Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB 10,000RPM Review

Tue 2008-08-26 - Posted by Patrick "MACMAC" MacMillan

TweakTown has just reviewed the Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB 10K hard drive, and has also tested it in RAID 0 configuration.

Here’s what they had to say:

“Until Western Digital released the VelociRaptor, 2008 was on track to be a year dominated by Solid-State Drive headlines. Western Digital has quickly put a stop to that and released a major roadblock for the adoption of SSDs for enthusiasts.

The Western Digital VelociRaptor is clearly the fastest consumer hard drive available, SSD or traditional platter based period. There are of course a few faster SSDs and SAS drives, but they are far from consumer class and what I am really saying is consumer priced.”

If you have the money and the need for the absolute best, but require more space than solid state drives offer, the VelociRaptor is definitely what you have been waiting for.

Click here to read the full review.

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