Still using mine, but more as a dump drive. Have a WD back for a download drive/editing/extraction drive. Have a 600GB v-raptor for programs/games and a intel G2 for OS/current game (NTFS linking).
Under load it feels like the Black is slower than any of the raptors, for flat out speed, the two seem similar. As the OS is on the SSD, telling weather the v-raptor or black is better is hard to say. For the cost of each, I would take just the black if I did it again. Though due to usage patterns, the black's fragmentation kills it quickly.
Current plan on my next upgrade (IB hopefully) is to ditch the 74GB raptor. just too small when I have the OS drive of a similar size. Though currently looking for a suitable 60GB SSD to SRT on the v-raptor. Not many that look like winers (sustained incompressable data that is near v-raptor write speeds).