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I haven't seen one of these for years, do they still make these drives or with SSDs being so affordable now a days are velocaraptor drives pretty much just a novalty item now?

 

Hey Ynkeeblood9,
 
The latest version of WD VelociRaptor is still a great drive for high-performance workstations and works significantly faster than WD Black (about 50MB/s - 60MB/s read/write speed faster). As a HDD it still has some benefits over SSDs such as much easier data recovery in case the drive crashes and still cheaper per GB. There are a lot of people that prefer mechanical drives in their systems and this is a great choice for high-deployment workstations. Here's the spec sheet of the latest WD VelociRaptor: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=q4k8V2
 
To be honest, the most beautiful drive for me was the WD Raptor X :) I still keep one for a future build with a very open case :)
 
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They are a novelty item and outdated, SSDs offer much better performance and are a little bit more expensive(velociraptors cost more than traditional hard drives though) but the speed difference more than makes up for it.

 
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I haven't seen one of these for years, do they still make these drives or with SSDs being so affordable now a days are velocaraptor drives pretty much just a novalty item now?

You should follow your topic or you wont get notifications. Unless the person relying quotes you, like now.

 
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I haven't seen one of these for years, do they still make these drives or with SSDs being so affordable now a days are velocaraptor drives pretty much just a novalty item now?

Yeah, they're still made: http://wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=20

But with SSDs getting cheaper and being significantly faster their use cases

are indeed getting rather limited these days (I still have one and use it

as a scratch disk for temporary storage, works very well).

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You should follow your topic or you wont get notifications. Unless the person relying quotes you, like now.

Thanks I didn't know that I've been a forum member since it's been around but just started being actively involved.

Whelp forgot to include a drain valve in my loop, there's always next time.

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Ya I did look and you didn't read the question, that 1tb drive is from like 2012 my question is does WD STILL make them. Thanks anyways though.

Whelp forgot to include a drain valve in my loop, there's always next time.

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Ya I did look and you didn't read the question, that 1tb drive is from like 2012 my question is does WD STILL make them. Thanks anyways though.

Still on their website. So yeah they continue to make them.

 

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=20#Tab6

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I haven't seen one of these for years, do they still make these drives or with SSDs being so affordable now a days are velocaraptor drives pretty much just a novalty item now?

 

Hey Ynkeeblood9,
 
The latest version of WD VelociRaptor is still a great drive for high-performance workstations and works significantly faster than WD Black (about 50MB/s - 60MB/s read/write speed faster). As a HDD it still has some benefits over SSDs such as much easier data recovery in case the drive crashes and still cheaper per GB. There are a lot of people that prefer mechanical drives in their systems and this is a great choice for high-deployment workstations. Here's the spec sheet of the latest WD VelociRaptor: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=q4k8V2
 
To be honest, the most beautiful drive for me was the WD Raptor X :) I still keep one for a future build with a very open case :)
 
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Hey Ynkeeblood9,

The latest version of WD VelociRaptor is still a great drive for high-performance workstations and works significantly faster than WD Black (about 50MB/s - 60MB/s read/write speed faster). As a HDD it still has some benefits over SSDs such as much easier data recovery in case the drive crashes and still cheaper per GB. There are a lot of people that prefer mechanical drives in their systems and this is a great choice for high-deployment workstations. Here's the spec sheet of the latest WD VelociRaptor: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=q4k8V2

To be honest, the most beautiful drive for me was the WD Raptor X :) I still keep one for a future build with a very open case :)

Captain_WD.

Thanks man this is very informative, I mostly brought it up in a thread because there on sale right now for pretty cheap

Whelp forgot to include a drain valve in my loop, there's always next time.

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Thanks man this is very informative, I mostly brought it up in a thread because there on sale right now for pretty cheap

 

Well the drive is good and fast, it tends to make more noise than regular drives and is a 10,000 rpm. :) It's up to you if it's worth the price or not. I would be good for a boot drive or storing more demanding applications or for working with larger files. I personally would love to have a 5xxx, a 7xxx, a 10xxx and a 15xxx rpm drives all in one case plus a SSD just for the sake of having them and experimenting, but that's me. :)
 
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Hey Ynkeeblood9,

The latest version of WD VelociRaptor is still a great drive for high-performance workstations and works significantly faster than WD Black (about 50MB/s - 60MB/s read/write speed faster). As a HDD it still has some benefits over SSDs such as much easier data recovery in case the drive crashes and still cheaper per GB. There are a lot of people that prefer mechanical drives in their systems and this is a great choice for high-deployment workstations. Here's the spec sheet of the latest WD VelociRaptor: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=q4k8V2

To be honest, the most beautiful drive for me was the WD Raptor X :) I still keep one for a future build with a very open case :)

Captain_WD.

This raptor seens to be 250$ for 150gb

http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=N82E16822136011

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This raptor seens to be 250$ for 150gb

http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=N82E16822136011

 

This is an old version of it, but it is my favorite :) It is no longer in production 

 

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