Testseek.com have collected 81 expert reviews of the Western Digital 3.5 inch VelociRaptor SATA600 WD-DHTZ Series and the average rating is 83%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Western Digital 3.5 inch VelociRaptor SATA600 WD-DHTZ Series.
June 2012
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The editors liked
Outstanding sequential read and write speeds
Best IOPS weve seen out of a spinning disk to date (nonhybrid)
Industry leading 5Year Warranty
Sequential transfer speeds measuring 206MB/s read and write
Improved random access over 600GB VelociRaptor
Excellent thermal dissipation and lower power consumption
Larger capacity options then previous VelociRaptor generations
64MB Cache
5-year warranty
10
000RPM Spindle Speed
Higher performance over currently available HDD drives
Fastest HD Yet
Nearly Double The Capacity Of Previous VelociRaptor
SATA 6G Support
5-Year Warranty
Speedy for a hard drive. Inexpensive compared with SSDs.
The WD VelociRaptor WD1000DHTZ offers great performance and offers 1TB of storage space
Good sequential read and write
Good seek performance
1 TB of storage
5 year warranty
Middle‑ground between SSD speed and HDD capacity/reliability
Quick randomaccess times and fast raw reads and writes.
The editors didn't like
HDDs generally struggle to match the thousands of IOPS capable of modern SSDs. As good as it is
The VR just can't come close to Solid State.
Fell behind in our HTPC trace
Small capacity compared to other HDD (4TB drives currently available)
Low performance when compared to SSD
High cost per gigabyte
Alidan Aug 2
2012
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High Cost Per GB Versus 7200RPM Hard Drives
SSDs More Affordable Then Ever
Slower than SSDs. Pricier than traditional spinning hard drives
The new WD VelociRaptor WD1000DHTZ is noticeably more expensive than regular hard drives of the same capacity
Expensive
High price per GB ratio
Awkward middle‑ground between SSD high price and HDD slow speeds.
– Western Digital 1TB Velociraptor (WD1000DHTZ)The Western Digital 1TB Velociraptor 10K RPM drives are quicker and meaner than any other platter based hard drives available on the SATA interface. They are the F1 of the hard drive market in terms of pe...
Published: 2012-12-03, Author: The , review by: hardwarebbq.com
The noise during the time when you access the drive for reading and writing. It doesn't sound like a coffee grinder but its somewhere near that. This drive's grinding noise is the perfect candidate for a product's testing methodology I hope to implemen...
Abstract: Wednesday, 31 October 2012 04:33 Western Digital’s VelociRaptor has been one of our preferred SATA drives for video editing for many years. This time around Western Digital improved the performance and raised the capacity to 1TB while maintaining low ...
Published: 2012-09-28, Author: Matthew , review by: pcmag.com
Speedy for a hard drive. Inexpensive compared with SSDs.
Slower than SSDs. Pricier than traditional spinning hard drives
The Western Digital VelociRaptor is back in a 1TB version that reclaims the speed crown for spinning media?but it can?t compare to SSDs on the performance front....
Abstract: The 600 GB Western Digital VelociRaptor was a remarkable piece of HDD technology. It was a major improvement over the original 300 GB VelociRaptor, boasting double of everything - storage capacity, buffer size and even interface speed. That allowed th....
" pages, coming up with a conclusion of sorts isn't difficult. But it is with the VR 1TB. The reason is that while the drive is in a class of its own, and it is the fastest mechanical drive ever produced, it's not for everyone. It's for those who deman...
While the Raptor cannot achieve the performance of a Solid State Drive it is still one fast drive. The capacity is a real plus that many are looking for. As previously mentioned a similar sized Solid State Drive of a 1TB capacity will set you back at l...
