WD Raptor 74 GB Internal Hard Drive - Bulk

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Strengths: Makes a lot of hard drive intensive processes go much faster. Simply the fastest drive on the market that isn't SCSI.

Weakness: Loud during times of hard drive activitiy (which is not too often). Expensive when you look at $/GB. Doesn't speed up regular computer performance too much.

This drive is for computer enthusiasts who are looking for the faster drive available on the market. You will see a performance difference in any activity that is limited by the hard drive, like Windows loading up, and antivirus scans. I haven't noticed too much of a difference in normal daily actions like playing games, or surfing the web. But I am still happy with the performance i got from...

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Raptor 74GB

Strengths: Fast, reliable

Weakness: Price coming down, but still up there

I replaced a Maxtor Maxline with this drive and boot times dropped by 20 sec. Games like Oblivion load quicker. People complain about this drive being noisy, but if mounted on silicon stops you can't hear a click. Maxtor warranty =1 year, Raptor = 5 years, what's to decide. Will try RAID 0 in a while.

Great Drive

Strengths: Fast. Runs Windows and applications just a fast as my previous 36 Gigs 8 megs cache Raptors in RAID0.

Weakness: None. A little quieter than the first versions of the 36 Gig Raptors.

Got it from Newegg. As always, fast shipping. Rebate was not precise because it called for "Completed SelectWD claims form." Has to call both Newegg and Western Digital to clarify. WD said to just ignore that requirement. Paid $160 - $20 Rebate.

Raptor 10000 rpm harddrive

Strengths: 10000 RPM, 3 year Warrenty, 16mb, incredible seek time.

Weakness: price, space

This is perfect for a system drive. I cannot express it enough, and western digital makes it so you have 3 years. Maxtor used to do that but ever since they went to one year i have completely moved to Western digital. There is no way i will ever build a machine again and not have this as the system drive.

SPEEDY

Strengths: Lightning speed compared to my old IDE hard drive.

Weakness: None

Bought the Raptor WD740ADFD 74GB Hard Drive for my new Core 2 DUO build. I came from an IDE hard drive so the speed is very noticeble with the Raptor. Application runs much faster and smoother than my older machine. i could download, playing mp3, virus scanning, and playing online game all at the same time without any lagging. Although this beast is a little pricy but it's well worth the money.

Western Digital Raptor WD740ADFD 74GB 10,000 RPM...

Strengths: Amazing drive. It has very low seek time, 16mb cache for even quicker access

Weakness: louder than a regular drive

If you're looking for a main drive to put the ol' OS/important documents on, and you don't want to bother with a RAID solution, this drive is a good pick. For gaming, however, it's really questionable whether or not it's worth having this drive for faster map loading times.

This is a great Drive

Strengths: Fastest SATA drive on the Market. the 74GB ADFD has 16MB of Cache, unlike the 8 MB of its predecessor.

Weakness: During Peak Usage, is louder than your normal 7200 RPM drive. When idle, there is no difference from a 7200 RPM Drive. Installing Windows on SATA drives means more work. (Which is Microsoft's fault)

This is a great drive, and I was able to buy it for $100 which was a steal. This drive also has gotten rave reviews from Anandtech and Tom's Hardware. www.anandtech.com/prin... www.tomshardware.com/2... I also like this more than the 150 GB version because, i don't think you need that much space. I use the 74GADFD Raptor as my OS and program drive, and all other data is stored on cheaper 7200 RPM...

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Super Fast Western Digital Raptor WD740ADFD 74GB...

Strengths: Super fast load times. Worth the extra money for performance. Gives an edge in online gaming:)

Weakness: A bit louder then most drives. Pricey, but worth it.

This is one of the fastest drives you can buy. It makes loading windows and games very fast, especially since I get the good vehicles:) Will be running 2 in raid in my new super gaming computer. A bit faster then the 150GB's.

fast hard drive

Strengths: This drive is fast

Weakness: Loud

I installed the windows system and application program to this hard drive, Windows boots really, really fast. This hard drive works very well, it is fast, stable and has worked flawlessly. If it is not too expensive, I may buy another one. It's a bit noisy but the performance is great so I don't mind too much. Good drive overall, I would probably buy another one.

Wild drive, you're such a wild drive!

Strengths: Faster than the average hard drive, 16MB cache.

Weakness: Can be a little loud compared to a lot of other hard drives. It thinks loud... Not good for lots of storage.

I don't know why a lot of stores put this drive on clearance. Either they are just trying to clear our for new versions or it did bad. I don't see how it could have done bad though! I have enjoyed both of these that I just bought a few weeks ago. I popped them into my newly restored gaming rig and set them up in a raid and boom! My system is now much faster than the old system hard drive that I...

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