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| Western Digital 150 GB VelociRaptor SATA 10,000 RPM 16 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Enterprise Hard Drive WD1500HLFS | 
| Brand: Western Digital
Category: CE
List Price: $162.99
Buy New: $124.99
as of 9/9/2010 22:24 CDT details
You Save: $38.00 (23%)
New (29) Used (6) from $89.51
Seller: vladrath
Rating:  54 reviews
Format: CD
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: N/A
Hard Drive Size: 150
Size: 150 GB
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 4 x 1
nv:Drive Type: Internal
Capacity: 150GB
Interface: SATA 3.0Gb/s
Interface Type: SATA
Spindle Speed (RPM): 10K
Buffer Memory: 16MB
Average Latency (msec): 3.0
Data Transfer Rate on Serial ATA: Up to 3000 Mb/sec
Form Factor: 3.5"
MTBF: 1,400,000 hrs.
Shock, Operating: 2 msec (Gs): 65
MPN: WD1500HLFS
Model: WD1500HLFS
UPC: 718037733432
EAN: 7180377334328
ASIN: B001EQQW1A
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Rotational Speed: 10,000 RPM | | • | Buffer Size: 16 MB | | • | Capacity: 150 GB | | • | Interface: SATA 3 Gb/s |
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Product Description
The evolution of 10,000 RPM SATA technology. The WD Raptor has evolved! PC enthusiasts' favorite 10,000 RPM SATA drive is now faster than ever.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 54
 Perfect use for OS drive: Fast & Quiet!! August 19, 2010
jeff
I've been using this drive for my OS drive for a few years now. Nothing beats the speed of 10K RPM! It runs relatively quiet as well. I've reinstall Windows a few times and with this drive, I've to admit it's kind of fun!
The VERY best for a startup drive! August 10, 2010
Daniel Lenzmeier
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I installed this in my Mac Pro. Super simple as it just slides right in. Amazing speed and definitely quiet enough. I love it! The fact that it also has the best reliability rating of any drive with 1.4 million hours between failures gives me the piece of mind that this drive will last a long time. My system is rock solid now.
 Consider a Samsung Spinpoint June 21, 2010
Make IT happen
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Pure specification numbers, particularly the 10K RPM speed, would logically indicate this is the fastest SATA II drive outside of solid state, but some benchmark reviews and my own experience brings up some questions. I do like that the drive is quiet compared to the Raptor predecessor. The first 10K Raptors were only 37 and 74 GB, SATA I, and noisy. The Velociraptor series is much quieter and comes in the 150 and 300 GB flavors and SATA II. However, I don't think the price is worth it. I have "regular" 7.2K RPM SATA II drives with no RAID that give Win 7 ratings of 5.9, and my RAID 0 dual 300GB Velociraptor only gives a 6.2
Of course Win 7 ratings are nowhere as reliable as throughput and random access tests, but just Google Velociraptor vs. Samsung Spinpoint and read for yourself. While the random access times are faster for the Velociraptor, most read/write/burst speeds are faster for Spinpoint and Spinpoint is even faster than SSD on some tests. So random access is the ability to "Find" what you are looking for. The other tests are related to processing a found item or creating a new file, which may be more important for people working with multimedia and large files. So if you want to load your OS fast or find a file fast, then SSD is the best if you can afford it. If you are copying files from A to B, creating large files, etc... then Spinpoint beats even SSD. So a good SSD with decent capacity runs over $400 at the time of this review. A pair of Velociratptors @ 300 GB each for a total of 600 GB at RAID 0 will run you nearly $400. A 1TB Spinpoint will cost you about $80 with some tax or S/H it may get near $100. So for the price of 1 quality SSD at about 128GB you can get 2 Velociraptors at 600 GB with RAID 0 or 4 Spinpoints with 2 2TB logical drives on RAID 0, resulting in 4000GB>600GB>128GB. So it really raises the question of price vs gain (if any) of buying a Velociraptor, or 2 for that matter. I feel like I wasted money on my dual Velociraptors but didn't know about Spinpoint prior to my purchase. Of course the newer 600GB Velociraptors with the new SATA standard are available but I haven't seen the benchmarks on those, nor the price.
Awesome! June 15, 2010
S. Matteson
These drives are great! I've been using them for some time now and would highly recommend them!
Awesome WD Velociraptor June 1, 2010
Terry Jardine (Oceanside, CA USA)
As a computer techy I was pleasantly surprised at the speed of the WD Velociraptor. The response times are nothing short of amazing. I was looking into getting a Solid State Hard Drive until I stumbled onto the Velociraptor. The reviews on this product basically sold me. I am extremely happy with my purchase and it came quickly from Amazon. I would recommend this hard drive to anyone looking for a fast and reliable hard drive upgrade. Also, WIN7 works great with this hard drive, I have had no problems. WD Velociraptor has a bigger brother too....the 600GB, and this will be my next purchase, Western Digital has great products. The warranty on this drive also sold me....5 years....they know it's good.
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