WD Raptors Whats new!!

[ZGOZZ]

Ok Just found out and you may or may not know.
That there will be a 500 gig Raptor.

Due to hit the channel in the last quarter of this year....

 

[iii9ix3]

any more details or link?

 

[ZGOZZ]

Can not give you anymore info then I did, when I can I will....

 

[EmAn]

cant tell us the approximate price?

 

[Max0r]

My prayers have been answered

 

[bing]

Hoping they will maintain that low sub 10ms seek time performance on 500GB size.

 

[aaronjb]

Any word on a 15K RPM Raptor?

 

[||Console||]

Raptors are so over priced

 

[iii9ix3]

will it come with a super cool window for only $10/$20 more??

 

[Audioaficionado]

Raptors are so over priced

I don't think so since the performance increase is very noticeable.

I'd guess the price will be at least twice the cost of the 150GB drives. ~$400

Kinda steep but you will get some pretty fast RAID arrays if you use a top controller card like Areca.

 

[gangaskan]

I don't think so since the performance increase is very noticeable.

I'd guess the price will be at least twice the cost of the 150GB drives. ~$400

Kinda steep but you will get some pretty fast RAID arrays if you use a top controller card like Areca.

regardless, people will want more storage per dollar IMO unless you're one of those speed nuts

the only people i can see buying this is if he/ she wants the big storage C:\ at raptor performance

in a raid 5 array, performance is not bad on normal sataII drives.

 

[ZGOZZ]

Price on the new Raptor Drives I do not have that yet, last quarter the new Raptor drives will be coming out, and there might be a raptor for gaming laptops as well.

From what I was told, from a very good source in WD.
the price will be under 500 bucks, but again this is just vapor ware talk on pricing..

 

[gangaskan]

if i had any guess the price would be 499.99


thats my assumption tho, and a raptor for gaming laptops oh boy...

thats a battery drain waiting to happen

 

[Audioaficionado]

if i had any guess the price would be 499.99


thats my assumption tho, and a raptor for gaming laptops oh boy...

thats a battery drain waiting to happen

That would be a pretty hard sell as 500GB SATA 3.0 drives are going for just over $100 now.

 

[ZGOZZ]

That would be a pretty hard sell as 500GB SATA 3.0 drives are going for just over $100 now.

Like I said nothing is written in stone...

 

[EmAn]

that is a dollar per GB!!! lol

 

[elec999]

I cant wait to see a 15k raptor and 32meg buffer.
Thanks

 

[Randyman...]

I think the Seagate 10,000 RPM models will be faster with Perp technology (the 250GB 7200.10 "revised" Perps do over 100MB/s sustained ), and cheaper... Now, we just have to wait for them

 

[elec999]

I think the Seagate 10,000 RPM models will be faster with Perp technology (the 250GB 7200.10 "revised" Perps do over 100MB/s sustained ), and cheaper... Now, we just have to wait for them

Theres going to be 10k from seagate. What you mean by the revised perps.
Thanks

 

[Randyman...]

People are saying that Seagate has plans on a 10,000RPM Perpindicular drive. Nothing is 100% confirmed, but it makes 100% sense to me

There is a new revision of the 250GB 7200.10 7200RPM HD that use ONE 250GB Platter, and sustains approx 105MB/s!!! See link:

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=512211

Raptors STR's are easily beaten by these "Updated" 7200.10 7200RPM drives (Yes, Raptor's access times are lower) - so it will be really intersting to see how much Seagate's 10,000 RPM Perps beat the Raptors since they will have higher STR's and comparable access times (once Seagate releases them)...

I'm still holding out for (4) of the "Revised" 500GB 7200.10 with 2x 250GB Platters for RAID-5, but there is no sign of them yet ...