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Damien Phoenix

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Post: 6058064_1 created on Tue, 15 Feb 2005 07:39:34 +0000
Posted: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 07:39:34 +0000

Quick question: Are the Western Digital Raptor drives really as fast as they say they are?

I'm debating getting one for the computer I'm building, but that 200 dollar price tag for a 74GB Raptor is making me think twice. I also heard somewhere that you can achieve similar speed with a Serial ATA drive. Is this true?

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Post: 6058064_2 created on Tue, 15 Feb 2005 15:59:20 +0000
Posted: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 15:59:20 +0000

The Raptors are definately powerful hard drives.... But, personally, I don't think they're worth it.

I have a regular old 160 GB 7200 RPM SATA Seagate drive, and since I don't game or anything, it's performance is just fine. I never have to impatiently wait for something to be read from or written to the hard drive. Sure, I would see a performance gain by going to a Raptor, but I just don't think it's worth it.

Look at this StorageReview review:

http://www.storagereview.com/articles/200401/20040126WD740GD_1.html

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Post: 6058064_3 created on Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:13:30 +0000
Posted: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:13:30 +0000

if i was buying a sata drive at this pint it would be at least SATA II

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