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
(83%)
73 Reviews
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One distinction is that the VelociRaptor is aimed at high end servers (it's rated for 1.4 million hours mean time between failure) as well as high end PCs, including gaming-centric models, where every bit of extra performance boost may be appreciated ...
Published: 2010-05-03, Author: Vincent , review by: slashgear.com
Abstract: When it comes to fast storage, Western Digital aren’t willing to accept that the only way forward is a solid state drive. Instead, they’re pushing forward with the VelociRaptor series, a range of traditional platter-based hard-drives spinning at high s...
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...
