The follow-up from the WD Raptor: Velociraptor

2008-04-21 07:36:43

#1

_NL_Lt.EngineerFox: Big Mouth Prick; +219|6802|Golf 1.8 GTI Wolfsburg Edition

http://www.hardware.info/nl-BE/news/ymi … er_Raptor/

Translated:

The HDD is shrinked to 2.5 format so it can house the new IcePack housing. It will upgrade cooling and will hold any vibration. The drive has a SATA300 plug and has 16MB cache. The estimated lifedurance is estimated at 1.4 million hours. The combination of smaller platters and a higer storagecapacity takes the dataclosure unlike it's 150GB predecessor to a new level, what will be good for streamingspeed. According to WD, the drive will reach 120MB/s easily. The dBA of the new 10k drive is relatively low with 36dBA.

WD will deliver it's first drives to Alienware which will use it in their ALX desktops. Somewhere in the middle of May, the VR150 should be available in the retailbusiness for a pricetag of $300,00, the warranty is 5 years.

2008-04-21 07:41:13

#2

Kurazoo: Pheasant Plucker; +440|6956|West Yorkshire, U.K

Nice info

+1

2008-04-21 08:34:14

#3

Lucien: Fantasma Parastasie; +1,451|6924

300gb and fast, I'll keep that in mind when I have the money to upgrade my current POS OS/games/programs drive

2008-04-21 08:48:46

#4

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6839|NYC / Hamburg

nice, although if you're spending that kind of money you might want to think about an SSD

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2008-04-21 08:51:09

#5

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6920

max wrote:
nice, although if you're spending that kind of money you might want to think about an SSD

Unless you happen to have some sweet hookups, you're not going to get an SSD for anything like $300.

2008-04-21 09:23:13

#6

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6839|NYC / Hamburg

ghettoperson wrote:
max wrote:
nice, although if you're spending that kind of money you might want to think about an SSD
Unless you happen to have some sweet hookups, you're not going to get an SSD for anything like $300.

you can get a small SSD for 150ish $. I'm not saying it's the perfect answer for everyone, but if you're out for super fast load times a SSD might be the better solution

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2008-04-21 10:28:55

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Jenspm: penis; +1,716|7003|St. Andrews / Oslo

Did anyone else think of TMo when they read the title?

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2008-04-21 10:34:44

#8

_NL_Lt.EngineerFox: Big Mouth Prick; +219|6802|Golf 1.8 GTI Wolfsburg Edition

Jenspm wrote:
Did anyone else think of TMo when they read the title?

Are you questioning my ability to make a proper title for a thread?

2008-04-21 10:36:19

#9

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6809|Long Island, New York

Wait, it's 300 gb?

I should pick one up to compliment my 150gb Raptor.

2008-04-21 10:41:32

#10

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|7003|St. Andrews / Oslo

_NL_Lt.EngineerFox wrote:
Jenspm wrote:
Did anyone else think of TMo when they read the title?
Are you questioning my ability to make a proper title for a thread?

no...?

TMo's back-up name is Velociraptor >.>

2008-04-21 10:41:39

#11

Sydney: 2λчиэλ; +783|7115|Reykjavík, Iceland.

36 dBA? No thanks....

2008-04-21 11:06:12

#12

DUnlimited: got any popo lolo intersting?; +1,160|6735|cuntshitlake

PBAsydney wrote:
36 dBA? No thanks....

More RPM -> more noise. HD silencing kits are almost required with 10krpm anyways

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2008-04-21 11:44:00

#13

_NL_Lt.EngineerFox: Big Mouth Prick; +219|6802|Golf 1.8 GTI Wolfsburg Edition

Jenspm wrote:
_NL_Lt.EngineerFox wrote:
Jenspm wrote:
Did anyone else think of TMo when they read the title?
Are you questioning my ability to make a proper title for a thread?
no...?

TMo's back-up name is Velociraptor >.>

Pfft, lame back-up name <.<

2008-04-21 12:39:33

#14

The_Sniper_NM: Official EVGA Fanboy; +94|6385|SC | USA |

Meh $600 for a Raid 0 set up. Price vs. Speed here, as I doubt one drive exceeds RAID 0 speeds.

