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Posted at 7:08 PM on Wednesday 04/15/09 by
Ben
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NewEgg.com has the Western Digital VelociRaptor 150GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive for $170 - $20 rebate [Exp 4/15] = $150 with free shipping. Average seek time of 4.2ms, average write time of 4.7ms and an average latency of 5.5ms. [Compare]
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    Pei - Posted 7:14 pm PDT 04/15/09 (462 Posts)  Report Spam

    This is about 16 times more expensive per GB as 1.5TB HDD.

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    binaryvisions - Posted 7:34 pm PDT 04/15/09 (1049 Posts)  Report Spam

    Gosh, thanks #1. Nobody has ever pointed out that the price-per-GB is higher with Raptors than it is with normal 7200rpm drives.

    I'm sure glad you took it upon yourself to help us out with that one.

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    Necro Joe - Posted 8:20 pm PDT 04/15/09 (1032 Posts)  Report Spam

    I know I'm a better person because of #1's insight.

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    Juggernaut510 - Posted 9:06 pm PDT 04/15/09 (59 Posts)  Report Spam

    Right.

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    btc909 - Posted 9:47 pm PDT 04/15/09 (2658 Posts)  Report Spam

    So what is the website to order that 10K 1.5TB SATA HD #1?

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    lawnsprinkler - Posted 3:30 am PDT 04/16/09 (1876 Posts)  Report Spam

    #1 is right.

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    sirkipp - Posted 7:03 am PDT 04/16/09 (225 Posts)  Report Spam

    All jokes aside, I owned the original raptor and now this one and I'd have to say they're the top drives on the market. I actually notice the speed difference considerably. These are great for putting your OS on, then throw in another 1.5TB drive that #1 is talking about for all your storage.

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    cristtiah - Posted 7:26 am PDT 04/16/09 (34 Posts)  Report Spam

    #7 is right, I also use this for my system, very fast execution of programs especially for graphic artists...and then use the bigger drives for storage....

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    juan213 - Posted 10:30 am PDT 04/16/09 (102 Posts)  Report Spam

    Agree to #7
    This drive is for fast performance, not for large storage.

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    sk8erboy - Posted 3:34 pm PDT 04/16/09 (306 Posts)  Report Spam

    Why is it that since #1 stated the obvious, EVERYONE else has as well?

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    ScroogeM - Posted 4:28 pm PDT 04/16/09 (120 Posts)  Report Spam

    I bought this when it first came out at twice the cost.

    It has been the single most useful component in my PC and probably the best money I've spent in my case.

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    MaJoad52 - Posted 6:40 pm PDT 04/16/09 (457 Posts)  Report Spam

    It's called conversation/discussion #10. Very enjoyable...

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