The solid state drive is the data storage solution of the future. In their best implementations they provide lighting fast random access times and higher sustained read/write rates than any hard disk drive. They don’t make noise, heat up, or degrade due to moving parts like their mechanical counterparts. Solid state drives are theoretically smaller, cooler, quieter and more reliable than the mechanical disks that have been bogging down our systems and annoying us with that high pitched whine for countless years.

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Today we will be looking at Western Digital’s new VelociRaptor 2.5″ 10,000RPM hard drive.  We will examine Raid 0 performance of these drives on the P45 chipset’s integrated ICH10R southbridge.  This latest revision in the raptor line of products is sure to please.  WD has addressed capacity issues, improved speeds, lowered temperatures, and more making this the best raptor so far.

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