Seagate Releases Cheetah 15K.7, Fastest, Most Efficient, and Highest Capacity

Wile E · Jul 15, 2009

Weer said:
It's just nice to know my drive is faster than all your super-expensive server equipment

Yeah, except he has 10x the storage on a single drive, and would be just as fast at reading large files, and smoke your SSD in write speed, and be more reliable in the process.. Your SSD isn't so special, lots of cons for the benefit of faster access times. SSD's just aren't worth the price per GB right now for most people.

Weer · Jul 15, 2009

ArmoredCavalry said:
Yah, but the money is better spent elsewhere, so who cares.

Storage has the highest costs for the least increase in performance when it comes to computer parts.

Untrue! The whole point of what I said is that my SSD cost me only 100$.

Weer · Jul 15, 2009

Wile E said:
Yeah, except he has 10x the storage on a single drive, and would be just as fast at reading large files, and smoke your SSD in write speed, and be more reliable in the process.. Your SSD isn't so special, lots of cons for the benefit of faster access times. SSD's just aren't worth the price per GB right now for most people.

I disagree. My OS drive need only be 64GB. And it doesn't need bandwidth. In fact, access times are ALL that really make a difference and I am just.. zooming past everything, just like in my old dreams of owning a raptor.

Everything has a purpose. To me, SSD's run the OS, Cheetahs runs servers, and HDD's store files.

Btw, anyone willing to buy four/eight of these and put them up in RAID 0?

ArmoredCavalry · Jul 15, 2009

Weer said:
Untrue! The whole point of what I said is that my SSD cost me only 100$.

Yeah, a 64GB flash drive costs you 25% more than a 640GB disk drive.

So 1/10th of the capacity and a 25% increase in price for marginal performance gains. Which is the point I was making. :toast:

Weer said:
I disagree. My OS drive need only be 64GB. And it doesn't need bandwidth. In fact, access times are ALL that really make a difference and I am just.. zooming past everything, just like in my old dreams of owning a raptor.

Sure, the o/s might be faster, but how many games can you fit on 64GB along with the o/s.

Meecrob · Jul 15, 2009

you can get a 1tb drive for 75-80USD, so yeah, you paid alot more for something that in the end, isnt that much faster, and most likely has far slower WRITE TIMES(and yes it matters due to how modern os's work)

System Name	The ClusterF**k
Processor	980X @ 4Ghz
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 BIOS F12
Cooling	MCR-320, DDC-1 pump w/Bitspower res top (1/2" fittings), Koolance CPU-360
Memory	3x2GB Mushkin Redlines 1600Mhz 6-8-6-24 1T
Video Card(s)	Evga GTX 580
Storage	Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB, 2xSeagate 320GB RAID0; 2xSeagate 3TB; 2xSamsung 2TB; Samsung 1.5TB
Display(s)	HP LP2475w 24" 1920x1200 IPS
Case	Technofront Bench Station
Audio Device(s)	Auzentech X-Fi Forte into Onkyo SR606 and Polk TSi200's + RM6750
Power Supply	ENERMAX Galaxy EVO EGX1250EWT 1250W
Software	Win7 Ultimate N x64, OSX 10.8.4

System Name	//////////////////////////////////////Crunching/Folding Builds\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
Processor	Q8400@ 4.0Ghz \| Q6600 @ 3.6Ghz \| E7300 @ 3.8Ghz \| E5300 @ 4.3Ghz \| E5300 @ 3.9Ghz \| E2180 @ 2.0Ghz \|
Motherboard	ASUS P5Q-E \| Asus P5Q Pro \| Gigabyte EG45-DS2H \| Gigabyte EP35-DS3H \| Gigabyte NV73 \| E-Sonic P35-G
Cooling	TRUE [Lapped] \| TRUE \| Thermalright SI-128 \| Stock \| Stock \| Stock
Memory	G.Skill 8192MB @ 1066Mhz \| G.Skill 4096MB \| OCZ 2048MB \| G.Skill 2048MB \| PNY 2048MB \| OCZ 1024MB
Video Card(s)	GTX 280 + 8800 GTS 512 \| 9800 GX2 + 8800 GTS 512 \| 6600 GT \| 8800 GS \| 9600 GSO 512
Storage	G.Skill 64GB SSD (OS) \| Segate 750GB [Downloads] \| 5TB JBOD [Movies] \| 3TB JBOD [Else] \| 1.5TB [Ex]
Display(s)	QUAD Monitors: Dell 2007FP [20"] + Dell 3007WFP-HC [30"] + Dell 2007FP [20"] \| Dell 2407WFP-HC [24"]
Case	Antec P190 \| Antec Three-Hundred \| Antec NSK2400 \| Thermaltake Strike MX \| HEC 6T10 \| HEC 8K01
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer PCI + [Audiophile HD600] + [Creative G500 + Logitech X-530 = 10 speakers]
Power Supply	OCZ 750w [62A] \| OCZ 750w [62A] \| Antec 380w [31A] \| Antec 650w [54A] \| OCZ 400w [33A] \| GeN [20A]
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit + Windows XP 64-bit \| Windows Vista SP2 64-bit \| Windows 7 RTM 64-bit
Benchmark Scores	////////////////////////////////66,666 [Crunching] + 45,455 [Folding]\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

System Name	//////////////////////////////////////Crunching/Folding Builds\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
Processor	Q8400@ 4.0Ghz \| Q6600 @ 3.6Ghz \| E7300 @ 3.8Ghz \| E5300 @ 4.3Ghz \| E5300 @ 3.9Ghz \| E2180 @ 2.0Ghz \|
Motherboard	ASUS P5Q-E \| Asus P5Q Pro \| Gigabyte EG45-DS2H \| Gigabyte EP35-DS3H \| Gigabyte NV73 \| E-Sonic P35-G
Cooling	TRUE [Lapped] \| TRUE \| Thermalright SI-128 \| Stock \| Stock \| Stock
Memory	G.Skill 8192MB @ 1066Mhz \| G.Skill 4096MB \| OCZ 2048MB \| G.Skill 2048MB \| PNY 2048MB \| OCZ 1024MB
Video Card(s)	GTX 280 + 8800 GTS 512 \| 9800 GX2 + 8800 GTS 512 \| 6600 GT \| 8800 GS \| 9600 GSO 512
Storage	G.Skill 64GB SSD (OS) \| Segate 750GB [Downloads] \| 5TB JBOD [Movies] \| 3TB JBOD [Else] \| 1.5TB [Ex]
Display(s)	QUAD Monitors: Dell 2007FP [20"] + Dell 3007WFP-HC [30"] + Dell 2007FP [20"] \| Dell 2407WFP-HC [24"]
Case	Antec P190 \| Antec Three-Hundred \| Antec NSK2400 \| Thermaltake Strike MX \| HEC 6T10 \| HEC 8K01
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer PCI + [Audiophile HD600] + [Creative G500 + Logitech X-530 = 10 speakers]
Power Supply	OCZ 750w [62A] \| OCZ 750w [62A] \| Antec 380w [31A] \| Antec 650w [54A] \| OCZ 400w [33A] \| GeN [20A]
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit + Windows XP 64-bit \| Windows Vista SP2 64-bit \| Windows 7 RTM 64-bit
Benchmark Scores	////////////////////////////////66,666 [Crunching] + 45,455 [Folding]\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

Seagate Releases Cheetah 15K.7, Fastest, Most Efficient, and Highest Capacity

Wile E

Power User

Weer

New Member

Weer

New Member

ArmoredCavalry

Meecrob

New Member