April 21, 200818 yr Western Digital has just announced a new drive in their Raptor lineup, called the VelociRaptor. It's a 2.5" form factor drive fitted into a heatsink that adapts it to 3.5". The basic specs are 10K RPM, 300GB, SATA 3Gb/s, 16MB cache.Announcementhttp://www.westerndigital.com/en/company/r...A2191EB887F4%7dProduct Pagehttp://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=459Reviewshttp://www.pcper.com/article.php?type=expe...d=548&pid=2http://www.hothardware.com/Articles/Wester...ciraptor_300GB/http://www.maximumpc.com/article/the_new_f...hard_drive_everhttp://techreport.com/articles.x/14583
April 21, 200818 yr As great as the reviews of their previous Raptor drives were, I couldn't get over the amount of noise these drives generated. Hopefully these smaller ones will be quieter.
April 21, 200818 yr Author I just read the TechReport review. At idle it's one of the quietest drives in their test (of over two dozen drives). When seeking it gets a bit louder, but still much quieter than the previous Raptor drives. It was pretty much in the middle of the list for seek noise.
April 21, 200818 yr Author Two words... "I" & "want"Ditto.Stupid... not having... money.... Double Ditto.
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