Quote Originally Posted by tiro_uspsss View Post
i will agree with the fact that it wouldnt beat a SSD - but production cost? puh-leez, they already make the platters left, right'n'centre (Seagates 7200.11 line-up), 32MB cache the already do in all higher end HDDs (again 7200.11), & the spindle motor - they already have them from their SCSI line... sure it'll be an 'enthusiast' part & it'll kick the Raptor thus it'll be more expensive than Raptor - but still cheaper if compared to GB/$ re: SSD - & while this dream HDD of ours cant match a SSD in ms, it'll beat or come oh so close to MB/s (go look @ MB/s that seagate is advertising for its new 15K.6 SCSI HDDs - 160MB/s )... the Raptor150 ATM is getting flogged of @ newegg for ~USD$170. Lets say the dream drive of urs has double the capacity (single ~300GB platter) & aforementioned specs.. what would u pay out of curiousity? me? mmm... USD$250-300...
They charge like what $500+ for a similar scsi part? Why 2x cheaper for sata?