Friday, June 6th 2008
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Western Digital Working on 20,000 RPM Raptor Drive
Sources close to bit-tech.net and the hard drive industry have revealed information that Western Digital is working on a 20,000 RPM Raptor hard drive to counter SSD drives. Just like the company's latest 10,000 RPM VelociRaptor (300GB, SATA 3Gb/s, 16MB Cache), the 20,000 RPM unit will come in a 2.5-inch form factor with custom 3.5-inch enclosure. Other details are still unknown, since the drive is still in development stage. No release date has been unveiled, too.
Source:
bit-tech.net
82 Comments on Western Digital Working on 20,000 RPM Raptor Drive
me want!
my ears, my wallet.
:toast:
An SSD makes this drive so useless, that only people who get excited by the 20k-figure would even think about buying it.
Price/capacity wise, just get a 7200RPM drive.
that would be seriously cool looking :D
that drive is only about £200-£300
Edit: make that £400
www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-162-SE&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1168&name=Seagate%20Cheetah%2015K.5%20300GB%20SAS%2016MB%20Cache%20-%20OEM%20(ST3300655SS)