Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS 300 GB 3.5 Internal Hard Drive
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The VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS is a 300 GB desktop hard drive spinning at 10,000 rpm with a 16 MB buffer and a SATA/300 interface. It was built for speed in an era when solid-state drives were small and costly, and it remains one of the fastest mechanical drives made. The catch is noise, heat and vibration: a 10,000 rpm spindle is loud and runs warm, so it suits retro builds, test benches and bulk scratch storage more than a quiet living-room PC. Against any SATA SSD it loses badly on random access and boot times, but it beats 7,200 rpm drives on seek-heavy work and costs far less per gigabyte than flash did when it launched.
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Owners of the VelociRaptor line rate it as the fastest hard drive they used, with quick boots for a spinning disk. Most complaints center on noise and heat, and later buyers note that SSDs made the speed advantage moot.
The Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS is a 3.5-inch internal hard drive with 300 GB of storage. It connects over SATA/300 and spins at 10000 rpm.
The drive has a 16 MB buffer and is hot swappable. It is the retail version, model WD3000GLFSRTL.
