Testseek.com have collected 40 expert reviews of the Western Digital 3.5 inch VelociRaptor SATA300 WD-GLFS Series and the average rating is 85%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Western Digital 3.5 inch VelociRaptor SATA300 WD-GLFS Series.
July 2008
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The editors liked
Includes heat sink drive mount
Extremely fast
Quiet
And cool
Decent capacity
Looks Really Cool
System Was As Snappy As Running A SSD
Ran Nice And Cool Thanks To the Ice Pack Mounting Frame
Provides Some Nice Eye Candy
Decent Price/Performance When Compared To SSDs
Western Digital Quality
Did We Mention Blazing Speed
The editors didn't like
Expensive
Not hot-swappable
Cost More Than A 7200 RPM Drive
Scared Our Other Hard Drives When They Saw The VelociRaptors Coming.
After putting our socks back on from being blown off, we have all just been witness to one of the fastest hard drives on the market that does not have solid state in its name. With burst speeds of 221.9mb and very nice read/write averages in the upper...
Looks Really Cool, System Was As Snappy As Running A SSD, Ran Nice And Cool Thanks To the Ice Pack Mounting Frame, Provides Some Nice Eye Candy, Decent Price/Performance When Compared To SSDs, Western Digital Quality, Did We Mention Blazing Speed
Cost More Than A 7200 RPM Drive, Scared Our Other Hard Drives When They Saw The VelociRaptors Coming.
Weve run the gambit of hard drives commonly used in desktop systems in our series of hard drive reviews. From uber expensive SSDs to the common 7200 RPM 160GB $50 drive. We thought it fitting to end that series (for now) with the legendary Western D...
After having played with the final, retail versions of the VelociRaptor hard drive, I have no less excitement about the drives than I did before. While the raw performance of the hard drives might have been muted slightly with the release of the Inte...
The Western Digital VelociRaptor offers a single drive with the speed of two standard RAID 0 drives. There are many pros and cons of RAID, including the fact that standard RAID 0 is less stable than a single drive. With 300GB of storage, its much lar...
Abstract: August 7, 2008 Since 2003, Western Digital is the only one to offer Serial ATA drives that function at a speed of 10.000 rpm. This rotation speed up until now was reserved for SCSI drives that could even go as high as 15.000 rpm, gives an additional b...
Abstract: Western Digital's (WD) Raptor line of performance hard drives are the stuff of legend. They combine the high spindle speed and performance of more expensive server hard drives with the cheap, simple, and consumer centric SATA connection of home user syste...
I doubt anyone will argue that Western Digital VelociRaptor is a unique Serial ATA hard drive for enthusiasts. It is extremely fast, but quiet and not hot at all, i.e. combines all the best features of a hard drive. The developers managed to put togeth...
Abstract: When it comes to performance desktop hard drives Western Digital’s Raptor has been the king-of-the-hill for some time now. Its 10000RPM rotational speed gives it a boost over others 3.5-inch SATA disks, which typically top out at 7200RPM when designed ...
In the end, we are left asking one question. Is this the fastest hard drive available today? The short answer is no. That dubious honour is still held by many solid state hard drives. However, the Western Digital VelociRaptor does close the gap betwee...
