Originally posted by: JAG87
It does not use a short stroked 74GB platter. That would be more expensive for WD to manufacture. It uses the same 36GB platter that the old 36GB raptor used.
This is what everyone is trying to get through your head, MS Dawn just gave you an example of how the 36GB raptor might reach the same speed as the 74GB, but thats not how it works.
The largest and fastest drive is the Seagate Cheetah U320, 300GB, 10000 RPM.
Ok everyone just STFU.
I'm saddened and profoundly disappointed by people who are even talking about storage here. This was the forums where everyone told me to STFU when I pointed out Seagate 7200.8s were unreliable, even when SR's database pointed them out as teh biggest POSes in the world. Yet people and their fanboism managed to quiet me down.
FIRST OF ALL,
I do have a WD Raptor 74GB ADFD, and I have seen benches and I have run benches against the 150GB drive. The 74gb actually wins CONSISTENTLY in every single benchmark. By a lot? Not by much.
Now both drives (the 150 and the 74) utilize 74GB platters, so THEORETICALLY it should be the same speed right? All your arguments here are theoretically correct. Yet Seagate 7200.8 250gbs were not the fastest drives despite using short-stroked 133gb platters.. the 400gb came out slightly faster.
So instead of telling everyone the 150GB rules all, why don't you all go check out KNOWLEDGEABLE sources like Storage Review where people bench every single damn 7200.10 to bench the noisy ones against the quiet ones, AAC firmware against AAD firmware, shortstroked against non-short stroked, etc...
The 36GB should be JUST AS FAST as the 74gb, but if its a short stroked one, it will be THE FASTEST DRIVE.
There are no shortstroked 36GB ADFDs? Maybe not, but do you really know? Yes it is more expensive to manucature, but what do you think they do with the bad 74GB drives? Toss them? Obviously not... Why do you think we have shortstroked 250GB drives by Seagate and shortstroked 400GB drives? Why do you think AMD X2 3800+s that could have been X2 4400s?
Originally posted by: t3h l337 n3wb
Originally posted by: drewintheav
Has anybody come across a review or benchmarks comparing the NEW Raptor 36 GB against the Raptor 150 Gb? They are both ADFD models. The actual specs for cache as well as access times are exactly the same. I think the NEW 36 GB Raptor may be faster than the Raptor 150 GB.
Are you retarded? People have explained MULTIPLE times that the 150GB is the fastest...
Are you fvcking retarded? This is not hte old 36GB Raptor, so shut up. Go look at benches before you talk.