Raptor - Worth it? - Page 4

bajo · 02-20-2008, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by traveler

WoW !!!

So you can display it! Nice!

What case is that bajo?

.. oh, and forgot to mention, the steel sides are so hard, it took me a whole day to drill those holes... !

fvbounty · 02-20-2008, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by bajo

Oh God, yeah.. no matching needed, all white with sneakers, only the holes are different !

And the ones with the holes make great rags!!!!!

bajo · 02-20-2008, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by fvbounty

And the ones with the holes make great rags!!!!!

..almost as good as old t-shirts..!

bajo · 03-25-2008, 07:16 PM

Spring has sprung.. and lookie here what grew inside my puter.. with a nice lil' rappy on top

fvbounty · 03-25-2008, 08:13 PM

Nice Looking rig, and a really nice mod, it must be neat watching that raptor do its thing!!!!

bajo · 03-25-2008, 08:17 PM

Thank you ... yup, it purrrrs like a lil' formula1 !

*SRTDodge05* · 03-25-2008, 08:17 PM

Ive been thinking about getting the 74gb raptor but im not sure. I mite just get another 320gb and do raid 0 on my system.

traveler · 03-26-2008, 01:03 AM

Nice Raptor Rig bajo!!!

I love what you did.

bajo · 03-26-2008, 01:24 AM

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Originally Posted by traveler

Nice Raptor Rig bajo!!!

I love what you did.

Thank you kindly Mr Traveler

That Antec case is older than some new pc geeks.. i bought it in 2000 !

.. and it's one tough cookie steel too, it took me an hour just to drill that hole with a Rigid hole-saw..!

ephekt · 06-14-2008, 11:06 PM

The Raptors haven't been worth it for a while now with the Caviar 640 and RE2 750 being what they are.

bobmitch · 06-14-2008, 11:43 PM

The new VelociRaptors are incredible! I replaced two 74 GB Raptors in RAID 0 with the VelociRaptor single drive and my speed increased. Here is the synthetic benchmarks...Max is about 130 mb per second...minimum is 80 and avg is 107. The 640AAKS does about 110 max, 55 minimum...and around 90 avg...

The VelociRaptor does smoke the 640AAKS...however...the storage capacity of the 640AAKS certainly smokes the VelociRaptor. Depends on what you want...I intend to RAID two VelociRaptors at some point...but I have to admit that the performance of the single 300 GB VR, being as fast as it is...makes me wonder...A Very quiet, FAST FAST FAST drive...

XJ. · 06-16-2008, 09:58 AM

Dayum that fast!

Shadow_Raven · 08-04-2008, 01:53 PM

Does anyone know if the WD 150GB Rapter "X" (with the window panel) is still available? I went to the WD site and looked around and could not find it. I was planning on buying one for my boot drive.

Currently I'm working on a hard drive box mod (Lian-Li PC-71 case) where I cut out the left side of the hard drive box and created a black aluminum frame with an acrylic panel, making a window so that you can see the first hard drive. I am going to mount a LED to illuminate the inside of the window panel. I wanted to mount the Rapter X there so that you can see the platter and the arm. I'm about half done the mod and wouldn't be too pleased to find out that WD doesn't make the Rapter X anymore. If they don't, I was hoping that WD would make a window version of the new 300GB VelociRaptor.

Gr8Golf · 08-04-2008, 04:06 PM

Western Digital - Raptor X 150GB Internal Hard Drive - WD1500AHFDRTL

They are still out there.

PeterT · 08-04-2008, 09:02 PM

WOW! Did this thread have legs. I haven't seen it in about 8-9 months.

Nice Rig and mod Bajo!

