Testseek.com have collected 16 expert reviews of the Western Digital Raptor SATA150 WD-ADFD Series and the average rating is 87%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Western Digital Raptor SATA150 WD-ADFD Series.
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Abstract: The majority of our readership consists of power users who have an affection for squeezing the last bit of performance out of their systems. To meet the clarion call of these niche markets, manufacturers have responded by moving away from selling sol...
Newegg prices the Western Digital Raptor hard drive at $169.99 which is definitely a good choice if you are looking for a high performance system and you have quite a bit of money saved up. The best idea would be to buy another one and create a RAID a...
Abstract: The original Western Digital Raptor was launched as the WD360GD in March of 2003 with an enterprise level 10,000 RPM spindle speed, SATA interface, 8MB buffer, 5.2 millisecond read seek time, and a single-platter design featuring 36GB of storage. While...
Abstract: Toms has got the lowdown on Enterprise storage offerings, including the Barracuda ES series tailored for 24/7 operation, and the new WD Raptor 74B ADFD. Should you open a SATA slot in your tower for them?
After almost 3 weeks of testing these drives, the final scores I awarded were very close to each other. Both of these drives would be very welcome in my own personal system, and they both serve their purposes very well. In the end the benchmarks showe...
Our feelings towards Western Digitals Raptor line have not changed significantly with this new revision. It is still a very quiet drive at idle (perhaps even a little quieter than before), but it is marred by noisy seeks that go with the drives high...
Western Digitals Raptor X won our Editors Choice award for being the fastest Serial ATA hard drive on the market—and for pushing the envelope by incorporating a window on the drives internals. The WD1500ADFD trades the Raptor Xs window for a lower...
Abstract: Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD $299.99 Western Digital www.westerndigital.com CPU Rating: 4.5 Western Digital’s Raptor line of hard drives have long been favorites amongst performance enthusiasts for good reason: They are some of the fastest desk...
Abstract: Western Digital first released its Raptor in 2003 and this was significant in a number of ways. For a start it was its first SATA hard drive. However WD did something far more interesting than taking one of its Caviar drives and simply nailing on a SATA i...
