How low will it go ?
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NascarFool
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How low will it go ?
Been watching the price on the WD Raptor at Newegg. It has dropped $9 in the past week. It was $131, now it's $122. (still free shipping too) How low will it go ? I'd like to get two of them but I want to wait for the price to drop a little more.
as soon as it gets at a popular price and starts getting eaten up newegg will promptly raise the price and say its on special, 
Ive seen them enduce these freenzys before with cpus and motherboards anyways
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The price will continue to fall ... maybe even more when the next generation Raptors come out in a few weeks.
When will these units hit the channel? Late October / early November seems to be the timeframe.74-gigabyte capacity – perhaps the most significant improvement is the migration to a two-platter flagship design.
37 GB Platters – the aggregate areal density of the new Raptor will remain the same as the first. Linear density, however, has increased, to achieve:
72 MB/sec outer-zone transfer rates – though we’ve pointed out that STR is non-consequential in the large majority of uses, some folks were disappointed with the 55 MB/sec that the first Raptor delivered. WD is confident enough with new yields to spec a transfer rate that rivals the best available from today’s disks.
4.5 millisecond seek time – current Raptor drives spec at 5.2 milliseconds.
TCQ enabled – matching a feature available on all contemporary SCSI drives, the new Raptor will feature tagged command queuing… that is, device-level reordering of outstanding requests for more efficient service times.
FDB motors – though quiet from an emitted sound-pressure perspective, the original Raptor emitted a slight high-pitch idle whine that could irritate sensitive ears. WD has been on the slow side when it comes to migrating to fluid bearing motors when compared to other manufacturers. Fortunately, the new Raptor uses quieter and ostensibly more reliable FDB motors.