WD Raptor 74GB failed

[lookin4dlz]

I can upgrade to the 750 GB Caviar Black drive (model WD7501AALS) for about $125 or replace it under warranty. A quick look st storage review shows the Black to be very competetive with the Raptor speed.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

REPLACE IT first. then sell that or decide to upgrade from there

 

[Xed]

Whats the 750gb retail for? If it's a decent discount I'd probably just pay wd and upgrade

 

[suklee]

Newegg WD7501AALS: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822136283
$139.99

Definitely replace it first, unless you think your Raptor 74GB is worth $14.99

 

[Tarrant64]

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
REPLACE IT first. then sell that or decide to upgrade from there

I use the FAIL for an excuse to UPGRADE.

Replace it, sell it, upgrade! It's the only way.

 

[taltamir]

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
REPLACE IT first. then sell that or decide to upgrade from there

QFT

 

[BonzaiDuck]

I followed the link to the Egg for the large-capacity drive, and then to the WD manufacturer's spec from there.

They don't say anything about sustained throughput. Sustained throughput for first-gen SATA150 Raptors was about 72 MB/sec. Personally, I think this is a more important statistic than latency or access time.

I have a Seagate 7200.10 with sustained throughput of about 68 MB/sec, and those are the ones I chose for a 4-drive RAID5.

Put it another way. Find the benchmarks on the high-capacity drive and compare. Who has the money to spend on the Veloci-raptors? If you only seek parity with the dead-Raptor's performance, I think you may find it with other drives, and the cost-per-GB would probably be much lower.