The Velociraptor-WD’s new monster
Western Digital really outdid themselves with this harddrive/heatsink, aptly named the velociraptor. You’d name it somethin spiffy too if it out-performed enterprise grade solid state hard drives…
“Western Digital has announced the Velociraptor ($300 retail), their latest and greatest in speedy storage. Connecting through 3GB/s SATA, the 300GB, 10,000RPM Velociraptor is actually a 2.5″ hard drive with a massive “Icepack” heatsink that makes it large enough to fit in a 3.5″ bay. Maximum PC already got their hands on a preproduction unit. So how fast was it? Real fast.
In fact, the Velociraptor bested the competition (Western Digital’s old Raptor and the Samsung HD103UJ) in every test they threw at it. Plus it worked great in a RAID setup as well.
So then Maximum PC decided to pull out an SSD to see what the Velociraptor could really do. Of course, the $300 Velociraptor was thwarted by the more affluent $1,950 Mtron Pro-series 64-gigabyte SSD.
Still, in terms of bang for your buck, you aren’t going to do any better than Western Digital’s new chosen one. And besides, it’s just a matter of time before someone rips off that heatsink and fits this 2.5″ monster into a laptop.”
~shortly before melting.
source: gizmodo.com
