CNUco2007 Posted January 5, 2006 Posted January 5, 2006 (edited) Looks like WD has a new Raptor drive. It is 150Gb, 10000RPM, NCQ, SATA. It even has a clear top aparently. At least thats what the email said from WD. More spam... err. Only problem I have with it is the fact that the drive cost $350 .:EDIT:. Here is a link! http://www.wdraptorx.com/ Edited January 5, 2006 by CNUco2007 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_lag Posted January 5, 2006 Posted January 5, 2006 looks pretty cool, allthough i dont really see the point of being able to watch your harddrive do its thing....like...wow we can watch my hardrive spin!!!! like who cares....my hardrive spins aswell.... they shouldn't have put the clear top on, and that would lower the price probably... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swifty11212 Posted January 5, 2006 Posted January 5, 2006 its engineered for the lamers with the see-through cases... another pos product that still wont make much of a difference in real world performance imo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNUco2007 Posted January 5, 2006 Posted January 5, 2006 (edited) yea i agree. i dont think a clear top justifies $50. aparently you can get it w/out the top on WD's site and its only $300. Hell, w/ that $50 you can almost get another 80Gb WD SATA drive lol The only good thing i see in it is the fact its finally up to 150Gb. Much better than 74Gb. Now if only the price was reasonable. I never found the price to performance ration of the raptor to be worth it IMO. <_< Edited January 5, 2006 by CNUco2007 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swifty11212 Posted January 5, 2006 Posted January 5, 2006 yea i agree. i dont think a clear top justifies $50. aparently you can get it w/out the top on WD's site and its only $300. Hell, w/ that $50 you can almost get another 80Gb WD SATA drive lol The only good thing i see in it is the fact its finally up to 150Gb. Much better than 74Gb. Now if only the price was reasonable. I never found the price to performance ration of the raptor to be worth it IMO. <_< 611195[/snapback] my $200 was well spent on a 300gig seagate, and then throw in those nice rebates and its even a sweeter deal Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spazmire11 Posted January 5, 2006 Posted January 5, 2006 meh 300$ on the egg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822136012 my take on it is just get 2 74gig rapters and raid-0 them, better prformance for about the same cost Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archerzz Posted January 5, 2006 Posted January 5, 2006 Wish I could afford that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puck Posted January 5, 2006 Posted January 5, 2006 I put a clear cover on a harddrive a long time ago . If there is a performance improvement then 300 bucks would be alright for someone who doesnt want the hastle of a 2x74gb setup(or cant like me cuz gpu cooler blocks second locked SATA header >.<). If its same performance the 2x74 would give just about the same space with better performance, basically making it useless. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
romeo55 Posted January 5, 2006 Posted January 5, 2006 thats why the old 8mb raptors were going down... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayMeow Posted January 5, 2006 Posted January 5, 2006 well the new raptor is old news (it was posted here before), but I see WD finally created an official site for it, so that's cool. As for whether it's worth the price compared to Striping two 74GB raptors. If the new one is the same performance or slightly better, then I'd say yes for two reasons: 1. stability; having one drive is more stable and secure, plus data recovery is simpler, than Raid-0 2. You can always take two of these and Raid-0 them . I mean, let's compare apples to apples Plus, the new raptor has 16mb cache...doesn't the current crop have 8mb? As for the window. Well, if I had a case that displayed the top of the harddrive, then I'd probably get one, but as my case has trays, you can't see the top, so no point even with my window. (ps. sorry, but i typed this an hour ago, and then got caught up in work...but i'm too lazy to go back and see if anyone has said what I was going to say, so ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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