Velociraptor 300GB

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vjcsmoke

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Just got me a brand new one for $150 shipped. :)
When SSDs go down in price, I'll get one for my C drive.
But the Velocirpator is gonna be my gaming drive! :D
 
SSD for ALL. Outa space? BUY MORE N RAID 'EM.

Only static storage deserves a mechanical disk IMO.
 
I got it from ebay. It's brand new btw.
Anyways the drive arrived today, and it's 2.5 inch form factor!
It was so small and light, I was afraid that the box was empty!

What do I do? Should I sell off the drive or buy a hd bay adapter so it can plug into a 3.5 drive slot?
Cos there's no where to put it right now, unless I want to make it the world's fastest PS3 sata hard drive!
And that would be pretty ridiculous cos I got my PS3 for like $300 and this drive was $150.
 
that 3.5 drive adapter you talked about is a giant heatsink. it keeps the drive cool. if you remove it, and try to place the drive into a ps3, the drive will have no way to cool itself properly. It wont fit in a PS3 btw, i think it's too long.

edit: i'd only use 5400RPM HDDs for the PS3. you dont really see faster load times with faster drives, on the ps3 anyway. plus they are cheaper and run cooler
 
brent4president said:
it would overheat and break...
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No it won't. WD sells it without the heatsinks on it's own. The drive produces less heat than a regular 3.5" drive as well. The heatsink was originally included so that the drive could be mounted in a 3.5" bay without buying any adapters. As for the PS3, it won't fit due to thickness, not length.
 
it seems like many other people are saying the velociraptor is fine w/o the heatsink, so i guess i was wrong on that. weird.
 
Blue Fox said:
No it won't. WD sells it without the heatsinks on it's own. The drive produces less heat than a regular 3.5" drive as well. The heatsink was originally included so that the drive could be mounted in a 3.5" bay without buying any adapters. As for the PS3, it won't fit due to thickness, not length.
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What is the thickness of a PS3 hard drive? I thought all 2.5" hard drives had the same size/thickness?
 
Nope, there are ones that are made for laptops and then there are ones that are made for enterprise use - different sizes.
 
Wow Shady, that looks great. Unfortunately all of my 5.25 inch bays are full. And I already ordered the Icybox 2.5 to 3.5 bay converter. Thanks for the suggestion though. If I ever decide to pull out an optical drive to free up a 5.25 inch bay, I'll keep that item in mind.
 
vjcsmoke said:
Wow Shady, that looks great. Unfortunately all of my 5.25 inch bays are full. And I already ordered the Icybox 2.5 to 3.5 bay converter. Thanks for the suggestion though. If I ever decide to pull out an optical drive to free up a 5.25 inch bay, I'll keep that item in mind.
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Actually that fits in a 3.5inch bay. There is another that fits in 5.25 inch bay and supports up to three 2.5inch SSDs/HDDs.
 
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