Western Digital’s Raptor family hit the enthusiast hard drive market like an asteroid in 2003, and has been a benchmark
in high-end desktop storage ever since. With no direct competition in its spindle speed class, this 10,000 RPM hard drive remains a coveted choice for enthusiasts and IT...
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Solid state drives are nothing new. But until recently, large capacity drives were extremely rare outside of high performance servers and embedded industrial applications due to their astronomical cost. Fortunately, flash prices have dropped to the point where large capacity SSDs (big enough to...