Testseek.co.uk have collected 81 expert reviews of the Western Digital 3.5 inch VelociRaptor SATA600 WD-DHTZ Series and the average rating is 83%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Western Digital 3.5 inch VelociRaptor SATA600 WD-DHTZ Series.
June 2012
(83%)
81 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Abstract: Most of our avid readers of course have at least one SSD in their desktop and laptop, but for large volume storage you're still relegated to conventional hard disks. It's almost become a negative connotation - 'conventional' - and it really doesn't do t...
Abstract: SSDs are of course the hippest and fastest form of storage, but if you want lots of storage capacity without breaking the bank, you're still relegated to the familiar realm of the hard disk. There's still some choice out there in this category, and pric...
Abstract: Western Digital recently sent us its latest-generation VelociRaptor, a 1 TB update to what was already the fastest 3.5" disk drive available. Once again, it stymies the mechanical competition with significantly higher performance. Western Digital wrote...
We have seen a number of benchmarks, but as usual it's PCMark 7 that's the best indicator for real-life performance. The Velociraptor 1TB is about 50 percent faster than traditional 1TB hard drives, and about 50 percent slower than an SSD. Whether this ...
– Western Digital 1TB Velociraptor (WD1000DHTZ)The Western Digital 1TB Velociraptor 10K RPM drives are quicker and meaner than any other platter based hard drives available on the SATA interface. They are the F1 of the hard drive market in terms of pe...
Published: 2012-12-03, Author: The , review by: hardwarebbq.com
The noise during the time when you access the drive for reading and writing. It doesn't sound like a coffee grinder but its somewhere near that. This drive's grinding noise is the perfect candidate for a product's testing methodology I hope to implemen...
Abstract: Wednesday, 31 October 2012 04:33 Western Digital’s VelociRaptor has been one of our preferred SATA drives for video editing for many years. This time around Western Digital improved the performance and raised the capacity to 1TB while maintaining low ...
Published: 2012-09-28, Author: Matthew , review by: pcmag.com
Speedy for a hard drive. Inexpensive compared with SSDs.
Slower than SSDs. Pricier than traditional spinning hard drives
The Western Digital VelociRaptor is back in a 1TB version that reclaims the speed crown for spinning media?but it can?t compare to SSDs on the performance front....
