WD Raptor question

[qquizz]

In last week's midrange system the article said this:

"We're listing a WD Raptor as an alternative purely for speed purposes. Those looking for faster load times and a generally snappier experience will want to play with a powerful drive such as this one. Thankfully, the earlier speed flaws with the 36.7GB were fixed, and WD 36.7GB drives with identical performanceto their older 74GB brothers have been shipping for some months now."

Can anyone verify this? Any websites showing this in benchmarks?

Thanks

 

[Gamingphreek]

Yeah Anandtech itself did a review on this. Just go to the Storage tab and i believe its named Q4 Harddrive round up or something similiar. However there performance is not identical but the 74 gig is barely faster in most real world tests.

I just posted a thread in peripherals about which one is quieter?

-Kevin

 

[qquizz]

thanks, i totall missed that review

 

[CidHighwind]

So.. why would you buy a drive with half the storage space and is slower...?

 

[Chopstick217]

Originally posted by: CidHighwind
So.. why would you buy a drive with half the storage space and is slower...?

One thing that pops to my mind is price!!!

But anyways, yes the 36 GB raptor is a tad slower then the 74 GB raptor. Also, take into consideration that you wont notice a huge improvement for real world tests.