Product Description

Engineered for maximum speed! WD VelociRaptor, member of the unique class of 10,000 RPM SATA hard drives, combines a SATA 3Gb/s interface and 16MB cache, to deliver performance that's up to 35% faster than its speedy older brother.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #543 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Western Digital
• Model: WD3000GLFS
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 1.03" h x 4.00" w x 5.79" l, 1.08 pounds
• Hard Disk: 300GB

Features

• 300GB Capacity
• SATA 3 Gb/s
• 16 MB Cache
• 10,000 RPM Spindle Speed
• RoHS Compliant

Customer Reviews

Packaging Questionable
When I received the Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB 10,000 RPM SATA Bulk/OEM Hard Drive WD3000GLFS, it was double boxed; a smaller box in a larger box. The hard drive itself was secured very well in the smaller box, in molded plastic. But the smaller box was just placed in a larger box with no additional packing which allowed the inner box, with the hard drive, to just jostle about during shipping & handling. Knowing a little bit about how hard drives are built, I sure hope the poor packaging does affect it's performance in the future. Right now the hard drive is working flawlessly...so far.

Great Drive, packaged OEM
The Western Digital 10KRPM Velociraptor hard drive series is the fastest non-solid state drives out there. There are no funky drivers or software or connectors or cables or anything: the drive plugged in just like a standard SATA drive, bolted to my PC's chassis just like any hard drive, and was whizzing away at 10,000 revolutions per minute as soon as I hit the power switch.

I wish I had benchmarked my system before and after to compare the true impact of the drive: I do notice an improvement while playing games and working in MS Office, but the change isn't Earth-shattering.

The fact that Amazon sells the OEM version but advertises it without letting on is a little devious - luckily the price difference between Amazon and the other guys makes it worth it: just be sure you have the SATA cables and mounting hardware before you buy! And don't expect a manual or CD of software or, well, anything other than an awesome harddrive and plastic packaging.

FAST and Silent
300Gb, 10,000 RPM, fast. This drive is incredibly fast. Is is $100 faster than a 7,200 RPM version? For my money, yes absolutely worth it.

Mounting is a breeze. Slips into any 5.25 bay like any other drive. That big old heat sink actually makes it fit better or more stable.

I love this drive.