just got back from a craigslist transaction...

[wol-va-rine]

brand new, still in the sealed package 160GB Dell Raptor...

$60...

 

[JogaBonito1502]

Wow! Nice!

 

[AzNVi3t2007]

Nice pick up!

 

[rohan23]

Sorry to steal the thread, but I have a question. What exactly is the difference between the older Raptors and the newer Velociraptors, except the heatsink?

 

[wol-va-rine]

Sorry to steal the thread, but I have a question. What exactly is the difference between the older Raptors and the newer Velociraptors, except the heatsink?

IIRC the newer velociraptors are a little faster...

 

[rohan23]

IIRC the newer velociraptors are a little faster...

It's not a huge difference, is it?

 

[hascet]

People on craigslist don't want to trade anything for electronics for some reason. Been trying to get rid of my computer.

 

[Atomic Rooster]

Raptor:
SATA 1.5 Gb/s
10,000 rpm
Cache: 16MB
Average Seek Time: 4.6ms
Average Write Time: 5.2ms
Average Latency: 2.99ms

Velociraptor:
SATA 3.0 Gb/s
10,000 rpm
Cache: 16MB
Average Seek Time: 4.2ms
Average Write Time: 4.7ms
Average Latency: 5.5ms

 

[metin]

Raptor:
SATA 1.5 Gb/s
10,000 rpm
Cache: 16MB
Average Seek Time: 4.6ms
Average Write Time: 5.2ms
Average Latency: 2.99ms

Velociraptor:
SATA 3.0 Gb/s
10,000 rpm
Cache: 16MB
Average Seek Time: 4.2ms
Average Write Time: 4.7ms
Average Latency: 5.5ms

I'm assuming the 1.5Gb/s extra makes up for that latency or something like that?

 

[Atomic Rooster]

I guess. It's looks to be more of an interface and cooling improvement with a slight increase in performance.