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AthlGrond
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Western Digital VelociRaptor

»www.storagereview.com/WD3000BLFS.sr

Western Digital just came out with their replacement for the 10,000 RPM Raptor hard drive: the VelociRaptor.

Now 300GB in a 2.5" SATA drive, still 10,000 RPM. Pretty impressive performance improvements from the Raptor (~20% better in their game benchmarks), and nice power and noise reductions.

Nicely timed for a summer computer overhaul...
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permalink · 2008-04-21 14:13:14 · Print · Reply to this

The Flash
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Re: Western Digital VelociRaptor

For 300 bucks, I'd rather go for capacity than speed.
permalink · 2008-04-21 14:32:50 · Reply to this

jouno53
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Re: Western Digital VelociRaptor

Or a better video card for games.
permalink · 2008-04-21 15:21:55 · Reply to this

AthlGrond
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Re: Western Digital VelociRaptor

said by jouno53 See Profile :

Or a better video card for games.
Not knocking that.

If however you are putting together a top end gaming box, at some point improving the graphics will cost incrementally more than the performance gain that you would notice by improving the hard drive.
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permalink · 2008-04-21 16:58:33 · Print · Reply to this

jouno53
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Re: Western Digital VelociRaptor

I agree, and for those already with the best video card, or close to it, getting an even faster HDD will help
permalink · 2008-04-21 18:08:19 · Reply to this

AthlGrond
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said by The Flash See Profile :

For 300 bucks, I'd rather go for capacity than speed.
We must be playing different kinds of games.
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permalink · 2008-04-21 16:47:11 · Reply to this

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said by The Flash See Profile :

For 300 bucks, I'd rather go for capacity than speed.
it would be sweet in side an PS3

there would be less LAGS with GTA
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knightry
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 And what reliability!

quote:
According to filtered and analyzed data collected from participating StorageReview.com readers, the Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000BLFS is more reliable than (collecting data, check back soon!)% of the other drives in the survey that meet a certain minimum floor of participation.
*sigh*
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Re: Western Digital VelociRaptor

said by knightry See Profile :

And what reliability!

quote:
According to filtered and analyzed data collected from participating StorageReview.com readers, the Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000BLFS is more reliable than (collecting data, check back soon!)% of the other drives in the survey that meet a certain minimum floor of participation.
*sigh*
Well the drive is new, give it time.
permalink · 2008-04-21 19:30:41 · Print · Reply to this

knightry
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Re: Western Digital VelociRaptor

My point is that the page shouldn't have been included before they had any numbers. Leave it out of the report for now, include it once you have the data. It's like publishing a researching paper and leaving the Results Conclusion section as [insert results and conclusions here].
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permalink · 2008-04-21 20:53:27 · Reply to this

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Re: Western Digital VelociRaptor

I agree, highly improper. If scientific workers did things like that, they'd get fired.
permalink · 2008-04-22 02:16:46 · Reply to this

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Re: Western Digital VelociRaptor

said by signmeuptoo See Profile :

I agree, highly improper. If scientific workers did things like that, they'd get fired.
But then we are not talking about scientific web site and probably makes it easier to maintain as AthlGrond alludes to I think.
permalink · 2008-04-22 14:22:39 · Reply to this

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said by knightry See Profile :

My point is that the page shouldn't have been included before they had any numbers. Leave it out of the report for now, include it once you have the data. It's like publishing a researching paper and leaving the Results Conclusion section as [insert results and conclusions here].
They use an automated system of compiling reliability reports so that they don't have to update their reviews later when the information becomes available. I agree that they have a clumsy way of presenting the lack of information.

Since the reliability information isn't the primary reason people are reading a review of a new hard drive, it could hardly be likened to the main conclusions of a research paper. My analogy would be that it's like a computer program where there is a menu option that doesn't work until they have released the first (or second, or...) update for the software.

They added that section to their reviews after the IBM Death Desk Star fiasco, and I don't think that they've updated the way it works since then.
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permalink · 2008-04-22 11:10:48 · Print · Reply to this

Konceptz
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permalink · 2008-05-09 23:03:55 · Reply to this
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 I'd still purchase a larger capacity 7200rpm seagate with perpendicular recording, over these. There is little difference in terms of real-world noticeable performance, they are much cheaper, and you get a lot more storage.
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