Raptor Lovers in the USA check this out

[trainmaster77]

Strolling through ebay i ran across this ... anyone that likes RAPTORS and needs a few id suggest here ..the guy will even include the lock on western digital sata cables free. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5170154454


thats a kick ass price for 74gig raptors.

 

[ShepsCrook]

That's not too bad.
Newegg has these for $179 OEM also.
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-144-160&depa=1
Monarch has new ones for: $181
http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merc...duct_Code=150239&Category_Code=SATAHardDrives
And ZipZoomFly.com has Retail ones for $178
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=101222

I think I'd spend the extra $9 for a new one. Good post though, OEMs are always a nice way to go.

 

[zeke_mo]

This Drive Retails for $229.99

I could never trust somebody that would give a price that out of range

 

[ming]

Which would you recommend for me? I want a raptor for OS drive, but will definitely not use more than 20/25GB for the system drive. Anything not directly affecting the system will be put on a separate drive/partition.

So, should I be getting the 36G or the 74G?

 

[LordOfLA]

you dont need or want a raptor period. Too overpriced and under sized.

 

[zeke_mo]

Which would you recommend for me? I want a raptor for OS drive, but will definitely not use more than 20/25GB for the system drive. Anything not directly affecting the system will be put on a separate drive/partition.

So, should I be getting the 36G or the 74G?

I have a 36GB for my system and a 74GB for games and such. I dont think that the 36GB was a good idea for my system drive tho. I got faster bootup times with a ata drive . I might have something setup wrong tho, I would check for some single drive raptor benchmarks. And if you dont want to do that here you go





Those are both JUST single drives no raid or anything

 

[ShepsCrook]

74GB has better read times and apparently works better overall then the 36GB one. I can't remember all of the specifics but that it's just better overall.