Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB WD3000GLFS!

fvbounty · 04-21-2008, 08:32 AM

With all of the talk these days in the storage industry swirling around solid-state drives (SSDs), it's easy to forget that advances are being made in the hard disk drive (HDD) market as well for consumers. That fact is even more pertinent today with the announcement of the long-awaited update to Western Digital's line of 10,000 RPM Raptor HDDs: the 300 GB VelociRaptor.

DailyTech - Western Digital Goes Full Bore With 300GB VelociRaptor

Here are some reviews.....

PC Perspective - Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB WD3000GLFS Review - Evolution

Western Digital Velociraptor 300GB SATA HD - HotHardware

fvbounty · 04-21-2008, 09:01 AM

It looks like my new HD has arrived, 30 to 40% faster in lots of apps than my 150 raptor, now thats some improvement. Now if it would work in my old laptop!

ctal · 04-21-2008, 09:37 AM

Take a look at Anandtech's preview. Looks like WD has some work ahead of them on the firmware:

AnandTech

-- Al

frozenasset · 04-21-2008, 05:15 PM

Not sold on it yet. Price for performance is still way to high for me.

*polonyc2* · 04-21-2008, 07:56 PM

performance- good

price- not so good

increased capacity, amazing performance, SATA 3.0...WD recently released their 2 platter consumer drives and now this...they really are on a roll now

what are the noise levels on this drive?...the Raptors are pretty loud

Gr8Golf · 04-21-2008, 08:59 PM

WD has a customer loyalty program - if you have a valid serial # for an earlier Raptor you can buy these at a discount and keep / sell your old Raptor. If it's remotely fair I'll be getting 2. You know what PT Barnum said?

*polonyc2* · 04-21-2008, 09:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gr8Golf

WD has a customer loyalty program - if you have a valid serial # for an earlier Raptor you can buy these at a discount and keep / sell your old Raptor. If it's remotely fair I'll be getting 2. You know what PT Barnum said?

does this apply only to Raptor drives or all WD drives?

fvbounty · 04-21-2008, 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gr8Golf

WD has a customer loyalty program - if you have a valid serial # for an earlier Raptor you can buy these at a discount and keep / sell your old Raptor. If it's remotely fair I'll be getting 2. You know what PT Barnum said?

I'll have to check on that....thanks for the heads up!!!!!

Gr8Golf · 04-21-2008, 10:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by polonyc2

does this apply only to Raptor drives or all WD drives?

All WD drives - in fact, the default page doesn't even list the Raptor line, but if you put in a Raptor serial # it will show you the new ones and the upgrade price (allegedly, have yet to do it myself). Good luck and report back!

*SRTDodge05* · 04-21-2008, 10:06 PM

If they make that in a 2.5 forum, does that mean a laptop could be seeing a raptor soon?

fvbounty · 04-21-2008, 10:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SRTDodge05

If they make that in a 2.5 forum, does that mean a laptop could be seeing a raptor soon?

Now that would be worth upgrading too....I wonder about battery life ?

*polonyc2* · 04-21-2008, 10:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gr8Golf

All WD drives - in fact, the default page doesn't even list the Raptor line, but if you put in a Raptor serial # it will show you the new ones and the upgrade price (allegedly, have yet to do it myself). Good luck and report back!

but they overcharge on their hard drives if you buy it directly from WD so any potential savings are negated because of it...it's always cheaper to buy it from Newegg or ZipZoomFly etc because the savings can be quite substantial

*SRTDodge05* · 04-21-2008, 10:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fvbounty

Now that would be worth upgrading too....I wonder about battery life ?

With a quad core cpu and a 10,000rpm hard drive in a laptop who needs batter life.

bajo · 04-22-2008, 04:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SRTDodge05

With a quad core cpu and a 10,000rpm hard drive in a laptop who needs batter life.

um.. 20 min life

XJ. · 04-23-2008, 06:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by polonyc2

what are the noise levels on this drive?...the Raptors are pretty loud

According to StorageReview.com the 300 is quieter than the 150. I'm very happy with the 150, the 300 will make a nice upgrade in a year or so.

04-21-2008, 08:32 AM	#1
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fvbounty Eat Wild Pacific Salmon Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Alameda Ca Posts: 5,132	Re: Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB WD3000GLFS! It looks like my new HD has arrived, 30 to 40% faster in lots of apps than my 150 raptor, now thats some improvement. Now if it would work in my old laptop! __________________ 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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