Net Reviews: Western Digital Raptor 75GB

Last year Western Digital announced that it would enter the Serial ATA hard drive market with an enterprise drive, the Raptor. It was an amazingly fast drive with its 10,000 rpm speed but lacks storage space at only 37GB and hefty price tag. Its performance attacted a lot of enthusiasts though. Hardware Avenue has a review of the new Western Digital Raptor Serial ATA 74GB. This is an update of the Raptor drive that doubles the space and gives it a slight performance boost.

Don't forget to check out the other reviews posted on the Net over the weekend.

Desktops

• Sony VAIO PCV-RZ46G @ PC Mag

Cases and Mods

• Enermax NoiseTaker 420W Power Supply @ Envy News
• GTR Simple 103 MicroATX Case @ Dan's Data
• Zalmann TNN500A Noiseless Case @ Tom's Hardware

Cooling

• AOpen ACK7L Heatsink @ OCModShop
• Comparison of 5 AMD Athlon 64 Coolers @ MADSHRIMPS
• Corsair Hydrocool 200 EX Water Cooling Kit @ Tech-Mods
• Innovatek Premium XXS Water Cooling Kit @ Big Bruin
• PolarFlo Universal Water Block @ PimpRig
• Thermalright ALX-800 Heatsink @ Overclockers Cafe
• Thermalright SLK-974U Heatsink @ MODTHEBOX
• Zalman CNPS7000A-Cu Heatsink @ Bjorn3D

CPUs

• AMD Athlon 64 3400+ @ Trusted Reviews

Hard Drives

• Promise FastTrak S150 SX4 SATA RAID Controller @ Somacon
• Western Digital Raptor Serial ATA 74GB @ Hardware Avenue

Memory

• Corsair TWINX1024-4000 Pro @ allhardwarezone
• Corsair TWINX1024-4000 Pro @ Explosive Labs
• Corsair XMS4400 @ HEXUS

Monitors

• Sony SDM-X73 17" LCD @ CNet

Motherboards

• Abit IS7 i865PE @ myWORLD Hardware
• Abit KV8-Max3 K8T800 @ Gamers Depot
• Albatron KX18D Pro II nForce2 @ GruntvillE
• ASRock P4S61 and Gigabyte GA-8S661FXM SiS FX661 Boards @ Overclockers.nz
• Athlon 64-FX Boards @ ExtremeTech
• DFI LanParty NFII Ultra B nForce2 @ NinjaLane
• Soyo SY-CK8 Dragon Plus nForce3-150 @ ExtremeMHz
• XFX Mach4 nForce2 Ultra 400 @ 3Dvelocity

Optical Drives

• LiteOn LDW-811S 8x DVD+/-RW @ CDRLabs
• TDK Indi DVD 840G 8x DVD+/-RW @ CNet

Video Cards

• Albatron GeForceFX 5700 Ultra @ HardOCP
• Gigabyte GV-R96X128D 9600XT @ NeoSeeker
• HIS Excalibur Radeon 9800XT 256MB @ OcPrices
• NVIDIA GeForceFX Go5200 @ Adrian's Rojak Pot
• Power Color Low Profile Radeon 9200SE @ SubZeroTech
• XFX GeForceFX 5950 Ultra @ CNet