X-bit labs

Started by: 31415 | Date 03/19/08

Comments: 4 | Last Comment:  03/21/08

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1. Whatever costs the least per GB is what goes...

2. Still don't understand why there is only 1 manufacturer that make 10000rpm HDD?

I'm right there with you. I know that at least Seagate could build a 10K desktop drive that would meet or exceed the Raptors.

The main reasons that they never took off are price and capacity. Raptors and other 10K/15K drives use 2.5" platters instead of 3.5" that 7.2K drives use. Assuming* a 1" spindle, a 2.5" platter has about half the usable surface area of a 3.5" platter. In addition, they are also significantly louder and hotter than slower drives.

*I hope I didn't make an ASS of U and ME.

3. My next HDD

WD Caviar SE16 640GB (model WD6400AAKS)

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