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
One might look at the VelociRaptor's name next to the growing number of solid-state drives entering the market and conclude that the VR200M is already dinosaur. Indeed, the substantial performance advantage enjoyed by the Corsair and Intel SSDs in many...
Great performance at an even better cost/GB than the previous Raptor (see below)
While speedy, fast HDD's still have painfully slow seeks as compared to SSD's
The new VelociRaptor 600GB offers great performance at a *lower* cost/GB than its predecessor. While most of the specs match the older 300GB model, the increased platter density gave a nice boost to sequential transfer rates. The dual core processor and...
Abstract: When Western Digital released the original 300GB, 10,000-rpm VelociRaptor hard drive almost two years ago, ExtremeTech declared: "If you want the fastest rotating hard drive for desktop PCs, then you'll want the VelociRaptor." At the time, the drive—wh...
We were very impressed with the new VelociRaptor 600 GB: it was between 25% and 30% faster than VelociRaptor 300 GB. Of course if you want something even faster than the new VelociRaptor, you will need to buy an SSD, which will cost you a lot more. Jus...
I included the price per GB graph to give everyone an idea of the value of the new Velociraptor. A MSRP of for the 600 GB and $299 for the 450GB may seem a little pricy. But when you figure the capacity and performance you get, it’s not a bad deal. The...
The Western Digital VelociRaptor is the fastest SATA hard drive. Its 10,000RPM spindle speed gives it fast access times and high transfer speeds. Since we don’t live in a vacuum this also has to be compared to SSDs which are orders of magnitude faster...
Fastest HD Yet, Double The Capacity Of Previous VelociRaptor, SATA 6G Support, Relatively Quiet
High Cost Per GB Versus 7200RPM Hard Drives
The landscape in the PC storage space is very different today than it was when the original VelociRaptor launched in April of last year. Since then, Solid State Drives, while still extremely expensive in terms of cost per GB, have gotten much more afforda...
Western Digital's 600GB VelociRaptor arrives a long two years after its 300GB predecessor, and the new product doesn’t disappoint. Once again, a hard drive carrying the Raptor name claims the crown for being the fastest desktop hard drive available. Th...
