Dude, I have the old 74 Gig Raptor and it's fast. Since I had space issues I upgraded to a WD 7200 RPM 250GB drive and although I have much more space, I can feel the "lack" of speed. The upside is that the 250 gigger is much much much quieter. But I WANT SPEED! :)
Don't look at raw numbers, they mean very little. There's a lot of voodoo going on in the firmware and the seek algorithms that speed up access also. If you've got the cash then I suggest go for it. I would but I can't justify spending 300 dollars for 300 gigs! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 12:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [H] Raptor performance Here are the specs for my old SATA 1 RAPTOR = 74GB Data Transfer Rate (maximum) - Buffer to Host 1.5 Gb/s max2 Average Read Seek 4.5 ms (average) Track-to-track Seek3 0.6 ms (average) Full Stroke Seek3 10.2 ms (average) Average Latency 2.99 ms (nominal) Rotational Speed 10,000 RPM Buffer 8 MB And here are the specs for the new 300GB Raptor I am thinking about getting to install OS and programs on. - Buffer to Host 3.0 Gb/s max2 Average Read Seek 4.2 ms (average) Track-to-track Seek3 0.7 ms (average) Full Stroke Seek3 8.5 ms (average) Average Latency 5.5 ms (nominal) Rotational Speed 10,000 RPM Buffer 16 MB OK the new one is faster, but a lot faster? the latency number shows a big improvement but the others maybe 10 or 15 percent improvement. I wonder if it is worth spending 200 bucks to upgrade. Or am I not getting something?
