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| Exilon wrote: | | SpeedZone wrote: | Well...there are other 2.5" hdd's already on the market with even bigger capacities...so I dont see nothing revolutionary in this VelociRaptor.  
And these other REAL 2.5" hdd's actually fit in laptops, while this "wanna-be-2.5" hdd" doesnt, unless you remove that case-cooler, which will void the warranty and will also start countdown to its destruction (until it burns from all that extra heat). Not to mention that unless you own some ToughBook series Notebook, it may also burn or melt something inside it too.   
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That wanna-be-2.5 HDD is also faster than a 3.5HDD Raptor. It's not designed for a notebook, it's a remake of the original Raptor with higher density platter to increase performance. |
Who needs Raptor's when you have SCSI  
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| Posted: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:41:53 Post Subject: |
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| highonv8splash wrote: | | Who needs Raptor's when you have SCSI |
*DING*DING*DING*!!!! WINNNER!
I will grant you normally Rapetors give you better speeds than a standard 7,200RPM SATA drive and are cheaper than SCSI. But if you really want/need the speed SCSI is the way to go. 10K SCSI drives are faster than 10K SATA drives, and SCSI can go to 15K (If you can deal with the heat). |
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| Posted: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:31:54 Post Subject: |
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I know all about Raptor's history...so i also know it's not designed for notebooks, Exilon.  But since Modulok asked...I just gave him my opinions/thoughts.
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And it's exactly as you said, highonv8splash. Those who want all that extra speed, should better get some SCSI hdd, which will also gave them enough capacity...which this Raptor still kinda lacks.   If only they made it in 1TB capacity...with maybe 32MB cache...and with same or even better speed (and lower price ofcourse ). That would be something! But noooo....first (read: in 2-3 years) they'll double its current max capacity...so to 600GBs (when other drives will already have some 5GB capacity)...double its price again....and so on and on....because why earn only once when you can earn big $$$ again and again without any major manufacturing expences. WD is surely know-how's top gun.
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| Posted: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:10:45 Post Subject: |
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| knight0334 wrote: | the only problem with SCSI is - until lately, end-user and enthusiast mobo's rarely have PCI-e/PCI-X slots to get the most out of SCSI. A PCI slot would be limited to 133mbps transfer speeds, less than SATA-1.
SATA1/2 in RAID 0, then a good reliable backup/storage solution(drive(s) out of the 0 array) can give just as fast and safe capabilities. |
Very true, you generally need a server class board. |
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| Posted: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:25:02 Post Subject: |
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| CoolZone wrote: | | Isn't this a SCSI drive made to work on SATA? |
They make adapters for just about everything. put P-ATA drives on SCSI, SCSI on USB, etc, etc, etc.. |
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