Western Digital Raptor X 150GB

[Googer]

$282.

The competition is selling these for $306-360. I call it a hot deal since they are so new and this is $70 less than the MSRP on Western Digitals website.


http://www.onsale.com/onsale/shop/detai...ail,BWBPRICEGRAB&wt.mc_id=BWBPRICEGRAB

 

[intogamer]

OMG Teh Sesky

74gb =140x2=280

 

[foodfightr]

site is wrong, call them!
no stock or ETA

 

[Mr Bob]

This store has a 6mo rating of 1.62 lol http://www.resellerratings.com/seller923.html

 

[bigfil]

Usually Ships: Same Day

Generally In Stock

that generally in stock doesnt sound too good
the price itself isnt bad for that drive tho

 

[intogamer]

Not real time inventories huh?

 

[mb]

I would avoid onsale.com at all costs. Wait for newegg to get them in stock - it will be worth it!!

 

[Ohji]

This $282 is for the Raptor 1500ADFD, not the X (the X is 1500AHFD). The MSRP for this model is $299, so this price is in line with what should be expected from online retailers.

 

[cyburzaki]

a friend ordered one of these new 150GB Raptors from onSale.com on Sunday night, and they shipped it out quickly. Delivery is scheduled for this Thursday. Perhaps he was lucky, but I wouldn't blanket condemn the outfit as an unremittingly sleazy non-performer (although I realize PC Mall Inc., the parent company of onsale.com, pcmall.com, macmall.com, ecost.com, and clubmac.com, has gotten its share of consumer complaints over the years).

I myself have had one dealing with ecost--back in 2001 I handled for my dad the ordering of a Philips Brilliance 18" LCD monitor for an astronomical $1100 that at the time seemed cheap--and they delivered it without incident.

 

[solo717]

nice HD...
check out WD's Raptor Website..

http://www.wdraptorx.com

 

[BigRigDriver]

So hot, in for 4 BTW, will this fit in a Dell!!!!:thumbsup:

 

[Mr Bob]

These are about the same $/GB as the 74GB version. I haven't been able to find any information on seek times for the drive, their own website doesn't even pull up a page lol.

 

[cyburzaki]

Originally posted by: Mr Bob
...I haven't been able to find any information on seek times for the drive, their own website doesn't even pull up a page lol.

try HERE.

This new Raptor appears to have marginally slower read and write access times than the 74GB drive. However, for real-world performance it's another story, the new model annihilating its little brother across the board (and in many benchmarks, a great many 15K SCSI drives too!).

 

[Mr Bob]

Damn, that sure looks sexy! Can't wait for those anti-raptor people to come in and try to persuade everyone to ditch raptors again.

 

[CalamitySymphony]

Yea, people can't seem to understand how significant HD performance is to a system. I would pay $300 over other components easily.

 

[Mr Bob]

Anyone wanting to continue discussion on this drive, there is a thread over here: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=27&threadid=1771970&enterthread=y

 

[solo717]

this is not the Raptor X..
Raptor X should be the clear verison..
WD1500AHFD
seems like the only place have it on sale is Newegg.

 

[hytek369]

this is really iffy

 

[superHARD]

Originally posted by: hytek369
this is really iffy

yeah, at best

 

[BadThad]

Originally posted by: Mr Bob
This store has a 6mo rating of 1.62 lol http://www.resellerratings.com/seller923.html

That says it all! ROFL