More 10,000 RPM SATA drives?

[stockhatch]

Does anybody know of any companies other than WD that are planning on releasing a 10,000RPM(or higher) SATA HDD? It doesnt make sense to me that WD is the only company cashing in on this...

thanks,

AC

[Achilles17]

im pretty sure seagate has one, and undoubtedly maxtor is releasing one too

[tom10167]

It seems like Seagate just got done finishing up tagged command queuing, I didn't see anything on Maxtor's website.
www.Maxtor.com I'm too lazy to hunt though. :)

[stockhatch]

I couldnt find any info related to either of those manufactureres and a 10k SATA drive...As far as I can tell, the Raptor is the only 10,000RPM SATA drive on the market. I wish these other companies would hurry up and start producing them. Then maybe the costs would start dropping a little.

AC

[tom10167]

Honestly, I doubt that. I really don't see price dropping more than ten percent. The Raptor is essentially a SCSI drive(Western Digital is the only company NOT making SCSI drives) and inherently expensive. I agree, it seems a bit ridiculous that it's been MONTHS(Over a year?) And nobody else has bothered to compete with what is essenetially the most sought-after hard drive in the end-user market. =\

[stockhatch]

Honestly, I doubt that. I really don't see price dropping more than ten percent. The Raptor is essentially a SCSI drive(Western Digital is the only company NOT making SCSI drives) and inherently expensive. I agree, it seems a bit ridiculous that it's been MONTHS(Over a year?) And nobody else has bothered to compete with what is essenetially the most sought-after hard drive in the end-user market. =\

True, they may not go down alot, but $20 is $20 :D. Also, it would be pretty cool to be able to choose between several different models(manufacturers) when shopping around ya know? I wonder just how hard it is to make a SCSI design work on a SATA interface? Maybe we will eventually see those 15K drives integrated to SATA. :clap:

AC

[CrashOveride]

Segate has a 2.5in SCSI 10000rpm drive (called Savio, ~30Gb and ~80Gb models), maybe they will make an IDE model for laptops... and perhaps an IDE 3.5in drive too, if they already had the technology... Just a thought.

[sramjones]

Does it matter WD makes the best drives anywhere wether it be 10k or 5400 rmp they are all better than any other brand in my optinion I have never owned another brand of drives except my maxtor one touch

[fight556]

Don't get me wrong I'm loving my 74 gig raptor, but if Seagate were to release a 10k rpm sata drive I would probably get that the next drive I buy. I haven't had very good experiances with any of the newer wd drives (besides this one,SCSI specs I would Imagine play a role there) Never had a Seagate go dead one me (besides of old age (6+ years)

[tom10167]

Maybe we will eventually see those 15K drives integrated to SATA. :clap:

AC

I don't doubt it. Sata is looking at a 600MB/sec limit, for now. My guess is when 300(SATA2) comes out, we WILL see 15k drives at an affordable price.

[CrashOveride]

Does it matter WD makes the best drives anywhere wether it be 10k or 5400 rmp they are all better than any other brand in my optinion I have never owned another brand of drives except my maxtor one touch

Best RMA policys I have seen too.