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First signs of a new Western Digital Raptor? 150Gb 10.000rpm goodness

@ 2005/12/23

Here is some information about the new Western Digital Raptor.
But there is no information yet about the two versions (Gamers and Server edition) on the WD home site.

Western Digital Raptor 150GB SATA2 16MB 10000RPM GAMER
Western Digital Raptor 150GB SATA2 16MB 10000RPM SERVER

There isn't anymore information I'm afraid because they are so new.
but 150 MB, SATA2, 16MB, 10K, (and hopefully NCQ), it's gonna be something to have next year.

The price will be ~340 - 360 USD.

Comment from Rutar @ 2005/12/24

if they increased the density of the data, the drive should be faster

it's the case for the 200/250 GB Spinpoints, the 250 is faster because of the higher density

Comment from jmke @ 2005/12/24

my 74Gb raptor is full atm and having one large drive vs lots of smaller ones is always easier to work with.

so yes, the introduction of the 150Gb Raptor is a good thing, even if it only helps to push down the price of the current 36/74GB versions

Comment from The Senile Doctor @ 2005/12/24

what I meant was that most people who want FAST harddrives already own multiple raptor 74's. and we all have BIG backup/data drives too...
the increase in speed probably will be only marginal over current raptors...

Comment from easypanic @ 2005/12/24

Well, those hard drives look very nice, but at a very dirty price tag

Comment from Rutar @ 2005/12/24

I think the major boost will come when we get decent, affordable solid state drives for the Operating system.

then there will be no tradeoff for speed and noise

Comment from jmke @ 2005/12/23

so what you both are saying is that FASTER and LARGER hard drives ain't no good?

seriously, have you actually thought about what you are saying?

the HDD is the bottleneck of the current PC; having a faster HDD in there will speed up EVERYTHING

/me speaks of experience with WD 74GB Raptor

Comment from Rutar @ 2005/12/23

*glares at Samsung P120*

Not to mention, most people have other priorities when it comes to harddrives.

Comment from The Senile Doctor @ 2005/12/23

interesting but who needs them?
data and backupdisks need space, not raptors

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