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Though weve already reviewed the iconoclast Raptor WD740GD twice, a third revision of the drive has made its way into the testbed... and some of the differences are significant. Important enough, in fact, that the drive merits yet another formal write...
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Western Digital Here we are again with another Western Digital hard drive review, however this one isnt exactly new. Unless youve been under a rock and away from the computer technology world then you probably know about or at least heard of t...
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boxgods.com Updated: 2011-10-04 14:09:47
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Comparing 10K RPM SATA drives to 7,200 RPM SATA drives or a SCSI drive for that matter is silly for any purpose beyond a general frame of reference. With that in mind, I am going to post the numbers for WD740?s in RAID 0 and as a single drive. As a re...
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nvnews.net Updated: 2011-10-04 14:09:50
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Western Digital is a leading manufacturer of entry level and mid-range hard drives for the desktop personal computer. With the arrival of Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA), Western Digit...
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These are the first SATA drives weve seen that reach 10,000 RPM, and were going to be testing them both singly and in a RAID stripe and mirror.
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The biggest argument to why you would ever need a faster CPU is often that everything is disk limited anyways, so getting a faster CPU isnt the solution to your performance woes. While, to an extent, this is true, we have seen over the years that quit...
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v3.co.uk Updated: 2011-10-04 14:10:08
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This new hard drive from Western Digital has a larger capacity than its predecessor.
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Western Digitals new Raptor hard drive more than doubles the current capacity. We tested the latest SATA hard drive and took a stab at RAID performance. Is a single drive better -- or should you consider the RAID 0 approach?...
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maximumpc.com Updated: 2011-10-04 14:10:29
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The fastest ATA drive on the market just got faster (and bigger) We can sum up the performance of Western Digital’s 74GB Raptor with two words: “holy” and “schnikes.” This drive goes beyond fast. Faster than any other ATA drive on the market, to be exa...
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A preview late last year of Western Digitals next-generation Raptor indicated world-class non-server performance coupled with the future promise of competitive server scores through the introduction of tagged command queuing. The WD740GD has hit the c...
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hardwareheaven.com Updated: 2014-01-03 21:31:41
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It has been said in the coming years when the technology matures we can be looking forward to data transfer rates of 300mb/s-600mb/s. If this happens then there is a clear winner, but in the meantime Western digital have released several 10,000RPM sata...
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A few anomalies that have arisen when pairing new SATA drives with our Promise SATA150 TX4 and its pre-release software have driven us to update the controllers bios and driver to the most recent versions. As a result, some retests are required. Read...
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Just last week we previewed Western Digitals brand new enterprise-class drive - the Raptor. The 10,000 RPM hard drive garnered quite a bit of attention, not because of its spindle speed, its 8MB buffer or its 5 year warranty; the Raptor was thrown in...
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Our initial look at Western Digitals 10,000 RPM Serial ATA Raptor left many readers disappointed. However, the drive, an early pre-production concept model, lacked numerous features and refinements that substantially impact performance. For this final...
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virtual-hideout.net Updated: 2014-11-06 21:56:44
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There are many hard drives out on the market today, but only one stands to be the popular choice for many. The Western Digital (WD740GD) "Raptor" 74GB hard drive appeals to many users as the hard drive of choice. It is great for any workstation or a...
I had been eyeing the ever since it has hit the market because of the increase it performance it has vs. the standard IDE drives. My evaluation of the drive confirms what I had thought. This drive is simply amazing. It can be compared to the top e...
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