Western Digital Raptor 74 GB 3.5" Serial ATA

  • Brand : Western Digital
  • Product name : Raptor 74 GB
  • Product code : WD740ADFD-20PK
  • Category : Internal Hard Drives
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  • Info modified on : 07 Mar 2024 15:34:52
  • Warranty: : 5-year.
  • Long product name Western Digital Raptor 74 GB 3.5" Serial ATA :

    SATA Hard Drives 74 GB, 1.5 Gb/s, 16 MB Cache, 10,000 RPM

  • Short summary description Western Digital Raptor 74 GB 3.5" Serial ATA :

    Western Digital Raptor 74 GB, 3.5", 74 GB, 10000 RPM

  • Long summary description Western Digital Raptor 74 GB 3.5" Serial ATA :

    Western Digital Raptor 74 GB. HDD size: 3.5", HDD capacity: 74 GB, HDD speed: 10000 RPM

Reviews
Updated:
2013-11-02 03:26:46
Average rating:87
Uk has collected 16 expert reviews for Western Digital Raptor 74 GB 3.5" Serial ATA and the average expert rating is 87 of 100. The average score reflects the expert community’s view on this product. Click below and use Uk to see all ratings, product awards and conclusions.
techradar.com
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2013-11-02 03:26:19
Average rating:70
Once an unassailable HDD titan, the gap between the long-running Western Digital Raptor series and workaday SATA-II drives has closed significantly in the last year or so. This Raptor is slow compared to many rivals, but that extra bit of poke is signi...
  • Low price, Decent performance...
  • Basic storage options...
tomshardware.co.uk
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2013-11-02 03:26:24
Average rating:0
The majority of our readership consists of power users who have an affection for squeezing the last bit of performance out of their systems. To meet the clarion call of these niche markets, manufacturers have responded by moving away from selling sol...
techwarelabs.com
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2013-11-02 03:26:20
Average rating:0
Western Digital Hard drives are one of the major factors that limit the performance of your system. Even if you have a great CPU to process the information and a lot of fast RAM to store the information, that information first has to be retrieved fr...
  • Newegg prices the Western Digital Raptor hard drive at $169.99 which is definitely a good choice if you are looking for a high performance system and you have quite a bit of money saved up. The best idea would be to buy another one and create a RAID a...
anandtech.com
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2013-11-02 03:26:21
Average rating:0
The original Western Digital Raptor was launched as the WD360GD in March of 2003 with an enterprise level 10,000 RPM spindle speed, SATA interface, 8MB buffer, 5.2 millisecond read seek time, and a single-platter design featuring 36GB of storage. While...
tomshardware.com
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2013-11-02 03:26:23
Average rating:0
Toms has got the lowdown on Enterprise storage offerings, including the Barracuda ES series tailored for 24/7 operation, and the new WD Raptor 74B ADFD. Should you open a SATA slot in your tower for them?...
Bcchardware.com
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2013-11-02 03:26:25
Average rating:94
Now your probably already wondering, why we are reviewing a 150gig Western Digital Raptor against the 400gig Samsung Drive? We realize they are not technically in the same class seeing as the Raptor is a 10k rpm drive, while the Samsung is a 7200 rpm...
  • After almost 3 weeks of testing these drives, the final scores I awarded were very close to each other. Both of these drives would be very welcome in my own personal system, and they both serve their purposes very well. In the end the benchmarks showe...
silentpcreview.com
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2013-11-02 03:26:26
Average rating:0
The industrys top performing enthusiast drive is now available in a larger, 150 GB capacity version. Did noise grow with storage space, or does this new revision have the same quiet idle and sharp seeks that we saw in...
  • Our feelings towards Western Digitals Raptor line have not changed significantly with this new revision. It is still a very quiet drive at idle (perhaps even a little quieter than before), but it is marred by noisy seeks that go with the drives high...
Techreport.com
Updated:
2013-11-02 03:26:28
Average rating:0
WESTERN DIGITALS RAPTORS have long set the performance standard for desktop Serial ATA drives. With the Raptor X, Western Digital also upped the ante on looks by offering a view of the drives internals. Although the Raptor Xs window is certainly an...
  • Western Digitals Raptor X won our Editors Choice award for being the fastest Serial ATA hard drive on the market—and for pushing the envelope by incorporating a window on the drives internals. The WD1500ADFD trades the Raptor Xs window for a lower...
Computerpoweruser.com
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2013-11-02 03:26:29
Average rating:90
Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD $299.99 Western Digital www.westerndigital.com CPU Rating: 4.5 Western Digital’s Raptor line of hard drives have long been favorites amongst performance enthusiasts for good reason: They are some of the fastest desk...
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