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.
Good sequential read and write, Good seek performance, 1 TB of storage, 5 year warranty
Expensive; high price per GB ratio
It is interesting to see Western Digital give the VelociRaptor another boost and release the new drive given the fact that the enthusiasts storage has shifted toward SSD. There is no question that the VelociRaptor is the fastest desktop hard drive ava...
Larger capacity options then previous VelociRaptor generations, 64MB Cache, 5-year warranty, 10,000RPM Spindle Speed, Higher performance over currently available HDD drives
Small capacity compared to other HDD (4TB drives currently available), Low performance when compared to SSD, High cost per gigabyte
First, I hope you haven’t read through this review and deduced that the WD1000DHTZ drive as a failure…as that is surely not the case. To be fair, we weren’t comparing apples to apples in this review as no HDD will ever directly compete with an SSD. Ch...
Outstanding sequential read and write speeds, Best IOPS weve seen out of a spinning disk to date (nonhybrid), Industry leading 5Year Warranty,
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.
Western Digital has done well to keep the VelociRaptor pedigree alive with this new 1TB model. We saw notable imporvements across the board, as well as some very impressive throughput figures breaking the 200MB/sec mark. While spinning disks have a wa...
Western Digital has taken quite a while with the VelociRaptor 1TB considering that we reviewed the 600GB VelociRaptor back in 2010. It took them a little over a year to deliver a new VelociRaptor, but that was after a catastrophe in Thailand which like...
The new VelociRaptor does reclaim its title as world's fastest client hard drive, and I do appreciate the fact that WD hasn't raised prices on the drive in the past two years either. Compared to any 3.5" drive on the market today, the new VR is significan...
The VelociRaptor 1TB is easily the fastest mechanical hard drive we've tested. In addition to offering the highest sequential transfer rates, it delivers best-in-class access times. The VelociRaptor's 10k-RPM spindle speed deserves much of the credit, an...
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Published: 2012-04-16, Author: Joe , review by: legitreviews.com
We found the latest incarnation of the Western Digital VelociRaptor to be an solid economical alternative to pricey, large capacity SSDs while offering some admirable performance numbers. Still, with hard drive prices already inflated, it will be int...
Fastest HD Yet, Nearly Double The Capacity Of Previous VelociRaptor, SATA 6G Support, 64MB Cache, 5-Year Warranty
High Cost Per GB Versus 7200RPM Hard Drives, SSDs More Affordable Then Ever
The WD VelociRaptorWhen we first tested the WD VelociRaptor 600GB drive a couple of years back, we began our conclusion with this statement: “The landscape in the PC storage space is very different today than it was when the original VelociRaptor launche...
Sequential transfer speeds measuring 206MB/s read and write, Improved random access over 600GB VelociRaptor, Excellent thermal dissipation and lower power consumption
Fell behind in our HTPC trace
The Western Digital 1TB VelociRaptor showed substantial gains over the prior 600GB VR. WD retains the crown for fastest SATA hard drive on the market while bumping capacity by 400GB; providing a very appealing value proposition for those who want a blend...
Over the last decade or so, Western Digital has made a name for their VelociRaptor line as the premier solution for customers who want to stick with a spindle-based storage solution but want a high level of performance as well. However, the limitation ...
