Raptor vs ordinary

Hi

What is the main difference apart from price on the WD Raptor drives. They are so expensive and you don't get as much capacity for the price.

My friend said that they are barely different from normal S-ATA drives and are a rip off.

What do you think.

Thanks

It seems to me like size matters in loading the OS more than speed, for whatever reason - I moved from a 40GB to 250GB HDD, and XP loaded in 10 seconds instead of 5 minutes. :|Funkyhamster

What are the cache, interface type, spinning speed and latency of the two drives? 

Oh my, you're right that's so HOT! It runs much cooler than my 3.66 GHz Quad-Core.

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I get more FPS on a Raptor then any other hard I've tried, I think you're a bit jealous. Run louder? Sure, but who cares I've got 4 50-60 dba fans anyways, I'll be surprised to even hear it.

Black = HDD.
K_r_a_u_s_e_r

Raptors are not going to increase FPS...
Yes, they do run hotter then other HDs...
Yes, they are louder then other HDs...

You may not care about any of that but some people do.
Also, not many people have the money to spend a few dollars per gigabyte of storage and with you stretching the truth a bit about their actual benefits, I felt compelled to post facts in this thread.

All OEM:

Raptors-
$100 36gb = $2.78 per gb
$140 74gb = $1.89 per gb
$170 150gb = $0.88 per gb

WD/Seagate-
$75 250gb $0.33 per gb
$90 320gb $0.28 per gb 

Raptors are not going to increase FPS...
Yes, they do run hotter then other HDs...
Yes, they are louder then other HDs...

LordEC911

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Raptors are not going to increase FPS...
Yes, they do run hotter then other HDs...
Yes, they are louder then other HDs...

K_r_a_u_s_e_r

I am a serious overclocker and am concerned about how loud my system is.

No, I do not own one, since I obviously buy the best bang for the buck, but plently of benchmarks have been done. Anyways, using common sense, you can easily figure out that the HD does not have an impact on FPS, enough to be measurable.  

Instead of just outright arguing with me, why not try to disprove me? Maybe becuase you can't.... 

All your benchmarks are is how "loud" or how "warm" the hard drive is, nothing which shows how well a certain hard drive performs in set game. Of course! I'll go out and buy a random SATA drive just to prove someone who doesn't know what they're talking about right which in turn hasn't even proved me wrong - not only that but doesn't even own set hard drive that he bases all his arguments around. Funny stuff, am I right?K_r_a_u_s_e_r

Wait.... If you haven't tested it out, why are you arguing that it increases FPS?

How do you know that? Did you read it on the intraweb?