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Western Digital VelociRaptor
One of the most important (subsystem) components in any PC configuration is hard drive (or storage in general), because its performances have direct impact on performances of whole system. Since all our data is stored on hard drive(s) (storage) it is clear that HDD can be performance bottle ...
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Western Digital VelociRaptor
DarkVision Hardware Articles and Review from around the web — ... Since all our data is stored on hard drive(s) (storage) it is clear that HDD can be performance bottle neck. Some users solve these problems by creating RAID disk systems, while others are using SSD drives. SSD technology, although offer better performance levels, still have two major problems: limited number of write cycles per cell and high price-per-megabyte. Compromise between those two is high performance hard disk drives like WD VelociRaptor that we got in our test lab… Link: InsideHW

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Hardware Round-UP (15/05/09)
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Friday Hardware Roundup
Hightech Hardware Technology Reviews Without Limits | |CoolerMaster Storm Sentinel Advance High-Performance Gaming Mouse | CoolerMaster Hyper N620 CPU Cooler | Vizo Master Panel II | InWin Extreme Series B2 Stealth Bomber PC Case — ... on hard drive(s) (storage) it is clear that HDD can be performance bottle neck. Some users solve these problems by creating RAID disk systems, while others are using SSD drives. SSD technology, although offer better performance levels, still have two major problems: limited number of write cycles per cell and high price-per-megabyte. Compromise between those two is high performance hard disk drives like WD VelociRaptor that we got in our test lab. View Article   ...

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