03-25-2008, 07:16 PM	#49
bajo C1eaner Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: TX, USA Posts: 17,145	Re: Raptor - Worth it? .. sneak peek ! Spring has sprung.. and lookie here what grew inside my puter.. with a nice lil' rappy on top __________________ USA "I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them." Duke (The Shootist) Gigabyte_AGP_LGA775, PentiumD960_dual core 3.6GHz, SapphireHD3850_AGP512MB_DDR2, WD RaptorX 150GB SATA_clearTop_16MB + Seagate 1TB SATA_32MB, CorsairDominator 2GB 8500_1066MHz, Dell 24" 2408WFP *AGP +DVIx2 +HDMI +DisplayPort +USB2x4, XPproSP3 Inspiron9400 17"uxga CentrinoC2duoT7600_2.39GHz_685MHz 4GB Micron6400@800_675_400MHz GeForceGo7900GSMobileForce_M6Enhanced_256MB 2x200GbSATA_7200rpm_16MBcache Vista hp, VistaP6001SP1
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03-25-2008, 08:13 PM	#50
fvbounty Eat Wild Pacific Salmon Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Alameda Ca Posts: 5,119	Re: Raptor - Worth it? Nice Looking rig, and a really nice mod, it must be neat watching that raptor do its thing!!!! __________________ New Gaming rig - Asus P5E3 Deluxe Wi-Fi - Intel QX9650 - CORSAIR TWIN3X2048-1600C7DHXIN 2GB PC3-12800 - 150 gig Raptor - 320 gig WD 3200YS - Corsair HX 620 watt PS - EVGA 512-P3-N841-A3 GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB - AMD FX 55 - XP-90C & SilentCat 9 - Asus A8N-SLI with Swiftech MCX159 - 2X1024 Corsair 3500LLPro 2-3-2-6 1T - 2X BFG 6800GT OC Zalman VF700-CU - 1 WD 74 Gig Raptor boot - 1 Seagate 7200 sata data - Nec 3500A - Plextor 716AL Slot Loader - Enermax EG 701 AX 600 watt PS - Silverstone Temjin TJ03B case with side window - G7 lazer mouse - Cannon Pixma I8500 printer - Windows XP Pro SP2 Slipstreamed - Dell 2405FPW lcd
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03-25-2008, 08:17 PM	#51
bajo C1eaner Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: TX, USA Posts: 17,145	Re: Raptor - Worth it? Thank you ... yup, it purrrrs like a lil' formula1 ! __________________ USA "I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them." Duke (The Shootist) Gigabyte_AGP_LGA775, PentiumD960_dual core 3.6GHz, SapphireHD3850_AGP512MB_DDR2, WD RaptorX 150GB SATA_clearTop_16MB + Seagate 1TB SATA_32MB, CorsairDominator 2GB 8500_1066MHz, Dell 24" 2408WFP *AGP +DVIx2 +HDMI +DisplayPort +USB2x4, XPproSP3 Inspiron9400 17"uxga CentrinoC2duoT7600_2.39GHz_685MHz 4GB Micron6400@800_675_400MHz GeForceGo7900GSMobileForce_M6Enhanced_256MB 2x200GbSATA_7200rpm_16MBcache Vista hp, VistaP6001SP1
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03-25-2008, 08:17 PM	#52
SRTDodge05 Grab Life By The Balls Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Michigan Posts: 7,818	Re: Raptor - Worth it? Ive been thinking about getting the 74gb raptor but im not sure. I mite just get another 320gb and do raid 0 on my system. __________________
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03-26-2008, 01:03 AM	#53
traveler Where to next? Join Date: May 2001 Location: South Florida Posts: 17,897	Nice Raptor Rig bajo!!! I love what you did.
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06-14-2008, 11:06 PM	#55
ephekt Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: New Orleans, La Posts: 78	Re: Raptor - Worth it? The Raptors haven't been worth it for a while now with the Caviar 640 and RE2 750 being what they are.
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06-16-2008, 09:58 AM	#57
XJ. Will code for food... Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: NH, USA Posts: 5,917	Re: Raptor - Worth it? Dayum that fast!
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08-04-2008, 01:53 PM	#58
Shadow_Raven Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 116	Re: Raptor - Worth it? Does anyone know if the WD 150GB Rapter "X" (with the window panel) is still available? I went to the WD site and looked around and could not find it. I was planning on buying one for my boot drive. Currently I'm working on a hard drive box mod (Lian-Li PC-71 case) where I cut out the left side of the hard drive box and created a black aluminum frame with an acrylic panel, making a window so that you can see the first hard drive. I am going to mount a LED to illuminate the inside of the window panel. I wanted to mount the Rapter X there so that you can see the platter and the arm. I'm about half done the mod and wouldn't be too pleased to find out that WD doesn't make the Rapter X anymore. If they don't, I was hoping that WD would make a window version of the new 300GB VelociRaptor.
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08-04-2008, 04:06 PM	#59
Gr8Golf Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: NYC Posts: 427	Re: Raptor - Worth it? Western Digital - Raptor X 150GB Internal Hard Drive - WD1500AHFDRTL They are still out there. __________________ eVGA 780i (BIOS P03) \|\| Q9450 @ Stock \|\| S1283 4x 1GB FireStix @ 1000Mhz 4-4-4-8 2x 150GB Raptors - Raid 0 \|\| 1x 500GB Seagate 7200.11 2x Samsung SH-S183L DVD/RW 2x eVGA 8800 GTS 512 \|\| LG 246WP X-Fi Fatality \|\| Klipsch 5.1 Lycosa \|\| Lachesis \|\| Exact Mat Antec 900 \|\| Corsair HX620 Win XP Pro SP2 – Vista Ultimate x64
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08-04-2008, 09:02 PM	#60
PeterT C/TUSL2C/P4P800D/P5B-D Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunny Florida, USA Posts: 1,869	Re: Raptor - Worth it? WOW! Did this thread have legs. I haven't seen it in about 8-9 months. Nice Rig and mod Bajo! __________________ Proud Member: Team-CUSL2 - 'The Old School Crew' Current: P5B-D, E6600 @ 3.0, 4x1GB Crucial Ballistix PC8500, EVGA 8800GTS 512MB Old: P4P800-D, P4 2.4C @ 3.0, 4x512MB Mushkin PC3200, ATI AIW X800XT 256MB Older: TUSL2C, P3-S 1.4, 2x256MB Corsair XMS150, ATI 9800PRO 128MB, TB Santa Cruz Oldest: CUSL2, P3 1.0, 1x256MB & 2x128MB Corsair PC133, Asus V7700D 32MB, SB Live!
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