http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/ Engadget Comments for Western Digital launches world's fastest SATA disk: the 300GB VelociRaptor http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/Apr 21st 2008 8:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/Apr 21st 2008 1:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/
When I bought my 74gb raptor 4 years (or was it 5?) ago, I didn't pay too much more than what they cost now. Those years of short load times have been well worth the premium.

I've been using a 500GB drive for a while now in my gaming PC for my least played games....but it's getting harder and harder to stick with only 74GB, (esepcially the fricking steam games sticking to the steam folder) and I'd really like to get it dual-booting Vista for when I actually need it. I think this will be a nice upgrade, but I'll wait a few months after general availability to let the price settle a bit.]]>Apr 21st 2008 11:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/Apr 21st 2008 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/Apr 21st 2008 9:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/Apr 21st 2008 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/Apr 21st 2008 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/Apr 21st 2008 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/Apr 21st 2008 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/Apr 21st 2008 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/Apr 21st 2008 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/
The King is Back!]]>Apr 21st 2008 8:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/Apr 21st 2008 8:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/Apr 21st 2008 9:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/Apr 21st 2008 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/
WD Keep 'em coming ]]>Apr 21st 2008 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/
Previous Raptors have been pretty noisy. Great for servers, annoying for those who want a quiet system.]]>Apr 21st 2008 8:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/Apr 21st 2008 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/
The Toms Hardware review linked in the article is quite thorough :)]]>Apr 21st 2008 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/Apr 21st 2008 8:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/Apr 22nd 2008 5:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/Apr 21st 2008 8:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/
Now I can replace my old 36GB Raptor that I use for a system drive.

It's so time to build a new PC. ]]>Apr 21st 2008 9:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/Apr 21st 2008 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/
o_O

How about throwing some of that money my way, MR. TRUMP.]]>Apr 21st 2008 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/
I know it is absurd, but I have bought my last two hard drives based solely on how silent they run.

Having worked in same room with RAID array, I learned hard way that blazing performance isn't only metric for hard drives. Even more so for PCs in living rooms.]]>Apr 21st 2008 9:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/

WOW!!!!!

of course, by next year this time, this will be mainstream]]>Apr 21st 2008 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/Apr 21st 2008 9:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/Apr 21st 2008 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/The ice pack seams like it might not fit everywhere you might want it to.]]>Apr 21st 2008 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/Apr 21st 2008 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/Apr 21st 2008 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/
SATA was nice in that it was supposed to mandate things like connector location and screw holes to ensure drives could be hot pluggable in anyones carriers similar to SCA for SCSI drives.

I was all excited too, I have a Mac Pro coming soon, and was hoping for an updated Raptor drive. Oh well.]]>Apr 21st 2008 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/the_new_fastest_hard_drive_ever
http://www.storagereview.com/WD3000BLFS.sr?page=0%2C0]]>Apr 21st 2008 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/Apr 21st 2008 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.storagereview.com/WD3000BLFS.sr?page=0%2C5

"the IcePAK, as pretty as it may be to some enthusiast eyes, is unnecessary with a drive that dissipates so little heat."

Storage review also has a reliability index, where they track user issues over years to determine model and vendor reliability. Just really smart compared to the average "look at the pretty box!" review.

Looks like a very good drive btw, very low noise and power usage and excellent performance across the board.]]>Apr 21st 2008 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.westerndigital.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=459]]>Apr 21st 2008 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/
http://xkcd.com/135/]]>Apr 21st 2008 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/
"Its noise and power measurements are among the lowest we have ever recorded. "]]>Apr 21st 2008 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/Apr 21st 2008 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/
At least we still have better and faster SAS drives available.]]>Apr 22nd 2008 8:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/Apr 21st 2008 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/
Ok, I am just mad that Alienware gets it first. I guess you have to test hardware somehow.

P.S. Someone contact erislover and notify him that his web comics HAVE TOO MANY WORDS TO BE FUNNY!]]>Apr 21st 2008 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/Apr 21st 2008 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/Apr 21st 2008 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/
I don't know much about the intricacies of hardware, but apparently 2.5" drives come in several different heights. From an article on Tom's Hardware:

"Although the VelociRaptor is a 2.5" hard drive, it does not fit into notebooks due to its greater height. Notebook hard drives typically stick to a 9.5 mm height; some high-capacity models (the current 500 GB notebook drives) utilize three platters and hence occupy a 12.5 mm height. The new Raptor, however, fits into the format for 2.5" enterprise hard drives, which allows for a total height of 15 mm."

Plus if the location of the SATA connection (on the drive itself) is non-standard... Oh well, I will have to live with my 7200 RPM drive I guess :\]]>Apr 21st 2008 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/Apr 21st 2008 10:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/
No, I lied, I just want to have liquid nitrogen so that I can make extra-smooth ice cream.]]>Apr 21st 2008 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/Apr 21st 2008 4:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/western-digital-launches-worlds-fastest-sata-disk-the-300gb/http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/001366.html]]>Apr 21st 2008 5:58PM