WD Raptor 74GB $129

[Parasitic]

wen to Fry's today originally to pick up a 150GB Raptor, but then chickened out at the last moment staring at the $299 price tag since my 36GB is working fine. Then went to CompUSA just for the hell of it and saw the 74 on sale for $129.

$239 - $80 IR - $30 MIR = $129. $173 out the door after CA tax (urgh).
Today is the last day though. Might need to run out later and buy another one for RAID 0.

 

[Jaxidian]

bummer, won't be able to make it to one before they close

 

[BuckNaked]

Which revision of the drive did you get? FLC or FLA?

 

[DidlySquat]

ROFLMAO, I've got the Raptor 2 150GB 16MB 10K RPM == DA BEST

 

[Mucker]

Not too bad, but if your mb supports SATA II, Raid0 may be a better choice with 2 of these drives (total cost of < $110 shipped): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822145082

I own a single 74 gig Raptor, but these Hitachi's in Raid0 are the cat's meow. Here is a bench of them in action: http://members.cox.net/mucker/Raid0.jpg

Burst: 334 MB/sec
Ave read: 97 MB/sec

The only advantage of the single Raptor is access time. The Hitachi's win in everything else: price, burst speed, capacity, etc..

Your choice...2 Raptors for $286 AR
or
2 Hitachi's for <$110 shipped. The choice wasn't hard for me.......

m

 

[smut]

I have the exact same drives mucker ever since they first came out and love them! fast, cheap and they rock in raid!
I cant believe they really charge $239 for a raptor at compusa, thats insane! Can buy a 150GB online for $70 more

 

[LOUISSSSS]

74 raptor HAS been aroud 130 AR from newegg for a while now.. 130 for a 74gb hdd with a little more speed isn't worth it imo

 

[smut]

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
74 raptor HAS been aroud 130 AR from newegg for a while now.. 130 for a 74gb hdd with a little more speed isn't worth it imo

Well I sell them like hotcakes in my FS thread so obviously alot of people think its worth it.

 

[fargus]

Just built a new machine using one of these as the boot drive. I was concerned that the 10K rpm would make it a louder drive but it's actually very quiet.

 

[playgroundtwister]

Originally posted by: Buck_Naked
Which revision of the drive did you get? FLC or FLA?

Any difference between the two?

 

[burney]

compusa must have gone crazy

 

[BuckNaked]

Originally posted by: playgroundtwister

Originally posted by: Buck_Naked
Which revision of the drive did you get? FLC or FLA?

Any difference between the two?

Storagereview

 

[smut]

Originally posted by: playgroundtwister

Originally posted by: Buck_Naked
Which revision of the drive did you get? FLC or FLA?

Any difference between the two?

from storagereview: "In the end, the 00FLC0 revision of the Raptor WD740GD appears to have sacrificed a small amount of its multi-user prowess to effect some slightly larger single-user performance gains. The most significant advances occur in the Office and High-End DriveMarks, where the newer version's 12-14% improvement yields a tangible and pleasing "snap" to operations. These gains allow the Raptor to close the gap that was starting to appear between WD's venerable 10K RPM unit and today's state-of-the-art 7200 RPM offerings.

Smaller advances dot our gaming tests. There, however, the Raptor was already holding its own... the 00FLC0 gives the WD740GD even more breathing room. "

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: smut

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
74 raptor HAS been aroud 130 AR from newegg for a while now.. 130 for a 74gb hdd with a little more speed isn't worth it imo

Well I sell them like hotcakes in my FS thread so obviously alot of people think its worth it.

So you're a dealer?

 

[Parasitic]

Man...going to return mine.
Ordered a 150 from Directron

 

[DidlySquat]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: smut

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
74 raptor HAS been aroud 130 AR from newegg for a while now.. 130 for a 74gb hdd with a little more speed isn't worth it imo

Well I sell them like hotcakes in my FS thread so obviously alot of people think its worth it.

So you're a dealer?

he's a smuggler