WD VelociRaptor 600GB RAID review

Crystal Disk Mark

Published: 2nd November 2010 | Source: Western Digital | Price: £212 | Author: Bryan Waters

WD VelociRaptor 600GB RAID review

Crystal Disk Mark 3.0 x64

Once we step away from the pure linear nature of HD Tune Pro, we can see where the SSD regains all of the ground it lost and then some. In the Sequential test the VelociRaptor RAID setup still pumps out incredible numbers, but once we move on to random reading of smaller file-sizes the RAID setup drops markedly, to such a level the single drive keeps up.

Moving on to the write testing the results are fairly similar. A lot of SSDs suffer from comparatively poor write performance and here when dealing with 512K chunks the VelociRaptor RAID just manages to keep its lead.

The access time difference is really what allows the SSD to annihilate it when dealing with the tiny 4K tests.

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02-11-2010, 23:28:38

dipzy
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Originally Posted by tinytomlogan View Post

Before SSDs there was the Western Digital VelociRaptor. With price per GB seemingly stable, it's time to revisit the HDD performance King.

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They still pretty amazing drives, i got a 120gb ssd for my operating system, 300gb velociraptor for my programs and games also a 2tb sata drive for my music and HD Video's

There still alot of people who would still buy them as they are becoming cheaper Quote

02-11-2010, 23:30:29

yggdrasil
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Originally Posted by dipzy View Post

They still pretty amazing drives, i got a 120gb ssd for my operating system, 300gb velociraptor for my programs and games also a 2tb sata drive for my music and HD Video's
How dose that setup work for you?

Work well?

I am thinking of setting my system up the same way.Quote

02-11-2010, 23:39:16

dipzy
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Originally Posted by yggdrasil View Post

How dose that setup work for you?

Work well?

I am thinking of setting my system up the same way.
It works extremely well, you know where everything is and it easy to manage files on the pc. I find that since upgrading to this setup from just one 1tb drive with everything on it, my pc has become so much responsive and storage is not a problem no more

I would recommend a setup like this to everyone Quote

02-11-2010, 23:42:16

yggdrasil
I just would use it for large programs, games and what not and the SSD for windows and smaller programs.

I got to much data to fit on a 600GB drive 5.5TB to much Quote

02-11-2010, 23:45:50

dipzy
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Originally Posted by yggdrasil View Post

I just would use it for large programs, games and what not and the SSD for windows and smaller programs.

I got to much data to fit on a 600GB drive 5.5TB to much
5.5tb ? that a lot of data, you would need 3 x 2tb drives or more for storage Quote
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