I'll stick with the original thanks.

2008-04-21 12:44:01

#15

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6725|The Twilight Zone

Better info here: http://www.maximumpc.com/article/the_ne … drive_ever

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2008-04-21 13:06:51

#16

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|6988|Riva, MD

No point in giving it to Alienware. Just give it to Dell themselves since they shit all over Alienware.

2008-04-21 14:56:59

#17

Brasso: member; +1,549|6902

Jenspm wrote:
Did anyone else think of TMo when they read the title?

nope?

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2008-04-21 15:15:12

#18

The_Sniper_NM: Official EVGA Fanboy; +94|6385|SC | USA |

Holy crap, just read the english article, that damn thing is FAST. Cheaper and faster than a raptor X RAID 0 combo. Just found my new drive. There will be time for RAID fucking 0

2008-04-21 15:31:30

#19

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|6853|SE London

The_Sniper_NM wrote:
Meh $600 for a Raid 0 set up. Price vs. Speed here, as I doubt one drive exceeds RAID 0 speeds.

I'll stick with the original thanks.

Ever heard of these things called access times? Something RAID0 will typically increase....

2008-04-21 15:32:58

#20

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6725|The Twilight Zone

Bertster7 wrote:
The_Sniper_NM wrote:
Meh $600 for a Raid 0 set up. Price vs. Speed here, as I doubt one drive exceeds RAID 0 speeds.

I'll stick with the original thanks.
Ever heard of these things called access times? Something RAID0 will typically increase....

Dude why not a 2000€ SSD?

2008-04-21 16:02:08

#21

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|6853|SE London

.Sup wrote:
Bertster7 wrote:
The_Sniper_NM wrote:
Meh $600 for a Raid 0 set up. Price vs. Speed here, as I doubt one drive exceeds RAID 0 speeds.

I'll stick with the original thanks.
Ever heard of these things called access times? Something RAID0 will typically increase....
Dude why not a 2000€ SSD?

Just build a huge RAMdisk. Easy once you've programmed your custom FPGA in VHDL, soldered a few RAM sockets and various memory/storage/RAID controllers on and filled it with loads of nice cheap DDR2.

If you can really be bothered (and have some nice hardware modelling programs lying around - I like FPGA Advantage from Mentor) that is.....

2008-04-21 16:30:18

#22

The_Sniper_NM: Official EVGA Fanboy; +94|6385|SC | USA |

Bertster7 wrote:
The_Sniper_NM wrote:
Meh $600 for a Raid 0 set up. Price vs. Speed here, as I doubt one drive exceeds RAID 0 speeds.

I'll stick with the original thanks.
Ever heard of these things called access times? Something RAID0 will typically increase....

That statement was based on the information given, I did not have an english article to read and see benchmarks. I thought it was just as fast as the original.

I should have just edited my first post to my second.

2008-04-21 16:50:37

#23

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|6853|SE London

The_Sniper_NM wrote:
Bertster7 wrote:
The_Sniper_NM wrote:
Meh $600 for a Raid 0 set up. Price vs. Speed here, as I doubt one drive exceeds RAID 0 speeds.

I'll stick with the original thanks.
Ever heard of these things called access times? Something RAID0 will typically increase....
That statement was based on the information given, I did not have an english article to read and see benchmarks. I thought it was just as fast as the original.

I should have just edited my first post to my second.

You still aren't following....

The speeds in inconsequential. RAID0 increases access times. This will slow the disk down for a wide range of applications (as in ways it is applied, not pieces of software).

2008-04-21 16:58:21

#24

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6725|The Twilight Zone

I think I'll wait for Utahraptor.

2008-04-21 17:20:54

#25

_NL_Lt.EngineerFox: Big Mouth Prick; +219|6802|Golf 1.8 GTI Wolfsburg Edition

And I think I'll keep with my 5 year old Maxtor Diamondmax IDE 80GB.

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