Discuss (24) -
Posted at 12:01 PM on Wednesday 09/10/08 by
Ben
Hotness UNHOT
NewEgg.com has the Western Digital VelociRaptor WD1500HLFS 150GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive for $180 with free shipping. Even though it spins at breakneck speeds, you'll get a 5-year warranty from WD.
  • 21
    TheBS - Posted 7:25 pm PDT 09/10/08 (1285 Posts)  Report Spam

    nuisance_el_homo wrote:
    Not true. There are plenty of 10-15Krpm drives that are 4", you dumbass. The fact that you know this information should be very depressing and you may want to consider yourself a dumbass geek.
    Or an engineer with fabrication and product management experience. My apologies for "knowing too much" for you there.

    More and more 2.5" is becoming the new desktop/server commodity drive (taking over 3.5").
    More and more 1.8" is becoming the new portable commodity drive (taking over 2.5").

    Was this useful?
    Voting ...
    0 0
  • 22
    Ross - Posted 7:51 pm PDT 09/10/08 (1207 Posts)  Report Spam

    #16: Your little peenie isn't even 4"

    Was this useful?
    Voting ...
    0 0
  • 23
    inferno - Posted 8:20 pm PDT 09/10/08 (855 Posts)  Report Spam

    Wow new cheaper version of the drive. The other one goes for $300...seems like a better gb/price ratio than this :O Isn't the other one 320GB also? I've seen it dip below $300 as well...

    strange selling tactics

    Was this useful?
    Voting ...
    0 0
  • 24
    Jedi2155 - Posted 10:04 pm PDT 09/10/08 (375 Posts)  Report Spam

    Intel's expertise with drive controllers means they trump performance crown.

    http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/showdoc.aspx?i=3403

    Raptor can't touch this in most instances.if they moved to a SLC type flash, then nothing can touch them!

    Was this useful?
    Voting ...
    0 0

Already a member? Sign in below.

Forgot Password?

Registration takes seconds! Once registered you’ll have members only access to:

  • Favorites bookmark list
  • Fully customizable User Profile
  • Discussions on all products
  • Forums & more
or