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WD Velociraptor is fastest drive ever
What's faster than a Raptor? A Velociraptor, apparently. Western Digital has gone and bested their existing Raptor line of speedy drives by unleashing the Velociraptor, a drive that they claim is the world's fastest mechanical hard drive. The 300GB drive connects via 3GB/s SATA and spins at a blazing fast 10,000RPM. What's more, it's actually a 2.5" drive but because of its massive heatsink, needs to be placed in a 3.5" drive bay. So, is the Velociraptor a marketing ploy or the fastest drive ever? The folks at Maximum PC set out to find the answer and their benchmarks (versus the old Raptor X and the previous king of the storage hill, Samsung's HD103UJ) present a compelling case. "[W]hen it comes to consumer-level drives that are both affordable and practical, you cannot beat a Velociraptor."
For more on the Velociraptor:
- check out the benchmarks over at Maximum PC
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