Today Western Digital (WD) introduced a new 10,000 RPM, 2.5–inch, 300 GB SATA Hard Drive. The WD VelociRaptor is 35 Percent Faster and offers Twice the Capacity of their previous top of the line drive in the Raptor Series.
“Demand for ever-higher PC performance continues to increase and WD is the leader in this category with the WD Raptor. We created WD VelociRaptor hard drives to lead PC enthusiasts into the next era of PC and Mac storage performance and satisfy their insatiable thirst for computing speed,” said Tom McDorman, vice president and general manager of WD’s enterprise business unit. “The new WD VelociRaptor delivers the greatest performance and reliability of all SATA hard drives currently on the market.”
In addition, the drive’s new form factor includes a 2.5-inch HDA but ships mounted inside the new WD IcePack to fit nicely inside traditional 3.5-inch frames and allow proper cooling of the drive for maximum and sustained performance.
WD VelociRaptor (model WD3000GLFS) hard drives will be available on Alienware’s high-performance ALX gaming desktop by the end of April. At launch, Alienware will offer maximum performance with two 300 GB WD VelociRaptor hard drives in RAID 0 configuration on http://www.alienware.com. WD VelociRaptor drives will be shipping exclusively through Alienware this month and will be available through the company’s online store (http://www.shopwd.com) and at select distributors and resellers mid-May. Manufacturer’s Suggest Retail Price (MSRP) for the WD VelociRaptor 300 GB is $299.99 USD. More information about WD VelociRaptor hard drives may be found on the company’s Web site at http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=459.
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