alternative to raptors ?

[nightwalker]

i know there isnt anything else 10,000 rpm in sata, but what are the next best thing speed wise ?

 

[emerpus]

raptors is top, im pretty sure. but Therei s a 15k RPM Drive for APples, Lol its a custom, go look at the apple site, but yeah....

 

[Adidas4275]

i the perpidicular recording 10k segate drives are up to par of the raptors....

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...&Subcategory=14&description=&Ntk=&srchInDesc=

 

[SolidBladez]

SCSI 15k HDD.

But that's another story.

 

[DrStrangeBrew]

I thought the 'fastest' was RAMdrives, running off sticks of DDR2 w/standalone power supplies.

Not convenient, but if one's obsessed w/speed what is faster?

 

[Drudenhaus]

Raptors are the only 10k SATA drives. You would have to move up to SCSI or SAS to get something in the same range.

 

[nightwalker]

whats the fastest 7200 rpm drive then ? i dont need to go hardcore with scsi and that... i just want something fast but not having to shell out for raptors lol

 

[DonDon]

The next best thing would be the Samsung F1 or the Seagate 7200.11 drives.

And from a Price/Performance ratio, they both blow away the Raptors.

I am considering a 500Gig 7200.11 from the Egg for $125 delivered. It's got Perpendicular Recording, and a 32 mb buffer.

I think the Raptors are due for a refresh here soon. Wonder if they will move up to 15K?

Don

 

[Unoid]

How about they move into single platter Perp recording isntead....

 

[zmjone2992]

The Hitachi TB Drives are faster than the 7200.11s or the new wd gp drives

 

[dyesan]

I am personally going for RAID 0 with 2x ST3250410AS Seagate 250gb SATAII 7200.10 (technically 7200.11 but due to capacity, it is listed under 7200.10 AFAIK). I figured it was the best solution for quiet and speed.

 

[Grentz]

There is no other single SATA drive that will be as fast as the Raptors since they are the only 10k RPM SATA drives currently.

RAID0 can get close or even surpass in some numbers, but there are some serious downsides to using RAID0.

-Maintenance
-Double Chances of Failure
-More Setup Involved
-Locked to controller
-etc.