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[m.oreilly]

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,144875-c...es/article.html

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The VelociRaptor is an interesting drive for more than just its performance...The latest in Western Digital's family of Raptor 10,000 rpm drives, the 300GB VelociRaptor doubles the capacity of WD's previous-generation 150GB Raptor drive.

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With the VelociRaptor, WD came up with an innovative new design approach to achieving a high-performance desktop hard drive. WD squeezed its 10,000 rpm drive into a 2.5-inch chassis...mounting the 2.5-inch VelociRaptor drive into a heat sink sled. The IcePack heat sink helps the VelociRaptor run cooler than the previous-generation Raptor; WD says the Ice Pack reduces the temperature by about 5 degrees. The sled also doubles as the VelociRaptor's mounting adapter, so the 2.5-inch drive fits smoothly into a 3.5-inch drive bay.

if it was 15k rpm, i'd hit it...

[stormrosson]

then what would u do with them fancy backplanes u bought?

[m.oreilly]

stormrosson, on Apr 21 2008, 10:52 AM, said:

then what would u do with them fancy backplanes u bought?

hehe. i guess you could just pull them butt fugly sinks off them drives, and run 'em as god intended...

[stormrosson]

at 300$ per and you're gonna start out with surgery!?.......................That's my boy ....

Edited by stormrosson, 21 April 2008 - 06:21 PM.

[Christopholofigus]

oh, can i put it in my lappy at that size then?

[stormrosson]

only maybe Christo, the 2.5" drives like that and the sas ones are abput 3/32 to1/8" thicker than the normal notebook hdd

Edited by stormrosson, 21 April 2008 - 07:48 PM.

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[Tweak]

15mm as opposed to 9mm, def need to get to work with the Dremel.

[m.oreilly]

Tweak, on Apr 21 2008, 06:09 PM, said:

15mm as opposed to 9mm, def need to get to work with the Dremel.