WD Velociraptors

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dodecapus

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How much are they really worth? Are people really spending $1 per gig on these things? At what price point do you all consider that the performance increase is worth the plunge to get a couple of these striped?
 
My priorities and disposable income don't matter. :) I am looking for general feedback and personal opinions from all sorts of folks.
 
I'm probably gonna be the first on my block with one.

I've always been pleased with the performance gains of the other Raptors, I assume this will play out the same way.

They'll definately look a little better if they hit the $225 - $250 range.

This hobby's getting a little more pricey every day. :eek:
 
Yeah, I really liked the other raptors too. When I saw these were being reviewed, I got excited, but ~$300 a drive is too much. I'm looking for the low $200s too, but if for some reason my drives need replacing, I might splurge. ;)
 
i'm definitely gonna jump on that. got a WD 640gb to hold me over and then convert to a storage drive.
$300 was the price (near it) when the previous rappies came out.
 
Now that you mention it, yeah, they were really pricey back then. Not only that, but only 36gb :-p That makes the Velociraptors seem right on.
 
The dollar/per GB ratio of these drives will never be considered a "good buy", but I wouldn't have purchased more than one if I didn't feel they were worth it.

Along with the higher capacity comes a higher price. In my case, I only use the Raptors for my OS and programs. All storage is elseware. I'll probably install XP and my programs and include those in a 100-150GB "C" partition. The remaining space may just be "pasture".

After a decent cleaning and defrag, these drives just scream and it's something I can notice everyday.

The Raptors have been moved from machine to machine....something that's not done with most of my other components. That seems to make the price a little more tolerable.
 
GreenGoose said:
I'll buy without blinking an eye. :D
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Me too.

If you take inflation and $/GB into account these thing have became hella cheap over the years. It boggles my mind why people can complain at the $300 price. Not to mention that here (New Zealand) they sell for about 400US, a price I would still jump on any day for the performance gains. At this point I'm simply waiting for the local supplier to get some stock (still got about 2 weeks to wait).
 
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