Dimensions (WxLxH): 4.000 x 5.787 x 1.028 inch / 101.6 x 147.0 x 26.1 mm
Weight: 1.1 lbs / 0.5 kg
RoHS compliant
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Reviewed by Anonymous from Raleigh, NC on 08/05/12
The Good:
I converted two WD Caviar black drives to 500Gb and 1Tb Velociraptor drives respectively. The difference is amazing. Bootup is much faster and all applications load with incredible speed. These drives come very close to solid state drive performance. In fact, for heavy write to drive applications, such as video rendering, they are superior to SS drives. Admittedly, read speeds are not as fast as SS drives, but you get a lot more disk space for your money. I intend to buy two more.
The Squirrelly:
Nothing really. These 2.5 inch drives come in a heat sink 3.5 inch case, and uses standard SATA or RAID configuration.
Pro Tip:
These are 10,000 rpm drives and even with the heat sinks will run hot under heavy loads. Make sure your case has enough air flow and you should be fine.
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