Product Description

Some hard drive companies design desktop-class drives with the SATA interface. To meet the demands of enterprise storage, WD is going one better. WD is the only company combining a 10,000 RPM enterprise-class mechanical platform with the SATA interface to meet all the demands of the enterprise environment?reliability, performance, and reduced cost. Rotational Speed 10,000 RPM (nominal) / Buffer Size 16 MB / Average Latency 2.99 ms (nominal) Contact Start/Stop Cycles 20,000 minimum Seek Times - Read Seek Time 4.6 ms Write Seek Time 5.2 ms (average) Track-To-Track Seek Time 0.4 ms (average) Full Stroke Seek 10.2 ms (average) Transfer Rates - Buffer To Host (Serial ATA) 1.5 Gb/s (Max) Buffer To Disk 84 MB/s (Sustained) What it Holds -

- Up to 42,000 digital photos

- Up to 37,000 songs (MP3)

- Up to 3,700 songs (uncompressed CD quality)

- Up to 11 hours of Digital Video (DV)

- Up to 66 hours of DVD quality video

- Up to 18 hours of HD video

System Requirements - Windows XP or Windows 2000 operating systems / SATA interface connector on motherboard, or SATA controller card (sold separately) installed in available 32-bit PCI expansion slot (2.1- or 2.2-compliant) / 3.5-inch internal drive bay Manufacturer's 5 year Limited Warranty

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1272 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Western Digital
• Model: WD1500AHFDRTL
• Dimensions: 1.03" h x 4.00" w x 5.79" l, 4.00 pounds
• Memory: 16MB
• Hard Disk: 150GB

Features

• 150 GB SATA 3.5-inch internal hard drive with crystalline polycarbonate lens for full view of inner workings
• 10,000 RPM spin speed; 16 MB cache
• Native command queuing (NCQ) for increased data transfer
• Hold up to 42,000 digital photos; 37,000 MP3 files; 3,700 uncompressed CD-quality songs; 11 hours digital video; 66 hours DVD-quality video; 18 hours HD video
• 5-year limited warranty

From the manufacturer
From the secret performance labs at WD comes the revolutionary WD Raptor X SATA hard drive, the first ever drive with a view. Offspring of the immensely popular WD Raptor, fastest SATA drive on the planet, WD Raptor X focuses a large, crystal-clear lens on the drive to let you see into the inner workings and witness the drive in action.

Sounds simple? It's not. With over two years of research and development behind it, the WD Raptor X is engineered to compromise nothing. At 10,000 RPM spin speed it delivers the killer speed of its illustrious parent, doubles the capacity to 150 GB, and provides enterprise-class reliability. This is the ultimate hard drive for PC performance enthusiasts everywhere.

Domination is in the Details

Crystalline polycarbonate lens - Provides clarity, structural integrity, electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection, durability and chemical neutrality necessary for the highest performance and reliability.

Native Command Queuing (NCQ) - Increases data transfer in high-performance multi-processor, multi-threaded environments.

Rotary Acceleration Feed Forward (RAFF) - Optimizes operation and performance when drives are used in vibration-prone multi-drive systems. Patent pending.

5-year Warranty - Nothing has been compromised in quality and reliability to manufacture these unique hard drives. WD is proud to back them with our enterprise-class 5-year warranty.

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Customer Reviews

GOOD!!!
Pros:It works, it's fast and SATA is a plus.
Cons: Not much faster than a Seagate (7200, 32MB cache).It runs really hot!!

Raptor X 150GB
The price was great or I would not have purchased the upgrade. Performance is outstanding but the drive has a whine, high pitch during use. Would really be nice if WD made the SATA II version.

Raptor reliability and speed for E-IDE
The Western Digital EIDE raptor enterprise series drives are the best of the E-IDE line of drives. I have bought and utilized several of these drives. I have found them to be quite reliable and at 10,000 rpm's the fastest of any E-IDE drive. I bought one of the very first drives of this line, the 34 GB drive, about 8 years ago and it is still going strong. You will not regret purchasing this drive!