WD360GD Re-released

[xxshawn672xx]

Does anyone realize WD re-released the WD360GD with the new hardware and firmware.
So now either 36GB Raptor can keep up with the 74GB's.

The 16mb Cache on the ADFD's do help though.

I ordered a WD360ADFD but they shipped a new GD on accident so I figured why not test it whle I had it!
I'll be posting graphs and such tonight.
Other then HDTach, would anyone like to see other benchmarks?

[dchrsf]

If you could do some game level load times, thatd be great. Along with a windows boot.

But, I know thats alot of trouble involved..PCMark05 Lets you do XP startup MB/s, so that would probably be easier for you.

So now your saying the 36gb had 16mb cache and is supposed to be as fast as both the 150 and 74? hmm..

[xxshawn672xx]

The 36GB Raptor has 2 generations and 3 variances
1st Gen- WD360GD-???? The Very first Raptor

2nd Gen- WD360GD-FLC00 Released at the same time as the 2nd gen 74GB Raptor (the 16mb cache version)
WD360ADFD-FLC00 Released same time as the 2nd gen 8mb cache version, this one has 16mb cache


From what I can tell, Both 36's are faster then 740GD, but the 740ADFD is faster then them all maybe?


Some preliminary test scores I wrote down last night:
WinXP boots in just 10 seconds (does not include Bios loading time, my bios alone take 5-10 seconds)

HDTach:
Avg Read: 58.5MB/s
Seek Time: 7.0ms
125.4MB/s (this score was on the little blue/red bar on the graph, forgot what it means)


SiSoftware:
Drive Index: 60MB/s
Seek Time: 6.9ms
Random Access Time: 7ms
Full Stroke Access Time: 9ms


PcMark05:
XP Startup- 10.5MB/s
Physics- 123.16FPS
3D-98



3.0 P4 OC'd to 3.36
1.5GB Supertalent DDR400
WD360GD-FLC00
ATI x800GTO-Sapphire



I was able to format (NTFS the long way, low-level format) in 8minutes, and it installed windows xp pro (sp1) in a mere 14mins!

[EnderW]

where did you buy a WD360ADFD?

[drizzt81]

So what drive do you have exactly? A WD360GD - FLC0? Is there any way you can verify that it has 16MB of cache, since I cannot find that drive on the WD website:
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?DriveID=40
http://support.wdc.com/productspec.asp

I cannot find any mention of a WD360GD with 16Mb of cache. I see plenty of info about the WD360ADFD with 16MB cache. While I am not doubting you, I would like to see some backup.

[xxshawn672xx]

No no no, I meant the WD360GD-FLC00 I have was released at the same time as the 740ADFD.

[xxshawn672xx]

where did you buy a WD360ADFD?


A local shop got a bunch from WD, the warranty started at the beginning of this month and is good for 5 years.
(They weren't made years ago and sat on a shelf)

[drizzt81]

No no no, I meant the WD360GD-FLC00 I have was released at the same time as the 740ADFD.
so you have an 8MB WD360GD-FLC0?