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05-27-2008, 04:28 PM
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| Registered User  Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: TX
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| 300 GB Velociraptor in Stock...Finally! Newegg.com - Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS 300GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives I had to get one. Maybe a second down the road for RAID....but not now |
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05-27-2008, 04:52 PM
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| Grab Life By The Balls   Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Michigan
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| Re: 300 GB Velociraptor in Stock...Finally! Wonder why they didnt make them with 32mb cache.
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05-27-2008, 04:57 PM
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| Re: 300 GB Velociraptor in Stock...Finally! According to Western Digital...there was NO difference in performance between 16 mb and 32. |
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05-27-2008, 09:10 PM
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| ...  Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: NH, USA
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| Re: 300 GB Velociraptor in Stock...Finally! Ouch! $300!!, well I hope they come down a bit before I'm overwhelmed by the urge to buy one (I have the 150GB Raptor and luv it!). More storage, more speed and it's quieter - noice! |
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05-27-2008, 10:33 PM
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| Where to next?  Join Date: May 2001 Location: South Florida
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| Re: 300 GB Velociraptor in Stock...Finally! Quote:
Thanks bobmitch for the heads up on the VelociRaptor. I was wondering when it was finally going to be available. I'm looking at the pictures; does it have a clear top to it?  | |
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05-28-2008, 01:26 AM
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| Re: 300 GB Velociraptor in Stock...Finally! From what I have read...No clear top. That was a gimmick that WD did with the Raptor X, and supposedly it shortened the life of the drive. I am happy with the closed disk and all that speed. Just wish I had enough now to get two and RAID immediately...but even without...this drive is gonna be hella fast I am actually contemplating keeping one of my old Raptors in and doing a dual boot. XP Pro on the old drive and Vista on the Velociraptor...I will see what I will do once it arrives in the morning |
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05-28-2008, 03:51 AM
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Why would the life (# of hours) go significantly down with the clear top? | |
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05-28-2008, 08:07 AM
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| Eat Wild Pacific Salmon  Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Alameda Ca
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| Re: 300 GB Velociraptor in Stock...Finally! Thanks for the Heads up......I hope it comes down a bit!
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05-28-2008, 08:22 AM
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| DP45SG/Q9650   Join Date: May 2003 Location: Alabama
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| Re: 300 GB Velociraptor in Stock...Finally! Thanks bobmitch, I'm down for one after I get a new ATI video card. The price is what was expected. SSD's are making a showing but I will use the VelociRaptor for a year or so before I get an SSD and make the Raptor a secondary drive. Intel is suppose to have some nice SSD's by the end of the year. |
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05-28-2008, 02:35 PM
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| Helter Skelter  Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: New York City
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| when they make a 500GB Raptor drive, I'll be first in line...until then 300GB is not enough storage space for me at least their making strides...150GB...now 300GB...500GB should be out by 2010 
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05-28-2008, 03:36 PM
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| Silicon Avatar  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hyde Park, NY
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| Re: 300 GB Velociraptor in Stock...Finally! All I have are my 74's still  As I recall they were around $200 a piece so $100 more for 4 times the space doesn't sound so bad. Actually with 2 (74's) in RAID0 I haven't had storage problems. It's my data drives that are getting full!
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05-28-2008, 08:00 PM
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| Re: 300 GB Velociraptor in Stock...Finally! Here are the first benchmarks for the VelociRaptor. It is actually faster as a single drive than my two 74 GB Raptors were in RAID 0. I am very impressed. I can't even imagine what two of these in RAID 0 will do...but hopefully down the road...I will get another and find out... Nice Drive!!!!  |
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06-12-2008, 04:05 PM
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06-13-2008, 04:47 AM
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06-13-2008, 07:29 AM
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| Re: 300 GB Velociraptor in Stock...Finally! My new VelociRaptor arrived Tuesday morning  Unfortunately won't be installing it until the new motherboard arrives, so can't run any benchmarks yet, or to see how quiet it really is, even though have two types of mounts to use to reduce the noise if needed 
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