Samsung F1 320GB HDD test!

[Stevethegreat]

However - I would never go for a raptor, when I can get 1 TB drive for 170$ that has almost the same speed. With the 334GB drives being so fast, and so cheap, the price/performance/capacity ratio goes far beyond the reach of the raptors

NOW, I want a 666 GB drive

Raptors have half the access times of the 1TB disks, this would make them far better OS disks. Of course if you want the HDD only to store data I would advise for the higher density disks myself too, but as far as OS disks go raptors still have the (considerable) edge.

[Stevethegreat]

modern SSD drives annihilate raptors in both access time and transfer rates, and also are more reliable, at least according to their manufacturers

Intel's 80GB SSD costs $700 ($8.5/GB), the 300GB Valociraptor costs $300 ($1/GB). SSDs have some road still ahead of them, but I'm with you saying that they're the future, it's only that we're not there yet...

[largon]

1tb is 32 only the 320 is 16mb

Only 1TB and 750GB models have 32MB.
640GB, 500GB, 320GB and 250GB have 16MB.
160GB has 8MB.

[Vinas]

I found a pretty good list of HD Tune benches at hardwarezone, then posted mine up. http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/sh....php?t=1967095 Representing XS!!!

[Stevethegreat]

A single 150GB raptor:

To be fair Velociraptor is far better looking model than the older Raptor-X.


Considering that if you go out nowadays to buy a Raptor you can only find Veloci (in various sizes), I think it would be a fairer contestant. As you can see, transfer rates are up to the task, while access time is spectacular for a disk with moving parts for mainstream use (half than that of the competition). It seems like WD still delivers and considering that SSD still have some years ahead of them before becoming mainstream, the (veloci)Raptor is still the king...

[ryan92084]

Only 1TB and 750GB models have 32MB.
640GB, 500GB, 320GB and 250GB have 16MB.
160GB has 8MB.

i was only referring to the three with the 333gb platters but even still i stand corrected

[Vinas]

True, but there's still pretty good value in doing a cheap 4x raptor raid 0 array. I think I paid $80 for each drive... Not too bad for 200MB/sec transfer rates. 4x F1s would scream but out of my price range. =\

[neo mike]

I have 4 320gb f1s in raid0 and freaking flys, hd tune 200mb average, there also the quietest drive i have ever heard, best hard drive on the market, other than the raptors.

[TheCool]

I have 4 320gb f1s in raid0 and freaking flys, hd tune 200mb average, there also the quietest drive i have ever heard, best hard drive on the market, other than the raptors.

Do you use onboard raid or do you have a dedicated card?