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
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Good speed for a HDD
Can almost rival SSDs when in RAID 0 config
Capacity in comparison to SSD
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Price
SSDs still have the edge (obviously)
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Published: 2012-08-02, Author: Manuel , review by: tomshardware.com
Abstract: The 600 GB Western Digital VelociRaptor was a remarkable piece of HDD technology. It was a major improvement over the original 300 GB VelociRaptor, boasting double of everything - storage capacity, buffer size and even interface speed. That allowed th....
" pages, coming up with a conclusion of sorts isn't difficult. But it is with the VR 1TB. The reason is that while the drive is in a class of its own, and it is the fastest mechanical drive ever produced, it's not for everyone. It's for those who deman...
While the Raptor cannot achieve the performance of a Solid State Drive it is still one fast drive. The capacity is a real plus that many are looking for. As previously mentioned a similar sized Solid State Drive of a 1TB capacity will set you back at l...
Good sequential read and write, Good seek performance, 1 TB of storage, 5 year warranty
Expensive; high price per GB ratio
It is interesting to see Western Digital give the VelociRaptor another boost and release the new drive given the fact that the enthusiasts storage has shifted toward SSD. There is no question that the VelociRaptor is the fastest desktop hard drive ava...
Larger capacity options then previous VelociRaptor generations, 64MB Cache, 5-year warranty, 10,000RPM Spindle Speed, Higher performance over currently available HDD drives
Small capacity compared to other HDD (4TB drives currently available), Low performance when compared to SSD, High cost per gigabyte
First, I hope you haven’t read through this review and deduced that the WD1000DHTZ drive as a failure…as that is surely not the case. To be fair, we weren’t comparing apples to apples in this review as no HDD will ever directly compete with an SSD. Ch...
Fastest HD Yet, Nearly Double The Capacity Of Previous VelociRaptor, SATA 6G Support, 64MB Cache, 5-Year Warranty
High Cost Per GB Versus 7200RPM Hard Drives, SSDs More Affordable Then Ever
The WD VelociRaptorWhen we first tested the WD VelociRaptor 600GB drive a couple of years back, we began our conclusion with this statement: “The landscape in the PC storage space is very different today than it was when the original VelociRaptor launche...
The new VelociRaptor does reclaim its title as world's fastest client hard drive, and I do appreciate the fact that WD hasn't raised prices on the drive in the past two years either. Compared to any 3.5" drive on the market today, the new VR is significan...
Outstanding sequential read and write speeds, Best IOPS weve seen out of a spinning disk to date (nonhybrid), Industry leading 5Year Warranty,
HDDs generally struggle to match the thousands of IOPS capable of modern SSDs. As good as it is, the VR just can't come close to Solid State.
Western Digital has done well to keep the VelociRaptor pedigree alive with this new 1TB model. We saw notable imporvements across the board, as well as some very impressive throughput figures breaking the 200MB/sec mark. While spinning disks have a wa...
