Velociraptor hard drives are here!

Western Digital has been the king of the fast gaming PC hard drives for quite a while with their "Raptor" 10,000rpm drives. (Most desktop drives spin at 7,200rpm). This past six months saw the performance gap close significantly as the improved technology and larger write cache on newer 7,200rpm drives made it harder to justify choosing a 150GB Raptor over a 500GB Seagate Barracuda.

Well it's a moot point now - WD is now shipping a 300GB "Velociraptor" product which re-takes the speed crown for gaming PC drives. It still costs more ($300 for 300GB vs. $100 for 500GB) but if you're after speed, there's no longer much of a contest. The drives are available on our web store as options for the Reactor.