nmX.Memnoch Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmX.Memnoch Posted April 21, 2008 Author Share Posted April 21, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zxian Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Two words... "I" & "want"Stupid... not having... money.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmX.Memnoch Posted April 21, 2008 Author Share Posted April 21, 2008 Two words... "I" & "want"Ditto.Stupid... not having... money.... Double Ditto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Want I? What does that mean?Sorry, couldn't resist... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zxian Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Want I? What does that mean?In Yoda-speak, it means "I want". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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