when will WD release a new raptor?

nawfal · #1 10-10-06, 12:31 AM

the 150gb raptor is was released about 9 months ago now roughly

i am on the verge of buying one, but 150gb is too small for me. if they relased a 300gb one , i will buy it.

any idea based on past trends when they will release the next size up?

FragTek · #2 10-10-06, 12:35 AM

I reckon the next Raptor won't be for a long while, unless theyre secretly working on a SATA2 model. Rumor has it that they aren't however.

If they did, I would imagine it would probably still be 150gb. The smaller size comes hand in hand with those high RPM's.

I wanna see a Raptor rocking PRT, now that would be so gamsta.

FarFarAway · #3 10-10-06, 08:46 PM

After releasing the 150gb modules I'd imagine they are gonna sit back and rake in the profits

Raven · #4 11-10-06, 07:25 PM

and profit they will make, find it disturbing that no other manufactures have released any high rpm harddrives.

the market could use the competition within that section :/

Phnom_Penh · #5 12-10-06, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by name='FragTek'

the next Raptor won't be for a long while

gets my vote.

GoldenTiger · #6 16-05-07, 01:59 AM

Bah

. 150GB is a tad too small for the price premium these command, despite their speed.

!TIMMY! · #7 16-05-07, 03:42 AM

Buy 2 and put them in Raid 0 = 300gb = winner

if you have the £ that is.

blackoper · #8 16-05-07, 04:36 AM

You may want to look into getting a SCSI drive. You can get 300GB drives there at 10k and 15k rpms. A decent adapter is a pci-x for $70 or a pci-e I've seen for around $150. I currently run two u160 150gb scsi drives in raid-0 for my main system drive, and two 36 gb in raid1 on my server system drive (linux)

Ham · #9 16-05-07, 08:06 AM

SCSI drives are just as expensive. Get 2 plain SATA2 drives and RAID them. Better value and just as fast as a raptor.

HarryB · #10 28-09-07, 04:45 PM

If you have the money just buy 2 and put them in a raid config