives. i would have one myself if i had some s-ata. been thinking about a board upgrade anyway. www.storagereview.com they have a database where you can see a harddrives speed, noise level, and heat compared to all the rest.