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jonny4   06-06-2008 at 09:28:49 PM

Ok i am actually looking to get away from a raid array and need a fast hard drive for gaming mostly. of course everyone and there brother says to get a raptor, but i am also hearing a few people grumbling about the larger hard drives with perpindicular technology being just as fast. now my question is of course is this true and if so which drives should i look at someone said something to me about a samsung drive but they dont know anything about it. any help would be appreciated.


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clay12340   06-06-2008 at 10:04:41 PM
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The new Velociraptors from WD seem to be about the fastest around at the moment. They are fairly pricey at ~$300 for a 300GB drive, but they seem to carry on the tradition of the Raptors and have been improved in pretty much every way.

Here is THGs interactive charts. I don't see the Velociraptors on there for some reason. They did a review of them though which you can search for and read.
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts [...] n,674.html

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jonny4   06-06-2008 at 10:53:00 PM
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i understand the new velociraptor is supposed to be the fastest but i really dont want to spend 300 dollars which is the main reason i was asking about the other hard drives, i appreciate your help though

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jonny4   06-08-2008 at 06:30:38 AM
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anyone help me out!!!!!

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