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- Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (parts): 5 years
- Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (labor): 5 years
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decent HDD
- Pros: I used to boot my computer off of an IDE HDD. Now I boot it off of two of these drives in Raid 0. Boot time has been cut in half.
- Cons: Not quite as fast as I was hoping (but still pretty fast). Would've given it 5 eggs but it's too expensive.
- Other Thoughts: After installing these drives in Raid0, it bumped my Windows Experience Index up to a 5.9 (from 5.3)
Good Drives
- Pros: These are always good drives it's my 3rd one. Only 74 GB but does a great job on just having the OS and a few games on it. I use other means for storage. Fast boots are always pleasant.
- Cons: Cache is small but does a great job any ways.
- Other Thoughts: PhenomII 955 OC'd 3.7Ghz Stable
MSI GD-70 Patriot Viper 2000Mhz 2x 1000
Fast, but HOT!
- Pros: This drive, while small by today's standards, makes a great boot drive. All I keep on mine is Vista and a few apps I need to run as fast as possible.
- Cons: Hot little puppy. Until I get a better case fan, my case stays open. If you have the room, install this drive in its own cooler.
- Other Thoughts: Wish I could afford the 300 GB model. Until SSDs get their act fully together, this drive (and its brethren) is the fastest storage solution out there.
| Model |
| Brand |
Western Digital |
| Series |
Raptor |
| Model |
WD740ADFD |
| Packaging |
Bare Drive |
| Performance |
| Interface |
SATA 1.5Gb/s |
| Capacity |
74GB |
| RPM |
10000 RPM |
| Cache |
16MB |
| Average Seek Time |
4.6ms |
| Average Write Time |
5.2ms |
| Average Latency |
2.99ms |
| Physical Spec |
| Form Factor |
3.5" |
| Features |
| Features |
Reliable Designed and manufactured to enterprise-class standards to provide enterprise reliability in high duty cycle environments. With 1.2 million hours MTBF, these drives have the highest available reliability rating on a high capacity drive. Fast With a next-generation SATA interface, 1.5 Gb/s data transfer rate, native command queuing (NCQ), and 16 MB cache, these drives deliver optimum performance. RAID-specific, time-limited error recovery (TLER) A feature unique to WD, prevents drive fallout caused by the extended hard drive error-recovery processes common to desktop drives. Rotary Acceleration Feed Forward Optimizes operation and performance when the drives are used in vibration-prone, multidrive systems such as rack-mounted servers or network storage. FlexPower Connector technology that accepts power from either industry standard or new SATA power supplies. |
| Manufacturer Warranty |
| Parts |
5 years limited |
| Labor |
5 years limited |
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