Testseek.com have collected 73 expert reviews of the Western Digital 3.5 inch VelociRaptor SATA600 WD-HLHX Series and the average rating is 83%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Western Digital 3.5 inch VelociRaptor SATA600 WD-HLHX Series.
May 2010
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The editors liked
Great performance at an even better cost/GB than the previous Raptor (see below)
Fastest HD Yet
Double The Capacity Of Previous VelociRaptor
SATA 6G Support
Relatively Quiet
Fast read speeds and very fast write speeds
Impressive capacity for such a speedy drive
Fastest hard drive
6Gb/s SATA
Welcome capacity bump.
The editors didn't like
While speedy
Fast HDD's still have painfully slow seeks as compared to SSD's
High Cost Per GB Versus 7200RPM Hard Drives
Slower than some budget SSDs at booting Windows
Expensive compared with Seagate's Momentus XT hybrid hard drive
Published: 2011-02-09, Author: The , review by: hardwarebbq.com
Abstract: WD sends in a Velociraptor with a SATA 6Gb/s interface…Mighty big teeth with Mighty fast drive (for a mechanical drive) with the mighty SATA III interface. Enterprise class drives are used in environments which requires access 24/7 and fast enough access...
The "which drive" conflict has raged for a long time. The self-same people who thought the original VelociRaptor was too expensive for the tiny capacity then moved on to complaining how Solid State Drives are too expensive for their tiny capacity.As someo...
Abstract: Our WD6000HLHX drive is the latest update and brings the maximum capacity up to 600GB. (Its predecessor topped out at 300GB.)Retailing for US $329 or $0.55 per gigabyte the VelociRaptor is an expensive buy. WD's own 7200rpm 1TB Black Edition drive reta...
Abstract: The Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB and VelociRaptor 600GB are two of the fastest SATA hard drives money can buy. HDD performance almost always comes at an acoustic price, but are these drives quieter than the predecessors, and do their speed/capacity...
The Western Digital Velociraptor is the fastest hard drive we have currently reviewed and it still proves that in many cases, hard drives are still faster than SSDs and the ever increasing size of SSDs still has not matched that capabilities and capaci...
After taking a look at all these benchmarks we come to a single question: Is the hefty price tag of $260 really worth the gains? This depends on what exactly you are looking for. SSDs will offer better performance, but at the $260 getting a good one ...
You'll notice during our performance analysis that we've specifically not compared the VelociRaptor to an SSD, and this is because, while they're both forms of high-performance storage, we don't feel the two can be fairly compared. It'd be like comparing...
Abstract: The original Western Digital VelociRaptor 300 GB was a much-vaunted breakthrough in hard drive technology. Its combination of two high-density platters in a small form factor and a super-fast spindle speed not only delivered blistering seek times, but....
Abstract: At 10,000 rpm, the Western Digital VelociRaptor WD6000HLHX drive certainly spins faster than the competition. But do faster rotations per minute translate into faster performance? VelociRaptor drives have been out for two years; PC World Labs tests, ho...
