WD VelociRaptor 600GB RAID review
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Published: 2nd November 2010 | Source: Western Digital | Price: £212 |
HD Tune
First off we're firing up HD Tune Pro.
Obviously being non-mechanical the Kingston is rock solid across the whole range of tests. The single VelociRaptor actually puts up a much better showing than we expected, giving an average of 120MB/s. In RAID, which is our real test, you can see the benefits with both the maximum and average transfer rates comfortably ahead of the SSD.
It's a similar story in the write testing with the minimum and burst going to the SSD and maximum to our VelociRaptor RAID setup, which leads to the surprising result of as-near-as-dammit identical average results. Again we need to point out how respectable the single VelociRaptor is. Not at all shabby.
Naturally the main difference between a mechanical drive and a Solid State is the speed drop off as you start to reach the edge of the platter on a mechanical drive that doesn't occur with a SSD.The blue line is the transfer rate whilst the yellow indicates response time.
Single VelociRaptor
RAID VelociRaptor
Kingston SSD Now V+
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Originally Posted by tinytomlogan
Before SSDs there was the Western Digital VelociRaptor. With price per GB seemingly stable, it's time to revisit the HDD performance King. Continue Reading |
There still alot of people who would still buy them as they are becoming cheaper
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Originally Posted by dipzy
They still pretty amazing drives, i got a 120gb ssd for my operating system, 300gb velociraptor for my programs and games also a 2tb sata drive for my music and HD Video's |
Work well?
I am thinking of setting my system up the same way.
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Originally Posted by yggdrasil
How dose that setup work for you? Work well? I am thinking of setting my system up the same way. |
I would recommend a setup like this to everyone
I got to much data to fit on a 600GB drive
5.5TB to much 
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Originally Posted by yggdrasil
I just would use it for large programs, games and what not and the SSD for windows and smaller programs. I got to much data to fit on a 600GB drive 5.5TB to much |
? that a lot of data, you would need 3 x 2tb drives or more for storage But my OS is slow as heck so this 600GB 10k RPM drive would serve nicely next to a Mushkin Callisto Deluxe 60GB SSD
since I'm a Western digital fan and Mushkin seems promising
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Originally Posted by tinytomlogan
Before SSDs there was the Western Digital VelociRaptor. |
I'm not sold on these drives. I would rather buy 4 Samsung F3 and raid them.
WD need to get with the times and get some SSD going. Infact what better way to progress the Raptor than to bring out an SSD that trumps everything else?
Sadly WD lately are reminding me of Jack Horner in the movie Boogie Nights. They seem to be refusing to get with the times and it's odd Bryan mentioned VCR because WD are living in the VCR age.
It will cost them eventually. By the time they do release a SSD (and let's face it they're going to have to) the entire world will come down on them like we all did on Nvidia for a bitterly dissapointing start with the 4 series (above all price was the deciding factor on that one, at least now they're cheap enough to ignore all the flaws).
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Originally Posted by yggdrasil
I got one 1tb, one 1.5TB and 2x 2TB. But my OS is slow as heck so this 600GB 10k RPM drive would serve nicely next to a Mushkin Callisto Deluxe 60GB SSD since I'm a Western digital fan and Mushkin seems promising |
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