Western Digital WD3000GLFS 10K 3.5-Inch 300GB SATA Velociraptor Hard Drive | 
| Brand: Western Digital
List Price: $349.99
Buy New: $239.99
You Save: $110.00 (31%)
New (18) from $239.99
Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 848
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Hard Drive Size: 300
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 4 x 1
Warranty: 5 years warranty
MPN: WD3000GLFS
Model: WD3000GLFS
UPC: 718037733326
EAN: 0718037733326
ASIN: B001AQWLTQ
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 300GB Capacity | | • | SATA 3 Gb/s | | • | 16 MB Cache | | • | 10,000 RPM Spindle Speed | | • | RoHS Compliant |
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Product Description
Engineered for maximum speed! WD VelociRaptor combines a SATA 3 Gb/s interface and 16 MB cache, to deliver performance that's up to 35% faster than its speedy older brother.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 You want fast? July 21, 2008
G. Rivet
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Replaced my 150GB Raptor with this VelociRaptor and an immediate change was noted. Very fast. Very impressive.
Want the fastest desktop hard drive available? Get this drive.
Enough said.
FAST! August 16, 2008
Twiddles42 (MN, USA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I was eager because spending as much money, or more, for a 32GB SSD drive is dumb. (And people complain about the Velociraptor being pricey!) And I like performance; every review I read said this thing flies like a budgie on amphetamines. And, yes, it runs relentlessly fast. STABLE too. Vista loads in half the time and EVERYTHING is far more responsive.
I was hesitant because others reported the unit dying after x number of days. On my system, the drive was instantly found, cloning software worked without a hitch, and a full chkdsk scan revealed 0 sector failures. Time will tell and I might post a follow-up review. Others have mentioned bad sectors or the drive dying after x number of days/weeks. Mine was manufactured on June 8 2008, if that date helps anybody.
I was also eager to spend, because I don't want to go through the hassle of making a RAID 0 array; knowing if one drive fails I lose the whole array. Most reviews show this drive, on average, on par with RAID 0 if not better. Rather less time consuming to put in too...
Also, why only 16MB of cache for this puppy? I can think of reasons for and against keeping only 16MB, so I won't complain too much... :)
Fast, quiet, cool, good upgrade from 150 GB version but expensive August 21, 2008
Lantana Al (Lantana, TX USA)
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
I just upgraded from the 150GB version of the Raptor. It seems noticeably faster. Not only is it faster, but the capacity is double and it runs quieter and cooler. The only reason I am giving it 4 instead of 5 stars is because of the premium price. I think it is a little "too premium". Would be 5 stars if this drive was $200. Even at $200, it would be much more expensive on a per gigabyte basis than a typical 7200 RPM drive.
Example: 1TB for $150 (which you can get now) is 15 cents per GB. This drive is 97 cents per GB. That's 547% MORE per GB. That's quite a hefty premium so make sure it's worth it for you. If you paid that much for a 1TB drive (at 97 cents/GB), then it would cost about $970 instead of $150!
 Shipped Wrong Item, Will Not Refund September 8, 2008
Michael Bryan Thomason
3 out of 25 found this review helpful
I bought this from Amazon, not someone else. It does not ship in the retail package. It was shipped in an envelope that said Western Digital on the outside, but inside it was a Seagate hard drive. I sent it back, but now they won't refund my money.
Go to the store, and buy the retail version of this. Do not trust Amazon to ship no retail items. Every time I have, they have shipped the wrong item, or a bootlegged copy of software.
 came fast... but with bad sectors..!! July 23, 2008
youssef A. AL-mohadeb
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
will the sevice was good.. came on time.. but the hard drive have a lot of bad sectors.. i will return it and get a new one from WD..
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